-----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, KwV7NRVCoXddAHWY0gSCuXlkkhxMhJ4E76O2PHNAMKy6hOvCGhUcOQO9Xly/LU9u wCHFhIHjqNsQKAqqbdJ+2Q== 0000950153-06-000001.txt : 20060103 0000950153-06-000001.hdr.sgml : 20060102 20060103081442 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950153-06-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051228 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060103 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001232229 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 050567906 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50289 FILM NUMBER: 06500111 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1600 NORTH DESERT DRIVE CITY: TEMPE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85281-1230 BUSINESS PHONE: 6023898888 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1600 NORTH DESERT DRIVE CITY: TEMPE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85281-1230 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BRILLIAN CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030512 8-K 1 p71680e8vk.htm 8-K e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
December 28, 2005
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
DELAWARE   000-50289   05-0567906
         
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1600 N. DESERT DRIVE
TEMPE, ARIZONA
85281
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(602) 389-8888
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
     
o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
   
o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
   
o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
   
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On December 28, 2005, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with several institutional investors to sell shares of our 6% redeemable convertible preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) and warrants to purchase shares of our common stock (the “Warrants”). On December 29, 2005, we issued and sold pursuant to the securities purchase agreement 3,200,000 shares of Preferred Stock and Warrants to purchase 1,600,000 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $16,000,000 (the “Private Placement”). A copy of the securities purchase agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.36
     The rights, privileges, and preferences of the Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designations filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.4 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of our common stock at any time at the option of the holders at an initial conversion price of $5.00 per share, which is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events or upon a future issuance of securities by us at a price below the conversion price. The holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to cumulative dividends that accrue monthly, beginning on March 29, 2006, at a rate of $0.30 per share. The Preferred Stock is also mandatorily redeemable. Beginning on January 29, 2007, we are required to redeem outstanding shares of Preferred Stock at a rate of 250,000 shares each month at a price of $5.00 per share (subject to certain adjustments) plus any accrued and unpaid dividends until all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock are redeemed. We may elect to pay the dividends and redemption payments in shares of our common stock instead of cash, provided we meet certain conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designations The Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference over the holders of our common stock so that, if we liquidate, dissolve, or wind up our business, the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to a liquidation payment of $5.00 per share (subject to certain adjustments) plus any accrued and unpaid dividends prior to any distributions being made to our common stock holders. The holders of Preferred Stock are also entitled to this liquidation payment upon any change of control of our business as defined in the Certificate of Designations.
     Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement, the purchasers of our Preferred Stock received Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,600,000 shares of our common stock. The Warrants have an exercise price of $5.00 per share (subject to certain adjustments) and are exercisable immediately. The form of warrant is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.13.
     In connection with the issuance of the Preferred Stock and the Warrants, we entered into a registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we are required to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 covering the resale of the common stock issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, upon exercise of the Warrants, or issued in lieu of cash for payment of dividends or redemption payments on the Preferred Stock. We will pay all expenses incurred in connection with the registration, except for underwriting discounts and commissions. A copy of the registration rights agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.14.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
     The disclosure provided in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02 with respect to the terms and sale of the Preferred Stock and the Warrants. The sale of the Preferred Stock and issuance of the Warrants were made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In this

 


 

regard, the securities were sold to a limited number of institutional purchasers that made representations to us that (1) the securities were being acquired by the purchasers for investment only and not with view to of for sale in connection with any distribution of the securities, (2) the purchasers had such knowledge, sophistication, and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of their investment, and (3) the purchasers are “accredited investors” within the meaning of the Securities Act. The closing of the sale of the Preferred Stock and issuance of the Warrants occurred on December 29, 2005. We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Stock and Warrants for working capital and general corporate purposes, and we may use up to $4,075,000 of the net proceeds to repay our outstanding senior secured indebtedness. We paid a fee of $1,120,000 to C.E. Unterberg, Towbin as compensation for its services in connection with the financing.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
     The disclosure provided in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03 with respect to the terms and conditions of the Preferred Stock issued in the financing. On December 29, 2005, we filed a Certificate of Designations with the Delaware Secretary of State to designate 3,400,000 shares of our preferred stock as 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (a)   Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
 
      Not applicable.
 
  (b)   Pro Forma Financial Information.
 
      Not applicable.
 
  (c)   Shell Company Transactions.
 
      Not applicable.
 
  (c)   Exhibits.
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
3.4
  Certificate of Designations of 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
   
4.13
  Form of Warrant issued in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement forming Exhibit 10.36.
 
   
4.14
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2005, by and among the Registrant and the purchasers named therein.
 
   
10.36
  Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2005, among the Registrant and the purchasers named therein.

 


 

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.
         
  SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION
 
 
Date: January 3, 2006  By:   /s/ Wayne A. Pratt    
    Wayne A. Pratt   
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
3.4
  Certificate of Designations of 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
   
4.13
  Form of Warrant issued in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement forming Exhibit 10.36.
 
   
4.14
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2005, by and among the Registrant and the purchasers named therein.
 
   
10.36
  Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2005, among the Registrant and the purchasers named therein.

 

EX-3.4 2 p71680exv3w4.txt EX-3.4 EXHIBIT 3.4 CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF PREFERRED STOCK OF SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION TO BE DESIGNATED 6% REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK Pursuant to Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware The undersigned DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Syntax-Brillian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"): "RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority conferred on the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors") by the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, the issuance of a series of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation which shall consist of 3,400,000 shares of preferred stock be, and the same hereby is, authorized; and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Designations of Preferred Stock of the Corporation fixing the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof (in addition to the designations, powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation which may be applicable to the Corporation's preferred stock), as follows: 1. NUMBER OF SHARES; DESIGNATION. A total of 3,400,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation is hereby designated as 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series"). Shares of the Series ("Preferred Shares") will be issued pursuant to the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2005, by and among the Corporation and the Purchasers named therein (the "Purchase Agreement"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in paragraph 11 hereof. 2. RANK. The Series shall, with respect to payment of dividends, redemption payments and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, rank: (i) Senior and prior to the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation (the "Common Stock"), and any additional series of preferred stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation and are designated in the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designations establishing such additional preferred stock as ranking junior to the Preferred Shares. Any shares of the Corporation's capital stock which are junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to the payment of dividends are hereinafter referred to as "Junior Dividend Shares" and any shares which are junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to redemption payments and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation are hereinafter referred to as "Junior Liquidation Shares". (ii) Pari passu with any additional series of preferred stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation and are designated in the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designations establishing such additional preferred stock as ranking equal to the Preferred Shares or which do not state they are Junior Dividend Shares or Senior Dividend Shares (as defined below). Any shares of the Corporation's capital stock which are equal to the Preferred Shares with respect to the payment of dividends are hereinafter referred to as "Parity Dividend Shares" and any shares which are equal to the Preferred Shares with respect to redemption payments and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation are hereinafter referred to as "Parity Liquidation Shares". (iii) Junior to any additional series of preferred stock which may in the future be issued by the Corporation and are designated in the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of designations establishing such additional preferred stock as ranking senior to the Preferred Shares. Any shares of the Corporation's capital stock which are senior to the Preferred Shares with respect to the payment of dividends are hereinafter referred to as "Senior Dividend Shares" and any shares which are senior to the Preferred Shares with respect to redemption payments and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation are hereinafter referred to as "Senior Liquidation Shares". The Corporation may not issue additional shares of preferred stock which are not (a) Junior Stock (as defined in paragraph 3(c) below) or (b) both Parity Liquidation Shares and Parity Dividend Shares without the consent of the holders of a majority of the Preferred Shares. 3. DIVIDENDS. (a) The dividend rate on Preferred Shares shall be $0.30 per share per annum. Dividends on Preferred Shares shall be fully cumulative, accruing, without interest, from the date of original issuance of the Series through the date of redemption or conversion thereof, and shall be payable in arrears on March 29, June 29, September 29 and December 29 of each year, commencing March 29, 2006, except that if such date is not a Business Day then the dividend shall be payable on the first immediately succeeding Business Day (each such date being hereinafter referred to as a "Dividend 2 Payment Date"). Dividends on the Preferred Shares shall be paid in cash; provided, however, if all of the Stock Payment Conditions are met on the applicable Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation may pay such dividends, at the Corporation's option, in fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (such dividends paid in such form being herein called "PIK Dividends"). PIK Dividends shall be paid by delivering to each record holder of Preferred Shares a number of shares of Common Stock ("PIK Dividend Shares") determined by dividing (x) the total aggregate dollar amount of dividends accrued and unpaid with respect to Preferred Shares owned by such record holder on the record date for the applicable Dividend Payment Date (rounded to the nearest whole cent) by (y) the PIK Dividend Price. In order to deliver PIK Dividend Shares in lieu of cash on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation must deliver, on or before the tenth (10th) Business Day immediately prior to such date, written notice to each Holder of Preferred Shares stating that the Corporation wishes to do so (a "PIK Stock Dividend Notice"). The Company may indicate in the PIK Stock Dividend Notice that the election contained therein shall continue for later Dividend Payment Dates until revised. In the event that the Corporation does not deliver a PIK Stock Dividend Notice on or before such fifteenth (15th) day, the Corporation will be deemed to have elected to pay the related dividend in cash. Each Holder shall promptly thereafter deliver to the Corporation instructions designating whether such Holder wishes to receive delivery of its PIK Dividend Shares in physical certificates (and, if so, at what address) or through the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), as long as no legend is required by the terms of the Purchase Agreement to be imprinted on such PIK Dividend Shares (and, if so, the account number to be credited). If the Corporation wishes to deliver PIK Dividend Shares in lieu of cash with respect to accrued dividends, it must do so with respect to all (but not less than all) of such dividends. A PIK Stock Dividend Notice, once delivered by the Corporation, shall be irrevocable unless the Corporation ceases to satisfy all of the Stock Payment Conditions at any time after delivering such PIK Stock Dividend Notice, in which case such notice shall be deemed revoked and the dividend to which such notice relates shall be payable in cash on the Dividend Payment Date. The Corporation shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock to which Holders may become entitled pursuant to this subparagraph, but in lieu thereof, the Corporation shall round the number of shares to be issued to the nearest whole number. Each dividend shall be paid to the Holders of record of Preferred Shares as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on the record date, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Dividends payable on each Dividend Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and rounded to the nearest cent. Dividends on account of arrearages for any past Dividend Payment Date may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any scheduled Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on such date, not exceeding 45 days preceding the payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Dividends shall accrue regardless of whether the Corporation has earnings, whether there are funds legally available therefor and/or whether declared. No interest shall be payable with respect to any dividend payment that may be in arrears. Holders of Preferred Shares called for redemption between the close of business on a dividend payment record date and the close of business on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date shall, in lieu of receiving such dividend on the Dividend Payment Date 3 fixed therefor, receive such dividend payment on the date fixed for redemption together with all other accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption. The Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends other than the dividends provided for in this paragraph 3. (b) No dividends, except as described in the next sentence, shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Parity Dividend Shares for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and set aside for payment for all accrued dividends with respect to the Series through the most recent Dividend Payment Date ending on or prior to the date of payment. Unless dividends accrued and payable but unpaid on Preferred Shares and any Parity Dividend Shares at the time outstanding have been paid in full, all dividends declared by the Corporation upon Preferred Shares or Parity Dividend Shares shall be declared pro rata with respect to all such shares, so that the amounts of any dividends declared on Preferred Shares and the Parity Dividend Shares shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that, at the time of the declaration, all accrued but unpaid dividends on Preferred Shares and the other Parity Dividend Shares, respectively, bear to each other. (c) If at any time the Corporation has failed to (x) pay or set apart for payment all accrued dividends on any Preferred Shares through the then most recent Dividend Payment Date and (y) set apart for payment an amount in cash equal to the scheduled dividend payments for each of the next two Dividend Payment Dates, the Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any corporation or other entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation to: (i) declare or pay or set aside for payment any dividend or other distribution on or with respect to any Junior Dividend Shares, whether in cash, securities, obligations or otherwise (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares of capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Preferred Shares both as to the payment of dividends and as to rights in liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation ("Junior Stock"), or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of Junior Stock); or (ii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, or pay into, set apart money or make available for a sinking or other analogous fund for the redemption, purchase or other acquisition of, any Preferred Shares (unless all of the Preferred Shares are concurrently redeemed), Parity Dividend Shares, Parity Liquidation Shares or shares of Junior Stock for any consideration (except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock); provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to the repurchase of shares of Common Stock from employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons performing services for the Corporation or any subsidiary pursuant to agreements under which the Corporation has the option to repurchase such shares at cost or at cost plus interest at a rate not to exceed nine percent (9%) per annum, or, if lower than cost, at fair market value, upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment; and provided further, that the total amount applied to the 4 repurchase of shares of Common Stock shall not exceed $100,000 during any twelve month period, unless, in each such case, all dividends accrued on Preferred Shares through the most recent Dividend Payment Date and on any Parity Dividend Shares have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid in full. (d) Any reference to "distribution" contained in this paragraph 3 shall not be deemed to include any distribution made in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary. 4. LIQUIDATION. (a) The liquidation value per Preferred Share, in case of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, shall be an amount equal to $5.00, subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar event applicable to the Series, plus an amount equal to the cash value of dividends accrued and unpaid thereon, whether or not declared, to the payment date (the "Liquidation Value"). (b) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation (a "Liquidation Event"), the Holders (i) shall not be entitled to receive the Liquidation Value of the shares held by them until the liquidation value of all Senior Liquidation Shares shall have been paid in full, and (ii) shall be entitled to receive the Liquidation Value of such shares held by them in preference to and in priority over any distributions upon the Junior Liquidation Shares. Upon payment in full of the Liquidation Value to which the Holders are entitled, the Holders will not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Value payable to the Holders and the liquidation value payable to the holders of any Parity Liquidation Shares, the holders of all such shares shall share ratably in such distribution of assets in accordance with the amounts that would be payable on the distribution if the amounts to which the Holders and the holders of Parity Liquidation Shares are entitled were paid in full. (c) For purposes of this paragraph 4, a Change of Control shall be treated as a Liquidation Event and shall entitle each Holder to receive, upon the consummation of such Change of Control, and at such Holder's option, cash in an amount equal to the Liquidation Value of such Holder's Preferred Shares. (d) The Corporation shall, no later than the date on which a Liquidation Event occurs or is publicly announced, deliver in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement written notice of any Liquidation Event, stating the payment date or dates when and the place or places where the amounts distributable in such circumstances shall be payable, not less than 30 days prior to any payment date stated therein, to each Holder. (e) Whenever the distribution provided for in this paragraph 4 shall be payable in securities or property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair 5 market value of such securities or other property as determined in good faith by the Independent Directors. 5. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. (a) On each Monthly Redemption Date, the Corporation shall redeem a total of 250,000 of the Preferred Shares (the "Monthly Redemption"), on a pro rata basis among all of the Holders. The Corporation shall effect each such Monthly Redemption on each applicable Monthly Redemption Date by paying in cash, in exchange for each Preferred Share to be redeemed, a sum equal to the Liquidation Value per each such Preferred Share (the "Monthly Redemption Amount"); provided, however, if all of the Stock Payment Conditions are met on the applicable Monthly Redemption Date, the Corporation may pay such Monthly Redemption Amount, at the Corporation's option, in fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (such Monthly Redemption Amount paid in such form being herein called "PIK Redemption Payments"). PIK Redemption Payments shall be paid by delivering to each Holder of Preferred Shares a number of shares of Common Stock ("Redemption Shares") determined by dividing (x) the total Monthly Redemption Amount with respect to all Preferred Shares to be redeemed from such Holder on the applicable Monthly Redemption Date (rounded to the nearest whole cent) by (y) the Redemption Price as of the applicable Monthly Redemption Date. In order to deliver Redemption Shares in lieu of cash on a Monthly Redemption Date, the Corporation must deliver, on or before the fifteenth (15th) calendar day immediately prior to such date, written notice to each Holder of Preferred Shares stating that the Corporation wishes to do so (a "PIK Stock Redemption Notice"). In the event that the Corporation does not deliver a PIK Stock Redemption Notice on or before such fifteenth (15th) day, the Corporation will be deemed to have elected to pay the related Monthly Redemption Amount in cash. The Company may indicate in the PIK Stock Redemption Notice that the election contained therein shall continue for later Monthly Redemption Dates until revised. Each Holder shall promptly thereafter deliver to the Corporation instructions designating whether such Holder wishes to receive delivery of its Redemption Shares in physical certificates (and, if so, at what address) or through the DTC, as long as no legend is required by the terms of the Purchase Agreement to be imprinted on such Redemption Shares (and, if so, the account number to be credited). If the Corporation wishes to deliver Redemption Shares in lieu of cash with respect to any Holder of Preferred Shares to be redeemed, it must do so with respect to all (but not less than all) Holders of Preferred Shares to be redeemed. A PIK Stock Redemption Notice, once delivered by the Corporation, shall be irrevocable unless the Corporation ceases to satisfy all of the Stock Payment Conditions at any time after delivering such PIK Stock Redemption Notice, in which case such notice shall be deemed revoked and the Preferred Shares to which such notice relates shall be redeemed in cash on the applicable Monthly Redemption Date. The Corporation shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock to which Holders may become entitled pursuant to this subparagraph, but in lieu thereof, the Corporation shall round the number of shares to be issued to the nearest whole number. (b) If any Holder of Preferred Shares shall, prior to the close of business on a Monthly Redemption Date, give written notice to the Corporation pursuant to paragraph 7 below of the conversion of any or all of the Preferred Shares to be redeemed held by the Holder, then the related Monthly Redemption shall not become effective as to such 6 Preferred Shares to be converted and such conversion shall become effective as provided in paragraph 7 below. 6. NO OTHER REDEMPTION RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS. Except as provided in paragraph 5, the Preferred Shares shall not be redeemable, whether by the Corporation, at the request of any Holder, or otherwise. 7. CONVERSION. (a) Right to Convert. Each Holder shall have the right to convert, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, all or any part of the Preferred Shares held by such Holder into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (the "Conversion Shares") as is determined in accordance with the terms hereof (a "Conversion"). (b) Conversion Notice. In order to convert Preferred Shares, a Holder shall send to the Corporation by facsimile transmission, at any time prior to 3:00 p.m., Pacific Time, on the Business Day on which such Holder wishes to effect such Conversion (the "Conversion Date"), a notice of conversion in substantially the form attached as Annex I hereto (a "Conversion Notice"), stating the number of Preferred Shares to be converted, the amount of dividends accrued (but remaining unpaid) thereon, and a calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Conversion in accordance with the formula set forth in paragraph 7(c) below setting forth the basis for each component thereof, including the details relating to any adjustments made to the Conversion Price. The Holder shall promptly thereafter send the Conversion Notice and the certificate or certificates being converted to the Corporation. Upon receipt of the certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Shares to be converted, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate for Preferred Shares to the Holder in the event that less than all of the Preferred Shares represented by a certificate are converted; provided, however, that the failure of the Corporation to deliver such new certificate shall not affect the right of the Holder to submit a further Conversion Notice with respect to such Preferred Shares and, in any such case, the Holder shall be deemed to have submitted the original of such new certificate at the time that it submits such further Conversion Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein, upon delivery of a Conversion Notice by a Holder in accordance with the terms hereof, such Holder shall, as of the applicable Conversion Date, be deemed for all purposes to be the record owner of the Common Stock to which such Conversion Notice relates. In the case of a dispute between the Corporation and a Holder as to the calculation of the Conversion Price or the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a Conversion (including, without limitation, the calculation of any adjustment to the Conversion Price following any adjustment thereof), the Corporation shall issue to such Holder the number of Conversion Shares that are not disputed within the time periods specified in paragraph 7(d) below and shall submit the disputed calculations to a certified public accounting firm of national reputation (other than the Corporation's regularly retained accountants) within three (3) Business Days following the Corporation's receipt of such Holder's Conversion Notice. The Corporation shall cause such accountant to calculate the Conversion Price as provided herein and to notify the Corporation and such Holder of the results in writing no later than five (5) Business Days following the day on which such accountant received the disputed calculations (the "Dispute 7 Procedure"). Such accountant's calculation shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error. The fees of any such accountant shall be borne by the party whose calculations were most at variance with those of such accountant. (c) Number of Conversion Shares. The number of Conversion Shares to be delivered by the Corporation to a Holder pursuant to a Conversion shall be determined by dividing (i) the aggregate Liquidation Value of such Holder's Preferred Shares to be converted by (ii) the Conversion Price in effect on the applicable Conversion Date. (d) Delivery of Conversion Shares. The Corporation shall, no later than the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the later of (i) the date on which the Corporation receives a Conversion Notice from a Holder by facsimile transmission pursuant to paragraph 7(b), above, and (ii) the date on which the Corporation receives the related Preferred Shares certificate (such third Business Day, the "Delivery Date"), issue and deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder the number of Conversion Shares determined pursuant to paragraph 7(c) above (without any restrictive legend if permitted by the terms of the Purchase Agreement); provided, however, that any Conversion Shares that are the subject of a Dispute Procedure shall be delivered no later than the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the determination made pursuant thereto. (e) Delivery Procedures. As long as the Corporation's designated transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent") participates in the DTC's Fast Automated Securities Transfer program ("FAST") and no restrictive legend is required pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Corporation shall effect delivery of Conversion Shares to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder or its nominee at DTC (as specified in the applicable Conversion Notice) with the number of Conversion Shares required to be delivered, no later than the close of business on the applicable Delivery Date. In the event that the Transfer Agent is not a participant in FAST or if the Holder so specifies in its Conversion Notice or otherwise in writing on or before the Conversion Date, the Corporation shall effect delivery of Conversion Shares by delivering to the Holder or its nominee physical certificates representing such Conversion Shares, no later than the close of business on such Delivery Date. Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder shall not contain any restrictive legend unless such legend is required pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. If any Conversion would create a fractional Conversion Share, such fractional Conversion Share shall be disregarded and the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon such Conversion, in the aggregate, shall be the nearest whole number of Conversion Shares. (f) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. (i) In the event that, for any reason, a Holder has not received certificates representing the number of Conversion Shares specified in the applicable Conversion Notice, without any restrictive legend (except to the extent a restrictive legend is required by the terms of the Purchase Agreement) on or before the Delivery Date therefor (a "Conversion Default"), and such failure to deliver certificates continues for two (2) Business Days following the delivery of written notice thereof from such Holder (such second Business Day following such written notice being referred to herein as the "Conversion Default Date"), the Corporation shall pay to such Holder 8 payments ("Conversion Default Payments") in the amount of (A) "N" multiplied by (B) the aggregate Liquidation Value of the Preferred Shares which are the subject of such Conversion Default multiplied by (C) one percent (1%), where "N" equals the number of days elapsed between the Conversion Default Date and the date on which all of the certificates representing such Conversion Shares (without any restrictive legend to the extent permitted by the terms of the Purchase Agreement) are issued and delivered to such Holder. Amounts payable hereunder shall be paid to the Holder in immediately available funds on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in which such amounts have accrued. (ii) In the event of a Conversion Default, a Holder may, upon written notice to the Corporation, regain on the date of such notice the rights of such Holder under the Preferred Shares that are the subject of such Conversion Default. In such event, such Holder shall retain all of such Holder's rights and remedies with respect to the Corporation's failure to deliver such Conversion Shares (including without limitation the right to receive the cash payments specified in paragraph 7(f)(i) above through the date of such written notice). (iii) The Holders' rights and remedies hereunder are cumulative, and no right or remedy is exclusive of any other. In addition to any other remedies provided herein, each Holder shall have the right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation's failure to issue and deliver Conversion Shares timely after the applicable Delivery Date, including, without limitation, damages relating to any purchase of shares of Common Stock by or on behalf of such Holder in order to make delivery on a sale effected in anticipation of receiving Conversion Shares, such damages to be in an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount paid by such Holder for the shares of Common Stock so purchased minus (B) the aggregate amount received by such Holder upon the sale of such Conversion Shares, and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all other remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). (g) Adjustments. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows: (i) In the event that the Corporation shall (A) pay a dividend or make a distribution, in shares of Common Stock, on any class of Capital Stock of the Corporation or any subsidiary which is not directly or indirectly wholly owned by the Corporation, (B) split or subdivide its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or (C) combine its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the holder of each share of the Series thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock that such holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the occurrence of any of the events described above had such share of the Series been converted immediately prior to the occurrence of such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 7(g)(i) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution (except as provided in paragraph 7(l) below) and shall become 9 effective immediately after the close of business on the effective date in the case of such subdivision, split or combination, as the case may be. Any shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of a dividend shall be deemed to have been issued immediately prior to the close of business on the record date for such dividend for purposes of calculating the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock under clause (ii) below. (ii) In the event that the Corporation shall issue or distribute New Securities, in any such case at a price per share less than $5.00 or that would entitle the holders of the New Securities to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a per share price less than $5.00 (provided that the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of New Derivative Securities will not cause an adjustment in the Conversion Price if no such adjustment would have been required at the time such New Derivative Security was issued), then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Conversion Price shall equal the price at which the Corporation issues or distributes such New Securities (or the price at which the holders of the New Securities are entitled to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock). Each such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such New Securities are issued. In determining whether any New Derivative Securities entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than $5.00, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such New Derivative Securities, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Independent Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a certificate filed with the records of corporate proceedings of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall an adjustment be made under this subsection (ii) if such adjustment would result in raising the then-effective Conversion Price. (iii) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this paragraph 7(g)(iii) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this paragraph 7(g) shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share. (iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this paragraph 7(g), no adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price upon any Exempt Issuance. (v) The Corporation from time to time may reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for any period of time in the discretion of the Board of Directors. (vi) In the event that, at any time as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to paragraph 7(g)(i) or 7(g)(ii) above, the holder of any share of the Series thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of the Corporation other than shares of the Common Stock, thereafter 10 the number of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any share of the Series shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Common Stock contained in paragraphs 7(g)(i) through 7(g)(v) above, and the other provisions of this paragraph 7(g)(vi) with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares. (h) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than in a transaction to which paragraph 7(g)(i) applies), any consolidation of the Corporation with, or merger of the Corporation into, any other entity, any merger of another entity into the Corporation (other than a merger that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation), any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or any compulsory share exchange, pursuant to which share exchange the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or other property, then lawful provision shall be made as part of the terms of such transaction whereby the holder of each share of the Series then outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period such share shall be convertible, to convert such share only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation into which a share of the Series might have been converted immediately prior to the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange assuming that such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon consummation of such transaction, subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 7(g) above following the date of consummation of such transaction. As a condition to any such transaction, the Corporation or the person formed by the consolidation or resulting from the merger or which acquires such assets or which acquires the Corporation's shares, as the case may be, shall make provisions in its articles or certificate of incorporation or other constituent document to establish such right. The certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this paragraph 7. The provisions of this paragraph 7(h) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges. (i) If: (i) the Corporation shall take any action which would require an adjustment in the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 7(g); or (ii) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to the holders of its Common Stock generally of rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or any other rights, warrants or options; or 11 (iii) there shall be any reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common Stock or a change in par value) or any consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange to which the Corporation is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Corporation is required, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation; or (iv) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation; then, the Corporation shall cause to be delivered to each Holder in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement, as promptly as possible, but at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or granting of rights, warrants or options or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights, warrants or options are to be determined, or (B) the date on which such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, statutory share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, statutory share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in this paragraph 7(i). (j) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall promptly cause a notice of the adjusted Conversion Price to be delivered to each Holder. (k) In any case in which paragraph 7(g) provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event and the date fixed for such adjustment pursuant to paragraph 7(g) occurs after such record date but before the occurrence of such event, the Corporation may defer until the actual occurrence of such event issuing to the holder of any Preferred Shares converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment. (l) In case the Corporation shall take any action affecting the Common Stock, other than actions described in this paragraph 7, which in the opinion of the Board of Directors would materially adversely affect the conversion right of the Holders, the Conversion Price may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the Board of Directors may determine to be equitable in the circumstances; provided, however, that in no event shall (i) the Board of Directors be 12 required to take any such action and (ii) any such action result in an increase in the Conversion Price. (m) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not issue any Conversion Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, or Redemption Shares which, when aggregated with all Conversion Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, Redemption Shares, and shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Common Stock held by the Holders of the Series (the "Warrant Shares") issued prior to such date of issuance, would exceed 19.999% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the business day immediately preceding the date hereof (such number of shares, the "Issuable Maximum"). If, on the date of conversion or issuance, as applicable, of the Conversion Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, or Redemption Shares as set forth herein, (i) the Conversion Price, PIK Dividend Price, or Redemption Price, as applicable, in effect is such that the shares issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, Redemption Shares, and any Warrant Shares, together with the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that would then be issuable upon conversion, exercise or issuance in full of all then outstanding Conversion Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, Redemption Shares, or Warrant Shares would exceed the Issuable Maximum, and (ii) the Corporation's stockholders shall not have previously approved the issuance of 20% or more of the Corporation's capital stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the "Stockholder Approval"), then the Company shall issue to the Holder requesting conversion of Preferred Shares a number of shares of Common Stock equal to such Holder's pro-rata portion of the Issuable Maximum and, with respect to the remainder of the Preferred Shares then held by such Holder for which conversion would result in an issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of such Holder's pro-rata portion of the Issuable Maximum (the "Excess Shares"), the Corporation shall be prohibited from issuing such Excess Shares, and shall notify the holder of the reason therefor. The Preferred Shares would be unconvertible to such extent until and unless Stockholder Approval is subsequently obtained, but shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. 8. STATUS OF SHARES. All Preferred Shares that are at any time redeemed or converted pursuant to paragraph 5 or 7 above, and all Preferred Shares that are otherwise reacquired by the Corporation and subsequently canceled by the Board of Directors, shall be retired and shall not be subject to reissuance. 9. VOTING RIGHTS. Except as otherwise provided herein and as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Shares shall have no voting rights. 10. RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS. So long as any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the Corporation, shall not, without the vote or written consent by the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class: (i) Redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for value (or pay into or set aside for a sinking or other analogous fund for such purpose) any share or shares of its Capital Stock, except for (a) a transaction in which all outstanding shares of preferred stock are concurrently redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, 13 (b) conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock, or (c) redemption in accordance with paragraph 5 hereof; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to the repurchase of shares of Common Stock from employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons performing services for the Corporation or any subsidiary pursuant to agreements under which the Corporation has the option to repurchase such shares at cost or at cost plus interest at a rate not to exceed nine percent (9%) per annum, or, if lower than cost, at fair market value, upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment; and provided further, that the total amount applied to the repurchase of shares of Common Stock shall not exceed $100,000 during any twelve month period; (ii) Authorize or issue, or obligate itself to issue, any debt security, or otherwise incur indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (A) to a strategic investor in connection with a strategic commercial agreement or transaction as determined by the Independent Directors, (B) pursuant to a commercial borrowing, commercial secured lending or commercial lease financing transaction approved by the Independent Directors, or (c) pursuant to the acquisition of another corporation or entity by the Corporation by consolidation, merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, or other reorganization; (iii) alter, modify or amend the terms of the Series in any way; (iv) create or issue any securities of the Corporation ranking pari passu with or senior to the Preferred Shares either as to the payment of dividends or as to redemption or rights in liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation; (v) increase the authorized number of shares of the Series; (vi) re-issue any Preferred Shares which have been converted or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof; (vii) issue any shares of the Series except pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement; (viii) enter into any definitive agreement or commitment with respect to any of the foregoing; or (ix) cause or permit any Subsidiary to engage in or enter into any definitive agreement or commitment with respect to any of the foregoing. In the event that the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares agree to allow the Corporation to alter or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series pursuant to applicable law, no such change shall be effective to the extent that, by its terms, such change applies to less than all of the Preferred Shares then outstanding. 14 11. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used in this Certificate, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings: "Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified person. For purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any person means the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise; and the term "controlling" and "controlled" having meanings correlative to the foregoing. "Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions are legally authorized to close in Tempe, Arizona. "Capital Stock" of any person or entity means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in the common stock or preferred stock of such person or entity, including, without limitation, partnership and membership interests. "Change of Control" means the existence or occurrence of any of the following: (a) the sale, conveyance or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation; (b) the effectuation of a transaction or series of related transactions in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Corporation is disposed of (other than as a direct result of normal, uncoordinated trading activities in the Common Stock generally); (c) the consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other entity, immediately following which the prior stockholders of the Corporation fail to own, directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity of the surviving entity; (d) a transaction or series of transactions in which any person or "group" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity of the Corporation; or (e) a transaction or series of transactions that constitutes or results in a "going private transaction" (as defined in Section 13(e) of the Exchange Act and the regulations of the Commission issued thereunder). "Conversion Price" means $5.00, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of paragraph 7. "Current Market Price" means, when used with respect to any security as of any date, the volume weighted average price of such security on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date as reported for consolidated transactions with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading or, if such security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the volume weighted average price of such security on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or such other system then in use or, if such security is not quoted by any such organization, the volume weighted average price of such security as of the ten (10) consecutive trading days 15 immediately preceding (but not including) such date determined by an Independent Financial Expert. An "Independent Financial Expert" shall mean a reputable accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Independent Directors, qualified to perform the task for which such firm has been engaged hereunder, is nationally recognized and disinterested and Independent with respect to the Corporation and its affiliates and is reasonably acceptable to Holders owning a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares. "Independent" shall mean any person or entity that (A) is in fact independent, (B) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or in any Affiliate of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (other than as a result of holding securities of the Corporation in trading accounts), and (C) is not an officer, employee, promoter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions for the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any Affiliate of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. "Exempt Issuance" means the issuance of: (a) shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any currently outstanding securities (but not any amendment or modification to such currently outstanding securities after the date hereof) or any New Securities issued in accordance with the Purchase Agreement (including the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the PIK Dividend Shares and the Redemption Shares); (b) shares of capital stock issued and issuable as payment for outstanding interest under the Corporation's outstanding 7% convertible debentures and 4% convertible debentures; (c) shares or options or warrants for Common Stock granted to officers, directors and employees of, and consultants to, the Corporation or its subsidiaries pursuant to stock option or purchase plans or other compensatory agreements approved by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to the Syntax Groups Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan; (d) shares of Common Stock or preferred stock issued in connection with any pro rata stock split, stock dividend (including PIK Dividend Shares) or recapitalization by the Corporation; (e) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to a strategic investor in connection with a strategic commercial agreement as determined by the Board of Directors; (f) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to an investor in connection with a joint venture arrangement where the Corporation is a participant; (g) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued pursuant to the acquisition of another corporation or entity by the Corporation by consolidation, merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, or other 16 reorganization in which the Corporation acquires, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity ownership of such other corporation or entity; (h) shares of capital stock issued in an underwritten public securities offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; (i) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to current or prospective customers or suppliers of the Corporation approved by the Board of Directors as compensation or accommodation in lieu of other payment, compensation or accommodation to such customer or supplier; (j) shares of capital stock, or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to any person that provides services to the Corporation as compensation therefor pursuant to an agreement approved by the Board of Directors; (k) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, offered in a transaction where the purchase of such securities by any Holder would cause such transaction to fail to comply with applicable federal or state securities laws or would cause an applicable registration or qualification exemption to fail to be available to the Corporation; provided, however, that this clause (k) shall apply only to the Holder or Holders who would cause any such failure, and not to any of the other Holders; and (l) securities issuable upon conversion or exercise of the securities set forth in paragraphs (a) - (k) above. "Holder" means any holder of Preferred Shares, all of such holders being the "Holders". "Independent Directors" means directors that (i) are not 5% or greater stockholders of the Corporation or the designee of any such stockholder; (ii) are not officers or employees of the Corporation, any of its subsidiaries or of a stockholder referred to above in clause (i); (iii) are not Related Persons; and (iv) do not have relationships that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of the directors. "Monthly Redemption Date" means January 29, 2007 and the first (1st) Business Day of each month thereafter and ending upon the full redemption of all of the Preferred Shares. "New Derivative Securities" means New Securities that are rights, warrants, options or convertible or exchangeable securities. "New Securities" means any Common Stock or preferred stock, whether or not authorized on the date hereof, and rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock 17 or preferred stock and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into Common Stock or preferred stock. "PIK Dividend Price" means 0.85 multiplied by the Current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the applicable Dividend Payment Date. "Purchase Agreement" means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 28, 2005, by and among the Corporation and the Purchasers named therein. "Redemption Price" means 0.85 multiplied by the Current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the applicable Monthly Redemption Date. "Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 28, 2005, by and among the Corporation and the Purchasers named therein. "Related Person" means an individual related to an officer, director or employee of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates which relation is by blood, marriage or adoption and not more remote than first cousin. "Stock Payment Conditions" means all of the following: (a) a Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the PIK Dividend Shares and the Redemption Shares to be issued, as applicable, shall have been declared effective and shall continue to be effective and available to each Holder; (b) (i) the Common Stock shall be listed on the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, or the Nasdaq National Market, or shall be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the "Pink Sheets", and trading in the Common Stock on such market or exchange shall not then be suspended, (ii) the Corporation shall be in compliance, in all material respects, with each of the quantitative and qualitative listing standards and requirements (without regards to any specified grace periods) of such market, and (iii) the Corporation shall not have received any notice from such market that the Corporation may not be in such compliance; and (c) the PIK Dividend Shares or Redemption Shares, as applicable, when issued will be duly authorized, validly issued, and nonassessable. 18 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed on its behalf by its undersigned Chief Financial Officer this 29th day of December, 2005. /s/ Wayne A. Pratt -------------------------- Wayne A. Pratt, Chief Financial Officer 19 ANNEX I CONVERSION NOTICE The undersigned hereby elects to convert shares of 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the "PREFERRED STOCK"), represented by stock certificate No(s). __________, into shares of common stock ("COMMON Stock") of Syntax-Brillian Corporation (the "COMPANY") according to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designations and Securities Purchase Agreement relating to the Preferred Stock (the "CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS"), as of the date written below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Certificate of Designations. Conversion Date:_________________________________ Number of Shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted:_________________ Amount of Accrued Dividends:_____________________ Applicable Conversion Price:_____________________ Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Issued:_______________________ Name of Holder:__________________________________ Address:_________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________ Name: Title: [ ] The Holder represents to the Company that the resale or transfer of the Conversion Shares represented hereby was effected via delivery of a prospectus pursuant to the registration statement and was in compliance with any applicable state securities or blue sky laws. (check box if applicable) Holder Requests Delivery to be made: (check one) [ ] By Delivery of Physical Certificates to the Above Address [ ] Through Depository Trust Corporation (Account__________________________________) 20 EX-4.13 3 p71680exv4w13.txt EX-4.13 EXHIBIT 4.13 NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS 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 ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES. THE TRANSFER OF THIS WARRANT IS RESTRICTED AS DESCRIBED HEREIN. SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share) No. ______ ______ Shares THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, _____________, whose address is _________________________ (together with any person or entity to which this Warrant (or any portion hereof) may be transferred, the "Holder"), is entitled to subscribe for and purchase from Syntax-Brillian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, ______ shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), at a price of $5.00 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth herein, the "Exercise Price"). As used herein the term "Warrant" shall mean and include this Warrant and any Common Stock or warrants hereafter issued as a consequence of the exercise or transfer of this Warrant in whole or in part. 1 The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Warrant Shares") and the Exercise Price may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter set forth. The Warrant Shares are entitled to the benefits, and subject to the obligations, set forth in (i) the Registration Rights Agreement among the Company, the Holder and certain other parties dated concurrently herewith (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), and (ii) the Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company, the Holder and certain other parties dated concurrently herewith (the "Purchase Agreement"). 1. Exercise Period. This Warrant may be exercised at any time or from time to time during the period commencing at 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time on December __, 2005, and ending at 5:00 P.M. Pacific Time on December __, 2010 (the "Exercise Period"). 2. Procedure for Exercise; Effect of Exercise. (a) Cash Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Holder during normal business hours on any business day during the Exercise Period by (i) the presentation and surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal executive office along with a duly executed Notice of Exercise (in the form attached hereto) specifying the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, and (ii) delivery of payment to the Company of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares specified in the Notice of Exercise by cash, wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account specified by the Company, or by certified or bank cashier's check. (b) Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may also be exercised by the Holder through a cashless exercise, as described in this Section 2(b). In such case, this Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Holder during normal business hours on any business day during the Exercise Period by the presentation and surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal office along with a duly executed Notice of Exercise specifying the number of Warrant Shares to be applied to such exercise. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall equal the value of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) computed as of the date of delivery of this Warrant to the Company using the following formula: X = Y(A-B) ------ A Where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder under this Section 2(b); Y = the number of Warrant Shares identified in the Notice of Exercise as being applied to the subject exercise; A = the Current Market Price on such date; and B = the Exercise Price on such date For purposes of this Section 2(b), Current Market Price shall have the definition provided in Section 6(g). 2 The Company acknowledges and agrees that this Warrant was issued on the date set forth at the end of this Warrant. Consequently, the Company acknowledges and agrees that, if the Holder conducts a cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(b), the period during which the Holder held this Warrant may, for purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), be "tacked" to the period during which the Holder holds the Warrant Shares received upon such cashless exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may conduct a cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(b) only after the first anniversary of the initial issuance date of this Warrant, and then only in the event that a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares is not then effective at the time that the Holder wishes to conduct such cashless exercise. (c) Company's Response; Effect of Exercise. Upon receipt by the Company of a copy of a Notice of Exercise (including a copy received via facsimile), the Company shall immediately send to the Holder, via facsimile, a confirmation of receipt of such Notice of Exercise. Upon receipt by the Company of this Warrant and the original Notice of Exercise, together with proper payment of the Exercise Price, as provided in this Section 2, the Company or its designated transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent"), as applicable, shall, within three (3) business days following the date of receipt by the Company of the original Notice of Exercise (so long as this Warrant and the proper payment of the Exercise Price are received by the Company on or before such third business day), issue and deliver to the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") account on the Holder's behalf via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System ("DWAC") as specified in the Notice of Exercise, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Company or its Transfer Agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the shares to the DTC on the Holder's behalf via DWAC if (A) a registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, (B) the exercise of this Warrant is in connection with a sale, and (C) the Holder has complied with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements. If this Warrant should be exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for cancellation, execute and deliver a new Warrant evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the balance of the Warrant Shares subject to purchase hereunder. Upon receipt by the Company of this Warrant and a Notice of Exercise, together with proper payment of the Exercise Price, as provided in this Section 2, the Company agrees that such Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record holder of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant has been surrendered and payment has been made for such Warrant Shares in accordance with this Warrant and the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Warrant Shares, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing such Warrant Shares shall not then be actually delivered to the Holder. 3. Registration of Warrants; Transfer of Warrants. Any Warrants issued upon the transfer or exercise in part of this Warrant shall be numbered and shall be registered in a warrant register as they are issued. The Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any Warrant on the warrant register as the owner in fact thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Warrant on the part of 3 any other person, and shall not be liable for any registration or transfer of Warrants which are registered or to be registered in the name of a fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary unless made with the actual knowledge that a fiduciary or nominee is committing a breach of trust in requesting such registration or transfer, or with the knowledge of such facts that its participation therein amounts to bad faith. This Warrant shall be transferable only on the books of the Company upon delivery thereof duly endorsed by the Holder or by its duly authorized attorney or representative, or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer. In all cases of transfer by an attorney, executor, administrator, guardian, or other legal representative, duly authenticated evidence of his or its authority shall be produced. Upon any registration of transfer, the Company shall deliver a new Warrant or Warrants to the person entitled thereto. This Warrant may be exchanged, at the option of the Holder thereof, for another Warrant, or other Warrants of different denominations, of like tenor and representing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like number of Warrant Shares, upon surrender to the Company or its duly authorized agent. 4. Restrictions on Transfer. (a) The Holder, as of the date of issuance hereof, represents to the Company that such Holder is acquiring the Warrants for its own account and not with a view to the distribution thereof or of the Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Warrant to the contrary, this Warrant and the related Warrant Shares shall not be transferable except pursuant to the proviso contained in the following sentence or upon the conditions specified in this Section 4, which conditions are intended, among other things, to insure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state law in respect of the transfer of this Warrant or such Warrant Shares. The Holder by acceptance of this Warrant agrees that the Holder will not transfer this Warrant or the related Warrant Shares prior to delivery to the Company of an opinion of the Holder's counsel (as such opinion and such counsel are described in Section 4(b) hereof) or until registration of such Warrant Shares under the Securities Act has become effective or after a sale of such Warrant or Warrant Shares has been consummated pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Holder may freely transfer this Warrant or such Warrant Shares (without delivery to the Company of an opinion of counsel) (i) to one of its nominees, affiliates or a nominee thereof, (ii) to a pension or profit-sharing fund established and maintained for its employees or for the employees of any affiliate, (iii) from a nominee to any of the aforementioned persons as beneficial owner of this Warrant or such Warrant Shares, (iv) to a qualified institutional buyer, so long as such transfer is effected in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or (v) to an accredited investor (as such term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act). (b) The Holder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees that prior to any transfer of this Warrant or of the related Warrant Shares (other than as permitted by Section 4(a) hereof or pursuant to a registration under the Securities Act), the Holder will give written notice to the Company of its intention to effect such transfer, together with an opinion of such counsel for the Holder in form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transfer of this Warrant and/or such Warrant Shares may be effected without registration under the Securities Act. Upon delivery of such notice and opinion to the Company, the Holder shall be entitled to transfer this Warrant and/or such Warrant Shares in accordance with the intended method of disposition specified in the notice to the Company. 4 (c) Each stock certificate representing Warrant Shares issued upon exercise or exchange of this Warrant shall bear the following legend unless the opinion of counsel referred to in Section 4(b) states such legend is not required: "THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE 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 ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT. SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT." The Holder understands that the Company may place, and may instruct any transfer agent or depository for the Warrant Shares to place, a stop transfer notation in the securities records in respect of the Warrant Shares. 5. Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times during the Exercise Period reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of the rights to purchase all Warrant Shares granted pursuant to the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall, from time to time, be sufficient therefor. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, upon receipt by the Company of the full Exercise Price therefor, and all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Warrant, shall be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of preemptive rights, and free from all taxes, claims, liens, charges and other encumbrances. 6. Exercise Price Adjustments. The Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows: (a) (i) In the event that the Company shall (A) pay a dividend or make a distribution, in shares of Common Stock, on any class of capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary which is not directly or indirectly wholly owned by the Company, (B) split or subdivide its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or (C) combine its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder of this Warrant thereafter surrendered for exercise shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the occurrence of any of the events described above had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the 5 occurrence of such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 6(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution (except as provided in paragraph 6(f) below) and shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the effective date in the case of such subdivision, split or combination, as the case may be. Any shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of a dividend shall be deemed to have been issued immediately prior to the close of business on the record date for such dividend for purposes of calculating the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock under clause (ii) below. (ii) In the event that the Company shall issue or distribute any Common Stock or preferred stock, whether or not authorized on the date hereof, and rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock or preferred stock and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into Common Stock or preferred stock ("New Securities"), in any such case at a price per share less than $5.00 or that would entitle the holders of the New Securities to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than $5.00 per share (provided that the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of New Securities that are rights, warrants, options or convertible or exchangeable securities ("New Derivative Securities") will not cause an adjustment in the Exercise Price if no such adjustment would have been required at the time such New Derivative Security was issued), then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Exercise Price shall equal the price at which the Company issues or distributes such New Securities (or the price at which the holders of the New Securities are entitled to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock). Each such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such New Securities are issued. In determining whether any New Derivative Securities entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than $5.00 per share, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such New Derivative Securities, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors"), whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a certificate filed with the records of corporate proceedings of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall an adjustment be made under this subsection (ii) if such adjustment would result in raising the then-effective Exercise Price. (iii) No adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this Section 6(a) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 6(a) shall be made to the nearest cent or nearest 1/100th of a share. (iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 6(a), no adjustment shall be made to the Exercise Price upon any Exempt Issuance. "Exempt Issuance" means the issuance of: (A) shares of capital stock of the Company issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any currently outstanding securities (but not any amendment or modification to such currently outstanding securities after the date hereof) or any New Securities issued in accordance with the Purchase Agreement (including the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the PIK Dividend Shares and the Redemption Shares, as such terms are defined in Section 6(j)); (B) shares of capital stock 6 issued and issuable as payment for outstanding interest under the Company's outstanding 7% convertible debentures and 4% convertible debentures; (C) shares or options or warrants for Common Stock granted to officers, directors and employees of, and consultants to, the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to stock option or purchase plans or other compensatory agreements approved by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to the Syntax Groups Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan; (D) shares of Common Stock or preferred stock issued in connection with any pro rata stock split, stock dividend (including PIK Dividend Shares) or recapitalization by the Company; (E) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to a strategic investor in connection with a strategic commercial agreement as determined by the Board of Directors; (F) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to an investor in connection with a joint venture arrangement where the Company is a participant; (G) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued pursuant to the acquisition of another corporation or entity by the Company by consolidation, merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, or other reorganization in which the Company acquires, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity ownership of such other corporation or entity; (H) shares of capital stock issued in an underwritten public securities offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act; (I) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to current or prospective customers or suppliers of the Company approved by the Board of Directors as compensation or accommodation in lieu of other payment, compensation or accommodation to such customer or supplier; (J) shares of capital stock, or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to any person that provides services to the Company as compensation therefor pursuant to an agreement approved by the Board of Directors; (K) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, offered in a transaction where the purchase of such securities by the Holder would cause such transaction to fail to comply with applicable federal or state securities laws or would cause an applicable registration or qualification exemption to fail to be available to the Company; and (L) securities issuable upon conversion or exercise of the securities set forth in clauses (A) - (K) above. (v) The Company from time to time may reduce the Exercise Price by any amount for any period of time in the discretion of the Board of Directors. (vi) In the event that, at any time as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Sections 6(a)(i) through 6(a)(iv) above, the Holder of any Warrant thereafter surrendered for exercise shall become entitled to receive any shares of the Company other than shares of the Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any such Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Common Stock contained in Sections 6(a)(i) through 6(a)(v) above, and the other provisions of this Section 6(a) with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares. (b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than in a transaction to which Section 6(a)(i) applies), any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other entity, any merger of another entity into the Company (other than a merger that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation 7 of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company), any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any compulsory share exchange, pursuant to which share exchange the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or other property, then lawful provision shall be made as part of the terms of such transaction whereby the Holder of this Warrant shall have the right thereafter, during the Exercise Period, to exercise this Warrant and obtain only the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which this Warrant might have been exercisable immediately prior to the reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange assuming that such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon consummation of such transaction, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6(a) above following the date of consummation of such transaction. As a condition to any such transaction, the Company or the person formed by the consolidation or resulting from the merger or which acquires such assets or which acquires the Company's shares, as the case may be, shall make provisions in its articles or certificate of incorporation or other constituent document to establish such right. The certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 6. The provisions of this Section 6(b) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges. (c) If: (i) the Company shall take any action which would require an adjustment in the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6(a); or (ii) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of its Common Stock generally of rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase any shares of any class or any other rights, warrants or options; or (iii) there shall be any reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common Stock or a change in par value) or any consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (iv) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; then, in each such case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at such Holder's address as shown on the books of the transfer agent for the Warrants, as promptly as possible, but at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating 8 (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or granting of rights, warrants or options, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights, warrants or options are to be determined, or (B) the date on which such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, statutory share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, statutory share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in this Section 6(c). (d) Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly cause a notice of the adjusted Exercise Price to be mailed to each Holder. (e) In any case in which Section 6(a) provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event and the date fixed for such adjustment pursuant to Section 6(a) occurs after such record date but before the occurrence of such event, the Company may defer until the actual occurrence of such event issuing to the Holder of any Warrants exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment. (f) In case the Company shall take any action affecting the Common Stock, other than actions described in this Section 6, which in the opinion of the Board of Directors would materially adversely affect the exercise right of the Holders, the Exercise Price may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as the Board of Directors may determine to be equitable in the circumstances; provided, however, that in no event shall (i) the Board of Directors be required to take any such action and (ii) any such action result in an increase in the Exercise Price. (g) For the purpose of any computation under Section 2(b) or this Section 6, the "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on any date means the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date as reported for consolidated transactions with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or such other system then in use or, if the Common Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as of the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding (but not including) such date determined by an Independent Financial Expert. An "Independent Financial Expert" shall mean a reputable accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm that 9 is, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors, qualified to perform the task for which such firm has been engaged hereunder, is nationally recognized and disinterested and Independent with respect to the Company and its affiliates and is reasonably acceptable to holders owning a majority of all of the outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. "Independent" shall mean any person or entity that (i) is in fact independent, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or in any affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than as a result of holding securities of the Company in trading accounts), and (iii) is not an officer, employee, promoter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions for the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. (h) Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price (other than an adjustment under Section 6(a)(iii)), this Warrant shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Exercise Price, that number of shares (calculated to the nearest thousandth) obtained by dividing (i) the product obtained by multiplying the number of shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant prior to adjustment of the number of shares by the Exercise Price in effect prior to adjustment of the Exercise Price, by (ii) the Exercise Price in effect after such adjustment of the Exercise Price. (i) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company upon the exercise of this Warrant, but in lieu thereof, the Company shall round the number of shares to be issued to the nearest whole number. (j) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not issue any Warrant Shares which, when aggregated with all shares of Common Stock (the "Conversion Shares") issuable upon conversion of the Company's 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock"), any shares of Common Stock issued upon payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock (the "PIK Dividend Shares"), and any shares of Common Stock issued upon redemption of the Preferred Stock (the "Redemption Shares") issued prior to such date of issuance, would exceed 19.999% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the business day immediately preceding the date hereof (such number of shares, the "Issuable Maximum"). If, on the date of exercise of this Warrant as set forth herein, (i) the Exercise Price in effect is such that the shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, and any Conversion Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, and Redemption Shares, together with the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that would then be issuable upon conversion, exercise or issuance in full of all then outstanding Conversion Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, Redemption Shares, or Warrant Shares would exceed the Issuable Maximum, and (ii) the Company's stockholders shall not have previously approved the issuance of 20% or more of the Company's capital stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the "Stockholder Approval"), then the Company shall issue to the Holder requesting exercise of this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Holder's pro-rata portion of the Issuable Maximum and, with respect to the remainder of this Warrant then held by the Holder for which exercise would result in an issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Holder's pro-rata portion of the Issuable Maximum (the "Excess Shares"), the Company shall be prohibited from issuing such Excess Shares, and shall notify the Holder of the reason 10 therefor. This Warrant would be unexercisable to such extent until and unless Stockholder Approval is subsequently obtained, but shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. 7. Transfer Taxes. The issuance of any shares or other securities upon the exercise of this Warrant, and the delivery of certificates or other instruments representing such shares or other securities, shall be made without charge to the Holder for any tax or other charge in respect of such issuance. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the Holder and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any such certificate unless and until the person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. 8. Loss or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of any Warrant (and upon surrender of any Warrant if mutilated), and upon reimbursement of the Company's reasonable incidental expenses, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder thereof a new Warrant of like date, tenor, and denomination. 9. No Rights as a Stockholder. The Holder of any Warrant shall not have, solely on account of such status, any rights of a stockholder of the Company, either at law or in equity, or to any notice of meetings of stockholders or of any other proceedings of the Company, except as provided in this Warrant. 10. Governing Law. This Warrant shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas applicable to contracts made and performed within such State, without regard to principles of conflicts of law. * * * Dated: December __, 2005 SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION By:________________________ Wayne A. Pratt, Chief Financial Officer 11 FORM OF ASSIGNMENT (To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer the attached Warrant.) FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ___________________ hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto ________________ a Warrant to purchase __________ shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Syntax-Brillian Corporation (the "Company"), together with all right, title, and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________________ attorney to transfer such Warrant on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution. Dated:_____________________ By:______________________________ Signature The signature on the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. To: Syntax-Brillian Corporation 1600 North Desert Drive Tempe, Arizona 85281-1230 Attention: Chief Executive Officer NOTICE OF EXERCISE The undersigned hereby exercises his or its rights to purchase _______ Warrant Shares covered by the within Warrant and tenders payment herewith in the amount of $_________ by [tendering cash or delivering a certified check or bank cashier's check, payable to the order of the Company] [surrendering ______ shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of the attached Warrant, which shares have a Current Market Price equal to such payment] in accordance with the terms thereof. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ (Print Name, Address and Social Security or Tax Identification Number) Holder requests delivery to be made: (check one) [ ] By delivery of physical certificates in the name above and delivered to the above address [ ] Through Depository Trust Corporation, if eligible (Account )_____________________________________) and, if such number of Warrant Shares shall not be all the Warrant Shares covered by the within Warrant, that a new Warrant for the balance of the Warrant Shares covered by the within Warrant be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the undersigned at the address stated below. Dated:__________________________ By:_____________________________ Print Name ________________________________ Signature Address: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ EX-4.14 4 p71680exv4w14.txt EX-4.14 EXHIBIT 4.14 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of December 29, 2005, by and among Syntax-Brillian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the persons and entities listed on Exhibit A hereto (each, a "Purchaser" and, collectively, the "Purchasers"). WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2005 (the "Purchase Agreement"), the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Purchasers the Company's 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), and Warrants to purchase shares of its Common Stock; and WHEREAS, to induce the Purchasers to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement and to purchase the Preferred Stock and the Warrants, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the PIK Dividend Shares and the Redemption Shares. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows: 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. "Blackout Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(1). "Board" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(1). "Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Arizona generally are authorized or required by law or other government actions to close. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Common Stock" means the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value. "Conversion Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of "Registrable Securities." "Effectiveness Date" means with respect to the Registration Statement the earlier of (i) the 90th day following the Closing Date (or the 120th day following the Closing Date in the event that the Registration Statement is reviewed by the Commission), before which the Company will cause the Registration Statement to become effective, and (ii) the 5th Business Day after the date on which the Commission informs the Company (a) that the Commission will not review the Registration Statement, or (b) that the Company may request the acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. "Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2. "Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(d). "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Holder" means, collectively, each holder from time to time of Registrable Securities including, without limitation, each Purchaser and its assignees. To the extent this Agreement refers to an election, consent, waiver, request or approval of or by the Holder, such reference shall mean an election, consent, waiver, request or approval by the holders of a majority in interest of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities (on an as exercised basis). "Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c). "Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c). "Liquidated Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(d). "Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). "Person" means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind. "PIK Dividend Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of "Registrable Securities." "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 -2- covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. "Redemption Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of "Registrable Securities." "Registrable Securities" means (a) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Conversion Shares"); (b) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the "Warrant Shares"); (c) all shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock (collectively, the "PIK Dividend Shares"); (d) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon redemption of the Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Redemption Shares"); and (e) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing and any other securities issued in exchange of or replacement of the foregoing; until, in each such case (i) a Registration Statement covering the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the PIK Dividend Shares and the Redemption Shares has been declared effective by the Commission and continues to be effective during the Effectiveness Period, or (ii) such Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares, or Redemption Shares are sold in compliance with Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k), after which time such shares shall not be Registrable Securities. "Registration Statement" means the registration statement, including 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 in such registration statement, for the resale of the Registrable Securities required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to this Agreement. "Required Filing Date" means the forty-fifth (45th) day immediately following the Closing Date. "Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule. "Rule 158" means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule. "Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Special Counsel" means any one firm of special counsel to Holder, for which Holder will be reimbursed by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. "Warrant Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of "Registrable Securities." -3- 2. Registration. On or prior to the Required Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of the 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 with the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) and shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Purchasers) the "Plan of Distribution" substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company shall (i) not permit any securities other than the Registrable Securities to be included in the Registration Statement (except for securities which are subject to written registration rights agreements entered into by the Company prior to December 15, 2005), (ii) cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act within five (5) Business Days after the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be "reviewed," or not be subject to further review) as soon as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Effectiveness Date, and (iii) keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act for a period of two years from the Closing Date (the "Effectiveness Period"). 3. Registration Procedures; Company's Obligations. In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall: (a) Prepare and file with the Commission on or prior to the Required Filing Date, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, then such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with the Securities Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder), and cause the Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided, however, that not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to the Holder and any Special Counsel, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated by reference) will be subject to the timely review of and comment by such Special Counsel, and (ii) at the request of the Holder 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 such Special Counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holder or any Special Counsel shall reasonably object in writing within three (3) Business Days of their receipt thereof. (b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period 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 (or -4- any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii) respond promptly to any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and promptly provide to the Holder upon request of the Holder 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 Holder set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented. (c) Notify the Holder of Registrable Securities to be sold and any Special Counsel promptly (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than three (3) Business Days prior to such filing and, in the case of (i)(C) below, no later than the first Business Day following the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than three (3) Business Days following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a "review" of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company shall promptly furnish to the Special Counsel upon its request, without charge, (i) any correspondence from the Commission or the Commission's staff to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, and (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the Commission, a copy of any written response to the correspondence received from the Commission. (d) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of, (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any U.S. jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment. (e) Furnish to the Holder and any Special Counsel upon request, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, -5- 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 the Holder and any Special Counsel upon request, without charge, as many copies of the Registration Statement, Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; and the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by the selling Holder in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. Should the Holder offer or sell the Registrable Securities, such Holder agrees to comply with all applicable securities laws. (g) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holder and any Special 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 the Holder reasonably 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 required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or subject the Company to any tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. (h) Cooperate with the Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holder may request at least two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities. (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(v), promptly 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. (j) Use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement to be listed on any securities exchange, quotation system, market or over-the-counter bulletin board, if any, on which the same securities issued by the Company are then listed as and when required pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. (k) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to its security holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 not later than forty- -6- five (45) days after the end of any twelve (12) month period (or ninety (90) days after the end of any twelve (12) month period if such period is a fiscal year) commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall conform to the requirements of Rule 158. (l) If (i) there is material non-public information regarding the Company which the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") reasonably determines not to be in the Company's best interest to disclose and which the Company is not otherwise required to disclose, or (ii) there is a significant business opportunity (including, but not limited to, the acquisition or disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any merger, consolidation, tender offer or other similar transaction) available to the Company which the Board reasonably determines not to be in the Company's best interest to disclose and which the Company would be required to disclose under the Registration Statement, then the Company may suspend effectiveness of a Registration Statement and suspend the sale of Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement one (1) time every three (3) months or three (3) times in any twelve month period, provided that the Company may not suspend its obligation for more than thirty (30) days in the aggregate in any twelve month period if suspension is for any of the reasons listed above or sixty (60) days in the aggregate in any twelve month period for any other reason (each, a "Blackout Period"); provided, however, that no such suspension shall be permitted for more than twenty (20) consecutive days, arising out of the same set of facts, circumstances or transactions. (m) Within two (2) Business Days after the Registration Statement which includes the Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the Commission, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. 4. Registration Procedures; Holder's Obligations In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Holder shall: (a) Furnish to the Company a completed Questionnaire in the form attached as Exhibit D not less than five Business Days prior to the Required Filing Date or by the end of the three Business Days following the date on which the Holder receives draft materials in accordance with Section 3(a). (b) If the Registration Statement refers to the Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company, have the right to require (if such reference to the Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force) the deletion of the reference to the Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement that will be filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to be required. (c) (i) not sell any Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until it has received copies of the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented as contemplated in Section 3(f) and notice from the Company that such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective as contemplated by Section 3(c), (ii) comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in -7- connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, and (iii) furnish to the Company information regarding such Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as is required by law to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of the Holder if it fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement. (d) upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(ii), 3(c)(iii), 3(c)(iv), 3(c)(v) or 3(m), forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until the Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement contemplated by Section 3(i), or until it is advised in writing 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. Each Holder hereby (i) acknowledges to the Company that the Commission currently takes the position that coverage of short sales of shares of Common Stock "against the box" made prior to the Effectiveness Date with any security covered by any Prospectus is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated June 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance, (ii) agrees (on behalf of itself or any Person over which it has direct control) not to use any of the securities covered by any Prospectus to cover any short sales, hedging or similar transactions with the same economic effect as a short sale, made prior to the Effectiveness Date, and (iii) agrees to comply with Regulation M under the federal securities laws. 5. Registration Expenses All reasonable fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not the Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective and whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with each securities exchange or other market on which Registrable Securities are required hereunder to be listed, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with the Commission or with the NASD pursuant to NASD Conduct Rule 2710, if required, and (C) in compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws); (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement); (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Company; (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and (v) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's independent public accountants (including the expenses of any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent public accountants of a comfort letter or comfort letters). In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this -8- Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. 6. Indemnification (a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser, its permitted assignees, officers, directors, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees, each Person who controls any such Purchaser or permitted assignee (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, and the respective successors, assigns, estate and personal representatives of each of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, judgments, costs (including, without limitation, costs of investigation) and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) (collectively, "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, as supplemented or amended, if applicable, 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 misleading, except (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding the Holder furnished in writing to the Company by the Holder expressly for use therein, which information was reviewed and expressly approved by the Holder or Special Counsel expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) as a result of the failure of the Holder to deliver a Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, to a purchaser in connection with an offer or sale. The Company shall notify the Holder 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. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 6(c) hereof) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holder. (b) Indemnification by Purchaser. Each Purchaser and its permitted assignees 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, and the respective successors, assigns, estate and personal representatives of each of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or relating to (i) the failure of the Holder to deliver a Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, to a purchaser in connection with a purchase or sale, (ii) the Holder's use of a representation or prospectus other than the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in connection with a purchase or sale, or (iii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus, as supplemented or amended, if applicable, 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 -9- 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 (A) such untrue statement or omission is contained in or omitted from any information so furnished in writing by the Holder or the Special Counsel to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or such Prospectus, and (B) such information was reasonably relied upon by the Company for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or, to the extent that such information relates to the Holder or the Holder's proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities, was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by the Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus Supplement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount as does not exceed the net proceeds to the Holder as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. (c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereunder (an "Indemnified Party"), such Indemnified Party promptly shall 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; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party. An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (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). 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, conditioned or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed, 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 reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend -10- such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten (10) Business 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 or pursuant to applicable law). (d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party because of a failure or refusal of a governmental authority to enforce such indemnification in accordance with its terms (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 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(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 under Section 6(a) or 6(b) was available to such party in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holder shall be liable or required to contribute under this Section 6(d) for only that amount as does not exceed the net proceeds to the Holder as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(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. 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. 7. Rule 144. As long as the Holder owns Registrable 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 Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As long as the Holder owns Registrable Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Holder and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) -11- promulgated under the Securities Act annual and quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as the Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holder to sell Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares and Redemption Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including providing any legal opinions of counsel to the Company referred to in the Purchase Agreement. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements. 8. Miscellaneous. (a) Remedies. The remedies provided in this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. In the event of a breach by the Company or by the Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, the Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and the Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate. (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has as of the date hereof entered into, nor shall the Company or any of its Affiliates, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holder in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the written consent of the Holder, after the date hereof the Company shall not grant to any Person the right to request the Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act if the rights so granted are inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holder set forth herein, or otherwise prevent the Company with complying with all of its obligations hereunder. (c) No Piggyback on Registrations. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holder in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement (except for securities held by other security holders which are subject to written registration rights agreements entered into by the Company prior to December 15, 2005, which securities may be included in the Registration Statement). (d) Failure to File Registration Statement and Other Events. The Company and the Holder agree that the Holder will suffer damages if the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Required Filing Date or is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Date and maintained in the manner contemplated herein during the Effectiveness Period or if certain other events occur. The Company and the Holder further agree that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, -12- if (i) the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Required Filing Date, or is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Date, or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act within five (5) Business Days after the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be "reviewed," or not subject to further review, or (iii) the Registration Statement is filed with and declared effective by the Commission but thereafter (otherwise than as permitted by item (iv) below) ceases to be effective or available as to all Registrable Securities for 30 days during the Effectiveness Period, without being succeeded within a reasonable period by a subsequent Registration Statement filed with and declared effective by the Commission, or (iv) the Company suspends the use of the Prospectus forming a part of such Registration Statement for more than thirty (30) days in any period of 365 consecutive days if the Company suspends in reliance on its ability to do so due to the existence of a development that, in the good faith discretion of the Board, makes it appropriate to so suspend or which renders the Company unable to comply with the Commission requirements, or the Company suspends the use of the Prospectus forming a part of such Registration Statement for more than sixty (60) days in any period of 365 consecutive days for any other reason, or (v) during the Effectiveness Period, trading in the Common Stock shall be suspended for any reason for more than three (3) consecutive Business Days, or (vi) the Company has breached Section 3(m) of this Agreement (any such failure or breach being referred to as an "Event"), the Company shall pay as liquidated damages for such failure or breach and not as a penalty (the "Liquidated Damages") to the Holder (or to its assignees, as the case may be) an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the purchase price of the Preferred Stock and the Warrants paid by the initial Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for each thirty (30) day period, pro rated for any period less than thirty (30) days, following the Event until the applicable Event has been cured. Payments to be made pursuant to this Section 8(d) shall be due and payable in cash in arrears at the end of each thirty (30) day period. The parties agree that the Liquidated Damages represent a reasonable estimate on the part of the parties, as of the date of this Agreement, of the amount of damages that may be incurred by the Holder if the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Required Filing Date or has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Date and maintained in the manner contemplated herein during the Effectiveness Period or if any other Event as described herein has occurred. (e) Consent to Jurisdiction. The Company and each Purchaser (i) hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the courts of the State of Texas located in Dallas County for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, (ii) hereby waive, and agree not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper, and (iii) hereby waive any and all rights they may have to a trial by jury with respect to any suit, action or proceeding based on, or arising out of, under, or in connection with, this Agreement. The Company and each Purchaser consent to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof 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 in this Section 8(e) shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. -13- (f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Purchasers. (g) Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (i) upon hand delivery by telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first Business Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or (ii) on the second Business Day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: (x) if to the Company: Syntax-Brillian Corporation 1600 North Desert Drive Tempe, Arizona 85281-1230 Attention: Vincent F. Sollitto, Jr., Chief Executive Officer Telecopier: (602) 389-8801 with a copy to: Greenberg Traurig, LLP 2375 East Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Attention: Robert S. Kant, Esq. Telecopier: (602) 445-8100 (y) if to any Purchaser: At the address of such Purchaser set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement. or to such other address or addresses or facsimile number or numbers as any such party may most recently have designated in writing to the other parties hereto by such notice. (h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any of its respective rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchasers Each Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement. (i) Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights of the Holder hereunder, including the right to have the Company register for resale Registrable Securities in accordance -14- with the terms of this Agreement, shall be assignable by each Holder to any transferee of the Holder of all or a portion of the shares of Registrable Securities if: (i) the Holder agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (A) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (B) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignees is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this Section, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement; and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement and shall be for no less than 10% of the Registrable Securities. In addition, the Holder shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder to any other Person with the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The rights to assignment shall apply to the Holder (and to subsequent) successors and assigns. In the event of an assignment pursuant to this Section 8(i), the Purchaser shall pay all incremental costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with filing a Registration Statement (or an amendment to the Registration Statement) to register the shares of Registrable Securities assigned to any assignee or transferee of the Purchaser. (j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof. (k) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Agreement to be drafted. (l) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. (m) Termination. Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, this Agreement shall terminate on the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement, or (ii) the date on which all remaining Registrable Securities may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act. (n) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable in any respect, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or -15- restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable. (o) Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank. Signature pages to follow.] -16- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized persons as of the date first indicated above. SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION By: /s/ Wayne A. Pratt --------------------------------- Wayne A. Pratt, Chief Financial Officer [SIGNATURES OF PURCHASERS TO FOLLOW ON NEXT PAGES.] PURCHASERS: GRYPHON MASTER FUND, L.P. By: Gryphon Partners, L.P., its General Partner By: Gryphon Management Partners, L.P., its General Partner By: Gryphon Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner By: /s/ E.B. Lyon, IV ------------------------------------ E.B. Lyon, IV, Authorized Agent GSSF MASTER FUND, LP By: Gryphon Special Situations Fund, LP, its General Partner By: GSSF Management Partners, LP, its General Partner By: GSSF, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ E.B. Lyon, IV ------------------------------------ E.B. Lyon, IV, Authorized Agent [ADDITIONAL PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] Name of Purchaser: Enable Growth Partners By: /s/ Mitch Levine -------------------------------- Name: Mitch Levine -------------------- Title: Managing Partner -------------------- Name of Purchaser: Enable Opportunity Partners By: /s/ Mitch Levine --------------------------------- Name: Mitch Levine ---------------------- Title: Managing Partner --------------------- Name of Purchaser: Hudson Bay Fund, L.P. By: /s/ Yoav Roth --------------------------------- Name: Yoav Roth ---------------------- Title: Portfolio Manager --------------------- Name of Purchaser: DKR SoundShore Oasis Holding Fund Ltd. By: /s/ Fred Leif --------------------------------- Name: Fred Leif ---------------------- Title: Director --------------------- Name of Purchaser: Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC By: /s/ Stephen D. Friend --------------------------------- Name: Stephen D. Friend ---------------------- Title: Managing Director --------------------- Name of Purchaser: Bushido Capital Master Fund, LP By: Bushido Capital Partners, Ltd., its General Partner By: /s/ Christopher Rossman ---------------------------- Name: Christopher Rossman ------------------- Title: Managing Director ------------------- Name of Purchaser: Nite Capital LP By: /s/ Keith A. Goodman ------------------------------------------- Name: Keith A. Goodman Title: Manager of the General Partner Name of Purchaser: Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. By: /s/ Joshua Silverman -------------------------------- Name: Joshua Silverman --------------------- Title: Authorized Signatory -------------------- Name of Purchaser: Longview Special Finance Inc. By: /s/ Francois Morax -------------------------------- Name: Francois Morax --------------------- Title: Director -------------------- Name of Purchaser: Lagunitas Partners LP By: /s/ Jon D. Gruber --------------------------------- Name: Gruber & McBaine Capital Management ---------------------- Title: General Partner --------------------- Name of Purchaser: Jon D. and Linda W. Gruber Trust By: /s/ Jon D. Gruber --------------------------------- Name: Jon D. Gruber ---------------------- Title: Trustee --------------------- Name of Purchaser: Gruber & McBaine International By: /s/ Jon D. Gruber -------------------------------- Name: Gruber & McBaine Capital Management ---------------------- Title: Investment Adviser --------------------- Name of Purchaser: WesTech Electronics Limited By: /s/ Tan Chin Hock -------------------------------- Name: Tan Chin Hock ---------------------- Title: CFO --------------------- EXHIBIT A PURCHASERS Gryphon Master Fund, L.P. 100 Crescent Court Suite 490 Dallas, Texas 75201 Fax No.: (214) 871-6711 Attn: Ryan R. Wolters With a copy to: Warren W. Garden, P.C. 100 Crescent Court, Suite 490 Dallas, Texas 75201 Fax No.: (214) 871-6711 Attn: Warren W. Garden, Esq. GSSF Master Fund, LP 100 Crescent Court Suite 475 Dallas, Texas 75201 Fax No.: (214) 871-6711 Attn: Timothy M. Stobaugh With a copy to: Warren W. Garden, P.C. 100 Crescent Court, Suite 490 Dallas, Texas 75201 Fax No.: (214) 871-6711 Attn: Warren W. Garden, Esq. Enable Growth Partners One Ferry Building, Suite 255 San Francisco, CA 94111 Fax: 415-677-1580 Attn: Mitch Levine Enable Opportunity Partners One Ferry Building, Suite 255 San Francisco, CA 94111 Fax: 415-677-1580 Attn: Mitch Levine Hudson Bay Fund, L.P. 120 Broadway, 40th Floor New York, NY 10271 Fax no. 212-571-1279 Attn: Yoav Roth, May Lee DKR SoundShore Oasis Holding Fund Ltd. c/o DKR Capital Partners L.P. 1281 East Main Street Stamford, CT 06902 Attn: Rajni A. Narasi Fax. 203-324-8489 Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC 111 West Jackson Blvd. 20th Floor Chicago, IL 60604 Fax: (312) 692-7551 Attn: Stephen Friend Bushido Capital Master Fund, LP c/o Bushido Capital Partners 275 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2000 New York, NY 10001 Fax No.: (646) 486-6885 Attn.: Christopher Rossman Nite Capital LP c/o Nite Capital, LLC 100 E. Cook Ave., Suite 201 Libertyville, IL 60048 Fax 247-968-4648 Attn: Keith Goodman Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. 641 Lexington Ave., 26th Floor New York, NY 10022 Attn: Joshua Silverman Fax: (212) 207-7452 A-2 Longview Special Finance Inc. Trident Chambers PO Box 146 Road Toad, Tortola British Virgin Islands Fax: 284-494-3754 Lagunitas Partners LP c/o Gruber & McBaine Capital Management 50 Osgood Place-PH San Francisco, CA 94133 Attn: Christine Arroyo Fax: (415) 956-7858 Jon D. and Linda W. Gruber Trust c/o Gruber & McBaine Capital Management 50 Osgood Place-PH San Francisco, CA 94133 Attn: Christine Arroyo Fax: (415) 956-7858 Gruber & McBaine International c/o Gruber & McBaine Capital Management 50 Osgood Place-PH San Francisco, CA 94133 Attn: Christine Arroyo Fax: (415) 956-7858 WesTech Electronics Limited No. 34 Kaki Bukit Crescent Kaki Bukit Teckpark 1 Singapore 416263 A-3 EXHIBIT B PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION We are registering the shares of Common Stock on behalf of the Selling Stockholders. The Common Stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares: - ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; - block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; - purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; - an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; - privately negotiated transactions; - settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part; - broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; - a combination of any such methods of sale; - through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; or - any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), if available, rather than under this prospectus. Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASDR Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASDR IM-2440. B-1 In connection with the sale of the Common Stock or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares of the Common Stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%). The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. Each Selling Stockholder has advised us that they have not entered into any written or oral agreements, understandings or arrangements with any underwriter or broker-dealer regarding the sale of the resale shares. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders. We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume limitations by reason of Rule 144(e) under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to the prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with. B-2 Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale. B-3 EXHIBIT C FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT [Name and address of Transfer Agent] ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Attn: ____________ Re: Syntax-Brillian Corporation Ladies and Gentlemen: We are counsel to Syntax-Brillian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), dated as of December __, 2005, by and among the Company and the purchasers (the "PURCHASERS" and the "HOLDERS") named therein pursuant to which the Company issued to the Purchasers its 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and other securities. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Purchasers (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), dated as of December __, 2005, pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT"). In connection with the Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ___________, 2005, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-________) (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the resale of the Registrable Securities which names the Holders as selling stockholders thereunder. In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the SEC's staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and we have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and, accordingly, the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act in the manner specified in, and pursuant to the terms of, the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, By: cc: [PURCHASERS] C-1 EXHIBIT D FORM OF SELLING SECURITYHOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION Selling Securityholder Questionnaire The undersigned holder of 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Syntax-Brillian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), (the "Registrable Securities") understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December __, 2005 (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), among the Company and the Purchasers named therein. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement. Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned beneficial owner (the "Selling Securityholder") of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under such Item 3) in the Registration Statement. The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate: QUESTIONNAIRE 1. Name. (a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder: (b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 below are held: D-1 (c) Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire): 2. Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder: Telephone: Fax: Contact Person: 3. Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities: (a) Type and Principal Amount of Registrable Securities beneficially owned: 4. Broker-Dealer Status: (a) Are you a broker-dealer? [ ] Yes [ ] No (b) If "yes" to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company? [ ] Yes [ ] No Note: If no, the Commission's staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. (c) Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? [ ] Yes [ ] No D-2 (d) If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? [ ] Yes [ ] No Note: If no, the Commission's staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. 5. Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder. Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3. (a) Type and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder: 6. Relationships with the Company: Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years. State any exceptions here: The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective. By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. D-3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent. Dated: Beneficial Owner: By: Name: Title: PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO: Greenberg Traurig, LLP 2375 E. Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Attn: Robert S. Kant Facsimile: (602) 445-8100 D-4 EX-10.36 5 p71680exv10w36.txt EX-10.36 EXHIBIT 10.36 SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 28, 2005 AMONG SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION AND THE PURCHASERS LISTED ON EXHIBIT A TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ---- ARTICLE I Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock and Warrants............................................... 1 Section 1.1 Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock and Warrants..................................... 1 Section 1.2 Closing............................................................................... 1 Section 1.3 Warrants.............................................................................. 1 Section 1.4 Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares.................................................. 2 ARTICLE II Representations and Warranties................................................................. 2 Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company......................................... 2 Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers...................................... 13 ARTICLE III Covenants..................................................................................... 16 Section 3.1 Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information............................. 16 Section 3.2 Registration.......................................................................... 16 Section 3.3 Inspection Rights..................................................................... 16 Section 3.4 Compliance with Laws.................................................................. 17 Section 3.5 Keeping of Records and Books of Account............................................... 17 Section 3.6 Other Agreements...................................................................... 17 Section 3.7 Right of Participation................................................................ 17 Section 3.8 Reservation of Shares................................................................. 20 Section 3.9 Non-public Information................................................................ 20 Section 3.10 S-3 Eligibility....................................................................... 20 Section 3.11 Beneficial Ownership Restrictions..................................................... 20 Section 3.12 Trading Market Limitations............................................................ 20 ARTICLE IV Conditions..................................................................................... 21 Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Close and to Sell the Shares and Warrants on the Closing Date............................................... 21 Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Close and to Purchase the Shares and Warrants on the Closing Date........................................... 22 ARTICLE V Transfer Restrictions and Legends............................................................... 24 ARTICLE VI Termination.................................................................................... 26 Section 6.1 Termination by Mutual Consent......................................................... 26 Section 6.2 Effect of Termination................................................................. 26 ARTICLE VII Indemnification............................................................................... 26
-i- Section 7.1 General Indemnity..................................................................... 26 Section 7.2 Indemnification Procedure............................................................. 26 ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous................................................................................ 27 Section 8.1 Fees and Expenses..................................................................... 27 Section 8.2 Specific Enforcement; Consent to Jurisdiction......................................... 28 Section 8.3 Entire Agreement; Amendment........................................................... 28 Section 8.4 Notices............................................................................... 29 Section 8.5 Waivers............................................................................... 29 Section 8.6 Headings.............................................................................. 29 Section 8.7 Successors and Assigns................................................................ 30 Section 8.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries.......................................................... 30 Section 8.9 Governing Law......................................................................... 30 Section 8.10 Survival.............................................................................. 30 Section 8.11 Counterparts.......................................................................... 30 Section 8.12 Severability.......................................................................... 30 Section 8.13 Further Assurances.................................................................... 30 Section 8.14 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights.............................. 30
-ii- SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of December 28, 2005, by and among Syntax-Brillian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the entities listed on Exhibit A hereto (each, a "Purchaser" and collectively, the "Purchasers"), for the purchase by and sale to the Purchasers of shares of the Company's 6% Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), and warrants to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"). The parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANTS Section 1.1 Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock and Warrants. Upon the following terms and conditions, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers, and each Purchaser shall, severally but not jointly, purchase from the Company, (i) shares of Preferred Stock (the "Shares"), and (ii) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibits B (the "Warrants"), in each case, as set forth opposite each such Purchaser's name on Exhibit A hereto, for an aggregate purchase price to the Company from all Purchasers of up to $17,000,000 (the "Purchase Price"). The Company and the Purchasers are executing and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Securities Act"), including Regulation D ("Regulation D"), and/or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the investments to be made hereunder. Section 1.2 Closing. The closing of the sale to and purchase by each Purchaser of the Shares and Warrants (the "Closing") shall take place at the offices of Warren W. Garden, P.C. located at 100 Crescent Court, Suite 490, Dallas, Texas 75201 at 10:00 a.m., Central Time, (i) on or before December 31, 2005, provided, that all of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 hereof shall have been fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith, or (ii) at such other time and place or on such date as the Purchasers and the Company may agree upon (the "Closing Date"). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser copies of the stock certificates and original agreements evidencing the Shares and Warrants being purchased by it on the Closing Date which shall be registered in such Purchaser's name as stated on Exhibit A hereto, against delivery to the Company of payment by certified check or wire transfer in an amount equal to that amount set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Exhibit A hereto under the heading "Dollar Amount of Investment at Closing". Section 1.3 Warrants. At the Closing, the Company shall issue to each Purchaser such number of Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock as is set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Exhibit A hereto. The Warrants shall be exercisable for five (5) years from the date of issuance and shall have an initial exercise price equal to $5.00. Section 1.4 Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares. The Company has authorized and has reserved, and covenants to continue to reserve, free of preemptive rights and other similar contractual rights of stockholders, a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock necessary to effect the conversion of all the Shares and the exercise of all the Warrants. Any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares (and such shares when issued) are herein referred to as the "Conversion Shares". Any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (and such shares when issued) are herein referred to as the "Warrant Shares". The Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, the PIK Dividend Shares (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and the Redemption Shares (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Securities". ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. In order to induce the Purchasers to enter into this Agreement and to purchase the Shares and Warrants, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchasers, subject in each case to any exceptions identified in the Schedule of Exceptions attached hereto: (a) Organization, Good Standing and Power. The Company is a corporation, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The Company does not have any Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 2.1(g)) or own securities of any kind in any other entity, except as disclosed in the Commission Documents (as defined in Section 2.1(f)) or on Schedule 2.1(g). The Company and each such Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except for any jurisdiction(s) (alone or in the aggregate) in which the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Material Adverse Effect" means any adverse effect on the business, results of operations, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and which is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which is likely to materially hinder the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents (as defined in Section 2.1(b) hereof). (b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations establishing the Shares in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (the "Certificate of Designations"), the Registration Rights Agreement in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), the Warrants, and all other agreements and documents -2- contemplated hereby and thereby and executed by the Company or to which the Company is party (collectively, the "Transaction Documents"), and to issue and sell the Shares and the Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders is required. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company. The other Transaction Documents will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company at the Closing. Each of the Transaction Documents constitutes, or shall constitute when executed and delivered, a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor's rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application. (c) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company and the shares thereof currently issued and outstanding as of December 27, 2005, are set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto. All of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock and any other security of the Company have been duly and validly authorized. Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents, no shares of Common Stock or any other security of the Company are entitled to preemptive rights or registration rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company. Furthermore, except as disclosed in the Commission Documents, there are no contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock of the Company or options, securities or rights convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company. Except (i) for customary transfer restrictions contained in agreements entered into by the Company in order to sell restricted securities, or (ii) as disclosed in the Commission Documents, the Company is not a party to or bound by any agreement or understanding granting registration or anti-dilution rights to any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind (a "Person") with respect to any of its equity or debt securities. The Company is not a party to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement or understanding restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock of the Company. The offer and sale of all capital stock, convertible securities, rights, warrants, or options of the Company issued prior to the Closing have complied with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and no holder of such securities has a right of rescission or claim for damages with respect thereto which could have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has furnished or made available to the Purchasers true and correct copies of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and as in effect on the date hereof (the "Certificate"), and the Company's Bylaws, as amended, and as in effect on the date hereof (the "Bylaws"). (d) Issuance of Securities. The Shares and the Warrants to be issued at the Closing have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when paid for or issued in accordance with the terms hereof, the Shares shall be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any -3- kind and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Preferred Stock. When the Conversion Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock, such shares will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any kind and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. When the Warrant Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, such shares will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any kind and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. When the PIK Dividend Shares are issued in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, such shares will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any kind and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. When the Redemption Shares are issued in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, such shares will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any kind and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. (e) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of the Certificate or Bylaws or any Subsidiary's comparable charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries' respective properties or assets are bound, (iii) create or impose a lien, mortgage, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any nature on any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any agreement or any commitment to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or by which any of their respective properties or assets are bound, or (iv) assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Section 2.2, result in a violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except, in all cases other than violations pursuant to clauses (i) or (iv) (with respect to federal and state securities laws) above, for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not being conducted in violation of any laws, ordinances or regulations of any governmental entity, except for possible violations which singularly or in the aggregate do not and would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required under federal, state, foreign or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents or issue and sell the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof (other -4- than any filings which may be required to be made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") prior to or subsequent to the Closing, or state securities administrators subsequent to the Closing, or any registration statement which may be filed pursuant hereto or thereto). (f) Commission Documents; Financial Statements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, including material filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing, including filings incorporated by reference therein, and all filings made pursuant to the Securities Act, including the Company's Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the Commission on October 24, 2005, being referred to herein as the "Commission Documents"). The Company has delivered or made available (through the SEC EDGAR website) to the Purchasers true and complete copies of the Commission Documents filed with the Commission since May 14, 2003. The Company has not provided to the Purchasers any material non-public information or other information which, according to applicable law, rule or regulation, should have been disclosed publicly by the Company but which has not been so disclosed, other than with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. At the time of its filing, the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005 (the "Form 10-Q") complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and other federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to such documents, and the Form 10-Q did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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. At the time of its filing, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (the "Form 10-K") complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and other federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to such documents, and, at the time of its filing, the Form 10-K did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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. As of their respective dates (taking into account all restatements thereof in subsequent Commission Documents), the financial statements of the Company included in the Commission Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the Commission or other applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements (taking into account all restatements thereof in subsequent Commission Documents) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the Notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements), and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of 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). -5- (g) Subsidiaries. Schedule 2.1(g) hereto sets forth each Subsidiary of the Company, showing the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and showing the percentage of each Person's ownership of the outstanding stock or other interests of such Subsidiary. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Subsidiary" shall mean any Person of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interest having ordinary voting power (absolutely or contingently) for the election of directors or other Persons performing similar functions are at the time owned directly or indirectly by the Company and/or any of its other Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. There are no outstanding preemptive, conversion or other rights, options, warrants or agreements granted or issued by or binding upon any Subsidiary for the purchase or acquisition of any shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary or any other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the rights to subscribe for any shares of such capital stock. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of the capital stock of any Subsidiary or any convertible securities, rights, warrants or options of the type described in the preceding sentence. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is party to, nor has any knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock of any Subsidiary. (h) No Material Adverse Change. Since September 30, 2005, the Company has not experienced or suffered any Material Adverse Effect. (i) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than those set forth on the balance sheet included in the Form 10-K or in the Commission Documents, or incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's or its Subsidiaries respective businesses since December 31, 2004, and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its Subsidiaries. (j) No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances. Since September 30, 2005, no event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, 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. (k) Indebtedness. Schedule 2.1(k) hereto sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) "Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication (A) any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $100,000, (B) any obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business) in excess of $100,000, (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) any obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) any indebtedness in excess of $100,000 created or arising under any conditional sale or other title -6- retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease with a present value in excess of $100,000, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) "Contingent Obligation" means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto in excess of $100,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness. (l) Title to Assets. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good and valid title to all of its real and personal property, free and clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, security interests or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, except as disclosed in the Commission Documents or such that, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect. All leases to real and personal property of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and in full force and effect. (m) Actions Pending. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary which questions the validity of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or involving the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets, which individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory body against the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary in their capacities as such, which individually, or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. (n) Compliance with Law. The business of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been and is presently being conducted in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, except as set forth in the Commission Documents or such that, individually or in the aggregate, the noncompliance therewith would not -7- have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have all franchises, permits, licenses, consents and other governmental or regulatory authorizations and approvals necessary for the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it unless the failure to possess such franchises, permits, licenses, consents and other governmental or regulatory authorizations and approvals, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (o) Taxes. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and filed all federal, state and other tax returns required by law to be filed by it, has paid or made provisions for the payment of all taxes shown to be due and all additional assessments, and adequate provisions have been and are reflected in the financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries for all current taxes and other charges to which the Company or any Subsidiary is subject and which are not currently due and payable. None of the federal income tax returns of the Company or any Subsidiary have been audited by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company has no knowledge of any additional assessments, adjustments or contingent tax liability (whether federal or state) of any nature whatsoever, whether pending or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary for any period, nor of any basis for any such assessment, adjustment or contingency. (p) Certain Fees. The Company has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage or investment banking fees, commissions, finders' structuring fees, financial advisory fees or other similar fees in connection with the Transaction Documents. (q) Disclosure. To the best of the Company's knowledge, neither this Agreement or the Schedules hereto nor any other documents, certificates or instruments furnished to the Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made herein or therein, not misleading. (r) Intellectual Property. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possesses valid licenses under all the Proprietary Rights owned by it and have no knowledge that such rights are in conflict with the rights of others. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice that any Proprietary Rights have been declared unenforceable or otherwise invalid by any court or governmental agency. As of the date of this Agreement, there is, to the knowledge of the Company, no material existing infringement, misuse or misappropriation of any Proprietary Rights by others. From September 30, 2005 to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice alleging that the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect upon the intellectual property rights of others. "Proprietary Rights" shall mean patents, trademarks, domain names (whether or not registered) and any patentable improvements or copyrightable derivative works thereof, websites and intellectual property rights relating thereto, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and authorizations, and all rights with respect to the foregoing. -8- (s) Environmental Compliance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained all material approvals, authorization, certificates, consents, licenses, orders and permits or other similar authorizations of all governmental authorities, or from any other Person, that are required under any Environmental Laws, the absence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. "Environmental Laws" shall mean all applicable laws relating to the protection of the environment including, without limitation, all requirements pertaining to reporting, licensing, permitting, controlling, investigating or remediating emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, materials or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature, into the air, surface water, groundwater or land, or relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of hazardous substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, material or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature. The Company has all necessary governmental approvals required under all Environmental Laws and used in its business or in the business of any of its Subsidiaries, except for such instances as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are also in compliance with all other limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards, requirements, schedules and timetables required or imposed under all Environmental Laws. Except for such instances as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances, incidents, actions or omissions relating to or in any way affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries that violate or may violate any Environmental Law after the Closing or that may give rise to any Environmental Liabilities, or otherwise form the basis of any claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, hearing, study or investigation (i) under any Environmental Law, or (ii) based on or related to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage (including, without limitation, underground storage tanks), disposal, transport or handling, or the emission, discharge, release or threatened release of any hazardous substance. "Environmental Liabilities" means all liabilities of a Person (whether such liabilities are owed by such Person to governmental authorities, third parties or otherwise) whether currently in existence or arising hereafter which arise under or relate to any Environmental Law. (t) Books and Records; Internal Accounting Controls. The books, records and documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries accurately reflect in all material respects the information relating to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, the location and collection of their assets, and the nature of all transactions giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient, in the reasonable judgment of the Company's Board of Directors, 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 GAAP 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 actions are taken with respect to any differences. (u) Material Agreements. Except for the Transaction Documents, or those that are included as exhibits to the Commission Documents, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any written or oral contract, instrument, agreement, commitment, obligation, plan or -9- arrangement, a copy of which would be required to be filed with the Commission (collectively, "Material Agreements") if the Company or any Subsidiary were registering securities under the Securities Act. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has in all material respects performed all the obligations required to be performed by them to date under the foregoing agreements, have received no notice of default and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, are not in default under any Material Agreement now in effect, the result of which could cause a Material Adverse Effect. No written or oral contract, instrument, agreement, commitment, obligation, plan or arrangement of the Company or of any Subsidiary limits or shall limit the payment of dividends on its Common Stock. (v) Transactions with Affiliates. Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents, there are no loans, leases, agreements, contracts, royalty agreements, management contracts or arrangements or other continuing transactions between (a) the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective customers or suppliers, on the one hand, and (b) on the other hand, any officer, employee, consultant or director of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person owning 5% or more of the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or any member of the immediate family of such Person, officer, employee, consultant, director or 5% or greater stockholder or any corporation or other entity controlled by such officer, employee, consultant, director or stockholder. (w) Securities Act of 1933. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Section 2.2, the Company has complied and will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly, has or will sell, offer to sell or solicit offers to buy any of the Securities, or similar securities to, or solicit offers with respect thereto from, or enter into any preliminary conversations or negotiations relating thereto with, any Person, or has taken or will take any action so as to bring the issuance and sale of any of the Securities under the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Securities. For purposes of this Agreement, "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. (x) Governmental Approvals. Except for the filing of any notice prior or subsequent to each Closing that may be required under applicable state and/or federal securities laws (which if required, shall be filed on a timely basis), no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of, filing or registration with any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, is or will be necessary for, or in connection with, the execution or delivery of the Shares and the Warrants, or for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents. -10- (y) Employees. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any collective bargaining arrangements or agreements covering any of its employees. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any employment contract, agreement regarding proprietary information, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, confidentiality agreement, or any other similar contract or restrictive covenant, relating to the right of any officer, employee or consultant to be employed or engaged by the Company or such Subsidiary, which contract or agreement is required to be disclosed in the Commission Documents but which is not so disclosed. Since September 30, 2005, no officer, consultant or key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary whose termination, either individually or in the aggregate, could have a Material Adverse Effect, has terminated or, to the knowledge of the Company, has any present intention of terminating his or her employment or engagement with the Company or any Subsidiary. (z) Absence of Certain Developments. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, since September 30, 2005, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has: (i) issued any stock, bonds or other corporate securities or any rights, options or warrants with respect thereto other than under the Company's stock option/stock issuance plans; (ii) borrowed any amount or incurred or become subject to any liabilities (absolute or contingent) except current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business which are comparable in nature and amount to the current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business during the comparable portion of its prior fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect the current nature and volume of the Company's or such Subsidiary's business; (iii) discharged or satisfied any lien or encumbrance or paid any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent), other than current liabilities paid in the ordinary course of business; (iv) declared or made any payment or distribution of cash or other property to stockholders with respect to its stock, or purchased or redeemed, or made any agreements so to purchase or redeem, any shares of its capital stock; (v) sold, assigned or transferred any other tangible assets, or canceled any debts or claims, except in the ordinary course of business; (vi) sold, assigned or transferred any patent rights, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible assets or intellectual property rights, or disclosed any proprietary confidential information to any Person except in the ordinary course of business or to the Purchasers or their representatives; (vii) suffered any substantial losses or waived any rights of material value, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or suffered the loss of any material amount of prospective business; (viii) made any changes in employee compensation except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices; -11- (ix) made capital expenditures or commitments therefor that aggregate in excess of $75,000; (x) entered into any other transaction other than in the ordinary course of business, or entered into any other material transaction, whether or not in the ordinary course of business; (xi) made charitable contributions or pledges in excess of $25,000; (xii) suffered any material damage, destruction or casualty loss, whether or not covered by insurance; (xiii) experienced any material problems with labor or management in connection with the terms and conditions of their employment; (xiv) effected any two or more events of the foregoing kind which in the aggregate would cause a Material Adverse Effect; or (xv) entered into an agreement, written or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions. (aa) Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of the Shares and the Warrants shall be used by the Company for working capital purposes only, and shall not be used to repay any outstanding Indebtedness or any loans due to any officer, director, Affiliate or insider of the Company, other than up to $4,075,000 which may be used to repay Indebtedness under the Company's senior secured debentures. (bb) Public Utility Holding Company Act and Investment Company Act Status. The Company is not a "holding company" or a "public utility company" as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended. The Company is not, and as a result of and immediately upon each Closing will not be, an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. (cc) ERISA. No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has been incurred with respect to any Plan by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is or would cause a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issue and sale of the Shares and the Warrants will not involve any transaction which is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); provided that, if any Purchaser, or any Person that owns a beneficial interest in any Purchaser, is an "employee pension benefit plan" (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) with respect to which the Company is a "party in interest" (within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA), the requirements of Sections 407(d)(5) and 408(e) of ERISA, if applicable, are met. As used in this Section 2.1(cc), the term "Plan" shall mean an "employee pension benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by the Company or any Subsidiary or by any trade or business, whether -12- or not incorporated, which, together with the Company or any Subsidiary, is under common control, as described in Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code. (dd) Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective and applicable to it as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof, except where such noncompliance would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each of the Purchasers hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Company with respect solely to itself and not with respect to any other Purchaser: (a) Organization and Standing of the Purchasers. If such Purchaser is an entity, such Purchaser is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. (b) Authorization and Power. Such Purchaser has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform the Transaction Documents and to purchase the Shares and Warrants being sold to it hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by such Purchaser and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership action, and no further consent or authorization of such Purchaser or its Board of Directors, stockholders, members, managers or partners, as the case may be, is required. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Purchaser. Each of the Transaction Documents constitute, or shall constitute when executed and delivered, valid and binding obligations of such Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor's rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application. (c) Acquisition for Investment. Such Purchaser is purchasing the Shares and acquiring the Warrants (and would acquire the underlying Common Stock) solely for its own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with the distribution thereof. Such Purchaser does not have a present intention to sell any of the Securities, nor a present arrangement (whether or not legally binding) or intention to effect any distribution of any of the Securities to or through any Person; provided, however, that by making the representations herein and subject to Section 2.2(e) below, such Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to pledge any of the Securities for margin purposes and/or to dispose of any of the Securities at any time in accordance with federal and state securities laws applicable to such disposition. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that such Purchaser is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company, (ii) is able to bear the financial risks associated with an investment in the Securities, and (iii) has been given full access to such records of the Company and the Subsidiaries and to -13- the officers of the Company and the Subsidiaries as it has deemed necessary or appropriate to conduct its due diligence investigation. (d) Rule 144. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless such Securities are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is available. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144 of the rules and regulations of the Commission, as amended, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act ("Rule 144"), and that such Purchaser has been advised that Rule 144 permits resales only under certain circumstances. Such Purchaser understands that to the extent that Rule 144 is not available, such Purchaser will be unable to sell any Securities without either registration under the Securities Act or the existence of another exemption from such registration requirement. (e) General. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and sold in reliance on a transactional exemption from the registration requirements of federal and state securities laws and the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the applicability of such exemptions and the suitability of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities. Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities. (f) Opportunities for Additional Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that such Purchaser has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from, or obtain additional information from, the executive officers of the Company concerning the financial and other affairs of the Company, and to the extent deemed necessary in light of such Purchaser's personal knowledge of the Company's affairs, such Purchaser has asked such questions and received answers to the full satisfaction of such Purchaser, and such Purchaser desires to invest in the Company. (g) No General Solicitation. Such Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities were not offered to such Purchaser by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature, including (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media, or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which such Purchaser was invited by any of the foregoing means of communications. (h) Accredited Investor. Such Purchaser is an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D), and such Purchaser has such experience in business and financial matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities. Such Purchaser acknowledges that an investment in the Securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. (i) Certain Trading Activity. During the period beginning on the date such Purchaser was initially contacted by the Company or an agent thereof with respect to a prospective investment in the Company and ending on the date hereof, such Purchaser has not engaged in any Short Sales (as defined in Regulation SHO under the federal securities laws) of -14- shares of the Common Stock. Such Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, understands and acknowledges that the Commission currently takes the position that coverage of Short Sales of shares of the Common Stock "against the box" with the Securities purchased hereunder prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated June 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporate Finance. Accordingly, such Purchaser hereby agrees (on behalf of itself or any Person over which it has direct control) not to use any of the Securities to cover any Short Sales made prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement. Additionally, such Purchaser agrees (i) to comply with Regulation M under the federal securities laws, and (ii) not to engage in Short Sales of the shares of Common Stock in contravention of state and federal securities laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced. In addition, it is understood and agreed by the Company (A) that none of the Purchasers has been asked to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or "derivative" securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (B) that past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, including Short Sales, and specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or derivative transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company's publicly-traded securities, (C) that any Purchaser, and counter-parties in "derivative" transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a "short" position in the Common Stock, and (D) that each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm's length counter-party in any "derivative" transaction. (j) Waiver of Rights. As of the date hereof, certain Purchasers are holders of the Company's 4% convertible debentures (the "Debentures") and/or warrants to purchase shares of the Company's common stock issued in connection with the Debentures. Under Section 4.14(a) of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 12, 2005 among the Company and the other purchasers named therein (the "July Purchase Agreement"), the purchasers were provided certain rights concerning the filing of registration statements by the Company and the issuance by the Company of the Company's common stock (or securities convertible into shares of the Company's common stock) after the date that the registration statement filed by the Company covering the shares of Company common stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and exercise of the related warrants was declared effective by the Commission. Each Purchaser who is party to the July Purchase Agreement hereby acknowledges and agrees that, by executing and delivering this Agreement, such Purchaser forever waives any and all rights it may have under Section 4.14(a) of the July Purchase Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. -15- ARTICLE III COVENANTS The Company covenants with each Purchaser as follows, which covenants are for the benefit of each Purchaser and its respective permitted assignees (and, where expressly so indicated, the respective Purchasers severally and not jointly covenant with and for the benefit of the Company as follows). Section 3.1 Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day (as used herein, the term "Business Day" shall mean any day except a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions are legally authorized to close in Tempe, Arizona) immediately following the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission 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, the Warrants, the Certificate of Designations, and the Registration Rights Agreement, in the form required by the Exchange Act (the "8-K Filing"). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the Commission, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company 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 with the Commission without the express written consent of such Purchaser. Neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall 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, 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) above, the Purchasers shall be consulted by the Company (although the consent of the Purchasers shall not be required) in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Section 3.2 Registration. The Company will cause its Common Stock to continue to be registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, will comply in all respects with its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act, will comply with all requirements related to any registration statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and will not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the Securities Act or the rules promulgated thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act or Securities Act, except as permitted herein. Section 3.3 Inspection Rights. In the event the Registration Statement is not effective or has been suspended, the Company shall permit, during normal business hours and upon reasonable request and reasonable notice, each Purchaser or any employees, agents or representatives thereof, so long as such Purchaser shall be obligated hereunder to purchase the -16- Shares or shall beneficially own the Shares or Conversion Shares, or shall own Warrant Shares or the Warrants which, in the aggregate, represent more than two percent (2%) of the total combined voting power of all Company voting securities then outstanding, to (subject to an appropriate non-disclosure agreement) examine and make reasonable copies of and extracts from the records and books of account of, and visit and inspect, the properties, assets, operations and business of the Company and any Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and any Subsidiary with any of its officers, consultants, directors, and key employees. Section 3.4 Compliance with Laws. The Company shall comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, the noncompliance with which could have a Material Adverse Effect. Section 3.5 Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Company shall keep and cause each Subsidiary to keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and in which, for each fiscal year, all proper reserves for depreciation, depletion, obsolescence, amortization, taxes, bad debts and other purposes in connection with its business shall be made. Section 3.6 Other Agreements. The Company shall not enter into any agreement in which the terms of such agreement would restrict or impair the right or ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to perform under any Transaction Document. Section 3.7 Right of Participation. (a) Subject only to any prior rights of the Company's holders of those certain 7% Convertible Debentures due April 20, 2008 and those certain 4% Convertible Debentures due July 12, 2008, until the first anniversary of the Closing Date, each Purchaser (including for such purposes its assigns) shall have the right to participate in any financing of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock (a "Subsequent Financing") up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 100% of the Subsequent Financing (the "Participation Maximum"). (b) At least five Business Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing ("Pre-Notice"), which Pre-Notice shall ask such Purchaser if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a "Subsequent Financing Notice"). Upon the request of a Purchaser, and only upon a request by such Purchaser, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one Business Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such Purchaser. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder, the person with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected, and attached to which shall be a term sheet or similar document relating thereto. -17- (c) Any Purchaser desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice that the Purchaser is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the Purchaser's participation, and that the Purchaser has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no notice from a Purchaser as of such fifth Business Day, then such Purchaser shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not elect to participate. (d) If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications by the Purchasers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and to the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. (e) If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after all of the Purchasers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Purchasers seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each such Purchaser shall have the right to purchase the greater of (i) their Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum and (ii) the difference between the Participation Maximum and the aggregate amount of participation by all other Purchasers. "Pro Rata Portion" is the ratio of (A) the Shares and Warrants purchased on the Closing Date by a Purchaser participating under this Section 3.7 and (B) the sum of the aggregate Shares and Warrants purchased on the Closing Date by all Purchasers participating under this Section 3.7. (f) The Company must provide the Purchasers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice, and the Purchasers will again have the right of participation set forth above in this Section 3.7, if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60 Business Days after the date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3.7 shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance. "Exempt Issuance" means the issuance of: (i) shares of capital stock of the Company issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any currently outstanding securities (but not any amendment or modification to such currently outstanding securities after the date hereof) or any New Securities issued in accordance with this Agreement (including the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the PIK Dividend Shares and the Redemption Shares); (ii) shares of capital stock issued and issuable as payment for outstanding interest under the Company's outstanding 7% convertible debentures and 4% convertible debentures; -18- (iii) shares or options or warrants for Common Stock granted to officers, directors and employees of, and consultants to, the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to stock option or purchase plans or other compensatory agreements approved by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to the Syntax Groups Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan; (iv) shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock issued in connection with any pro rata stock split, stock dividend (including PIK Dividend Shares) or recapitalization by the Company; (v) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to a strategic investor in connection with a strategic commercial agreement as determined by the Board of Directors; (vi) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to an investor in connection with a joint venture arrangement where the Company is a participant; (vii) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued pursuant to the acquisition of another corporation or entity by the Company by consolidation, merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets, or other reorganization in which the Company acquires, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of such other corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity ownership of such other corporation or entity; (viii) shares of capital stock issued in an underwritten public securities offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act; (ix) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to current or prospective customers or suppliers of the Company approved by the Board of Directors as compensation or accommodation in lieu of other payment, compensation or accommodation to such customer or supplier; (x) shares of capital stock, or warrants to purchase capital stock, issued to any Person that provides services to the Company as compensation therefor pursuant to an agreement approved by the Board of Directors; (xi) shares of capital stock, or options or warrants to purchase capital stock, offered in a transaction where purchase of such securities by any Purchaser would cause such transaction to fail to comply with applicable federal or state securities laws or would cause an applicable registration or qualification exemption to fail to be available to the Company; provided, however, that this clause (xi) shall apply only to the Purchaser or Purchasers who would cause any such failure, and not to any of the other Purchasers; and (xii) securities issuable upon conversion or exercise of the securities set forth in paragraphs (i) - (xi) above. -19- Section 3.8 Reservation of Shares. So long as the Shares or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock to effect the conversion of the Shares and the exercise of the Warrants. Section 3.9 Non-public Information. Neither the Company nor any of its officers or agents shall disclose any material non-public information about the Company to any Purchaser, and no Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, officers or agents will solicit any material non-public information from the Company. Section 3.10 S-3 Eligibility. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to remain eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement. Section 3.11 Beneficial Ownership Restrictions. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including, without limitation, the Warrants and the Certificate of Designations), at no time may a Purchaser convert or exercise a Security if the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to such conversion or exercise, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock owned by such Purchaser at such time, would result in such Purchaser beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder) in excess of 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time; provided, however, that any Purchaser may waive this Section 3.11(a) by so indicating on the signature page to this Agreement, any such waiver to be effective on and as of the date of this Agreement. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including, without limitation, the Warrants and the Certificate of Designations), at no time may a Purchaser convert or exercise a Security if the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to such conversion or exercise, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock owned by such Purchaser at such time, would result in such Purchaser beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder) in excess of 9.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time. Section 3.12 Trading Market Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not issue any Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares which, when aggregated with any Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares and Redemption Shares issued prior to such date of issuance, would exceed 19.999% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date (such number of shares, the "Issuable Maximum"). If on the date of conversion of Shares or exercise of Warrants (a) the applicable Conversion Price or Exercise Price, as applicable, in effect is such that the shares issuable upon conversion of the Shares or exercise of the Warrants together with the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that would then be issuable upon conversion in full of all then outstanding Shares and Warrants would exceed the Issuable Maximum, and (b) the Company's stockholders shall not have previously approved the issuance of 20% or more of -20- the Company's capital stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (the "Shareholder Approval"), then the Company shall issue to the Purchaser requesting conversion of Shares or exercise of Warrants a number of shares of Common Stock equal to such Purchaser's pro-rata portion of the Issuable Maximum and, with respect to the remainder of the Shares or Warrants then held by such Purchaser for which conversion or exercise would result in an issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of such Purchaser's pro-rata portion of the Issuable Maximum (the "Excess Shares"), the Company shall be prohibited from issuing such Excess Shares, and shall notify the Purchaser of the reason therefor. The Shares and Warrants would be unconvertible and unexercisable to such extent until and unless Shareholder Approval is subsequently obtained, but shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. If Shareholder Approval is required under this Section 3.12, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, as promptly as practicable, Shareholder Approval that is necessary to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the Issuable Maximum. ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Close and to Sell the Shares and Warrants on the Closing Date. The obligation hereunder of the Company to close and issue and sell the Shares and the Warrants to the Purchasers on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing, of the conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion. (a) Accuracy of the Purchasers' Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Purchaser shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time, except for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date. (b) Performance by the Purchasers. Each Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date. (c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (d) Delivery of Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased at the Closing shall have been delivered to the Company at the Closing. -21- (e) Delivery of Transaction Documents. The Transaction Documents to which the Purchasers are party shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Purchasers to the Company. Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchasers to Close and to Purchase the Shares and Warrants on the Closing Date. The obligation hereunder of the Purchasers to purchase the Shares and Warrants on the Closing Date and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing, of each of the conditions set forth below. These conditions are for each Purchaser's sole benefit and may be waived by such Purchaser at any time in its sole discretion. (a) Accuracy of the Company's Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in each of the other Transaction Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date. (b) Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. (c) No Suspension, Etc. Trading in the Company's Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets ("Bloomberg") shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by Bloomberg, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or California State authorities, nor shall there have occurred any national or international calamity or crisis of such magnitude in its effect on any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchasers, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Shares and the Warrants being purchased on the Closing Date. (d) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (e) No Proceedings or Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding before any arbitrator or any governmental authority shall have been commenced, and no investigation by any governmental authority shall have been threatened, against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or other Affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary, unless by or at the behest of a Purchaser, seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in connection with such transactions. -22- (f) Opinion of Counsel. The Purchasers shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit C hereto. (g) Warrants and Shares. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers the originally executed Warrants (in such denominations as each Purchaser may request) and shall have provided copies of certificates representing the Shares (in such denominations as each Purchaser may request) being acquired by the Purchasers at the Closing, and the originals of such certificates shall be delivered to the Purchasers no later than the fifth Business Day following the Closing. (h) Certificate of Designations. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have filed with the Delaware Secretary of State the Certificate of Designations. (i) Reservation of Shares. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Preferred Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the issuance of the Shares, a number of shares of Preferred Stock equal to the aggregate number of the Shares. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Shares and the exercise of the Warrants, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Conversion Shares and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and the exercise of the Warrants, respectively, assuming all of the Warrants were granted on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Warrants to be issued on the Closing Date and assuming the Warrants were fully exercisable on such date regardless of any limitation on the timing or amount of such exercises). (j) Officer's Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate of an executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, confirming the accuracy of the Company's representations, warranties and covenants as of the Closing Date and confirming the compliance by the Company with the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 as of the Closing Date. (k) Fees and Expenses. As of the Closing Date, all Purchasers' fees and expenses contractually required to be paid by the Company shall have been or authorized to be paid by the Company as of the Closing Date. (l) Registration Rights Agreement. The Company shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement. (m) Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement. -23- ARTICLE V TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AND LEGENDS Section 5.1 (a) The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, to the Company, to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a pledge permitted by Section 5.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. (b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 5.1(b), of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form: THESE SECURITIES 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 ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser 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 Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and, if required under the terms of such 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 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 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, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder, if required. -24- (c) Certificates evidencing the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the PIK Dividend Shares and the Redemption Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 5.1(b)), (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares or Redemption Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares or Redemption Shares 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 a legal opinion to the Company's transfer agent promptly after the Effectiveness Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) if required by the Company's transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any portion of a Share or Warrant is converted or exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares or Redemption Shares, such Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares or Redemption Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effectiveness Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 5.1(c), it will, no later than three (3) Business Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company's transfer agent of a certificate representing Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares or Redemption Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the "Legend Removal Date"), 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 5.1. (d) In addition to such Purchaser's other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, PIK Dividend Shares and/or Redemption Shares (based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Company's transfer agent) subject to Section 5.1(c), $10 per Business Day (increasing to $20 per Business Day five (5) Business Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Business Day commencing two (2) Business Days after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate is delivered in proper form. Nothing herein shall limit such Purchaser's right to pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and such Purchaser 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. (e) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 5.1 is predicated upon the Company's reliance that the Purchaser will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom. -25- ARTICLE VI TERMINATION Section 6.1 Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date by the mutual written consent of the Company and the Purchasers. Section 6.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination by the Company or the Purchasers, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other party and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be terminated without further action by any party. If this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 6.1 herein, this Agreement shall become void and of no further force and effect, except for Sections 8.1 and 8.2, and Article VII herein. Nothing in this Section 6.2 shall be deemed to release the Company or any Purchaser from any liability for any breach under this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company or such Purchaser to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement. ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION Section 7.1 General Indemnity. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser (and its respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents, successors and assigns) from and against any and all losses, liabilities, deficiencies, costs, damages and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, charges and disbursements) incurred by each Purchaser or any such Person as a result of any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations, warranties or covenants made by the Company herein. The Purchasers severally but not jointly agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents, successors and assigns from and against any and all losses, liabilities, deficiencies, costs, damages and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, charges and disbursements) incurred by the Company as result of any inaccuracy in or breach of the representations, warranties or covenants made by the Purchasers herein, in an amount not to exceed the Purchaser's investment amount set forth on Exhibit A. Section 7.2 Indemnification Procedure. Any party entitled to indemnification under this Article VII (an "indemnified party") will give written notice to the indemnifying party of any matters giving rise to a claim for indemnification; provided, that the failure of any party entitled to indemnification hereunder to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Article VII except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any action, proceeding or claim is brought against an indemnified party in respect of which indemnification is sought hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, unless in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified party a conflict of interest between it and the -26- indemnifying party may exist with respect to such action, proceeding or claim, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. In the event that the indemnifying party advises an indemnified party that it will contest such a claim for indemnification hereunder, or fails, within thirty (30) days of receipt of any indemnification notice to notify, in writing, such Person of its election to defend, settle or compromise, at its sole cost and expense, any action, proceeding or claim (or discontinues its defense at any time after it commences such defense), then the indemnified party may, at its option, defend, settle or otherwise compromise or pay such action or claim. In any event, unless and until the indemnifying party elects in writing to assume and does so assume the defense of any such claim, proceeding or action, the indemnified party's costs and expenses arising out of the defense, settlement or compromise of any such action, claim or proceeding shall be losses subject to indemnification hereunder. The indemnified party shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the indemnified party which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the indemnified party fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. If the indemnifying party elects to defend any such action or claim, then the indemnified party shall be entitled to participate in such defense with counsel of its choice at its sole cost and expense. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent. Notwithstanding anything in this Article VII to the contrary, the indemnifying party shall not, without the indemnified party's prior written consent, settle or compromise any claim or consent to entry of any judgment in respect thereof which imposes any future obligation on the indemnified party or which does not include, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff to the indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim. The indemnification required by this Article VII shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred, so long as the indemnified party irrevocably agrees to refund such moneys if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such party was not entitled to indemnification. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (a) any cause of action or similar rights of the indemnified party against the indemnifying party or others, and (b) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law. ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS Section 8.1 Fees and Expenses. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisors, 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; provided, however, that the Company shall pay a flat $40,000 to Gryphon Master Fund, L.P. ("Gryphon"), the lead Purchaser, to reimburse Gryphon for the fees and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with its due diligence review of the Company and the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated -27- thereunder, $20,000 of which has already been paid and is non-refundable, and the remaining $20,000 of which shall be due and payable in cash at the Closing (and only if the Closing occurs). If the Closing occurs, the Company hereby authorizes and directs Gryphon to deduct $20,000 from the Purchase Price to be paid by Gryphon at Closing in payment and satisfaction of such remaining $20,000 due and payable by the Company at Closing. Section 8.2 Specific Enforcement; Consent to Jurisdiction. (a) The Company and the Purchasers acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof or thereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity. (b) The Company and each Purchaser (i) hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting in the Northern District of Texas and the courts of the State of Texas located in Dallas, Texas, County for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) hereby waive, and agree not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper, and (iii) hereby waive any and all rights they may have to a trial by jury with respect to any suit, action or proceeding based on, or arising out of, under, or in connection with, this Agreement. The Company and each Purchaser consent to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof 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 in this Section 8.2 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree that the prevailing party in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Shares, the Warrants or any Transaction Document, shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable legal fees from the non-prevailing party. Section 8.3 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement and the Transaction Documents contain the entire understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby and, except as specifically set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, neither the Company nor any Purchaser make any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters, and they supersede all prior understandings and agreements with respect to said subject matter, all of which are merged herein; provided, however, that any non-disclosure agreement is not so superseded. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by a written instrument signed by the Company and the holders of at least a majority in interest of the then-outstanding Shares, and no provision hereof may be waived other than by a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such amendment or waiver is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Shares then outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or -28- modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents or holders of Shares, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event may Section 3.11 hereof be amended under any circumstances whatsoever. Section 8.4 Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand delivery by telecopy or facsimile at the address or number designated below (if delivered on a Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first Business Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or (b) on the second Business Day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be: If to the Company: Syntax-Brillian Corporation 1600 North Desert Drive Tempe, Arizona 85281-1230 Attention: Vincent F. Sollitto, Jr., Chief Executive Officer Telecopier: (602) 389-8801 with copies (which copies shall not constitute notice to the Company) to: Greenberg Traurig, LLP 2375 East Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Attention: Robert S. Kant, Esq. Telecopier: (602) 445-8100 If to any Purchaser: At the address of such Purchaser set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement. Any party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving at least ten (10) days written notice of such changed address to the other party hereto. Section 8.5 Waivers. No waiver by any party 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 other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right accruing to it thereafter. Section 8.6 Headings. The article, section and subsection headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. -29- Section 8.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns. After the Closing, the assignment by a party to this Agreement of any rights hereunder shall not affect the obligations of such party under this Agreement. After the Closing, the Purchasers, in compliance with all applicable securities laws, may assign the Shares, the Warrants and their rights under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and any other rights hereto and thereto without the consent of the Company. Section 8.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person (other than indemnified parties, as contemplated by Article VII). Section 8.9 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this Agreement to be drafted. Section 8.10 Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchasers contained in Sections 2.1(o) and 2.1(s) shall survive indefinitely and those contained in Article II, with the exception of Sections 2.1(o) and 2.1(s), shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and each Closing until the date two (2) years from the Closing Date, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Articles I, III, V, VII and VIII of this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the Closing hereunder. Section 8.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered (including by facsimile and/or by photocopy) to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Section 8.12 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable and, in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any one or more of the provisions or part of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or part of a provision of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be reformed and construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision, or part of such provision, would be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent possible. Section 8.13 Further Assurances. From and after the date of this Agreement, upon the request of the Purchasers or the Company, the Company and each Purchaser shall execute and deliver such instruments, documents and other writings as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to confirm and carry out and to effectuate fully the intent and purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Section 8.14 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the -30- 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 Purchaser Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Purchaser Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or 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 Documents. Each Purchaser confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transactions contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. 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 any 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. Each Purchaser (other than Gryphon and GSSF Master Fund, LP ("GSSF")) hereby agrees and acknowledges that (a) Warren W. Garden, P.C. was retained solely by Gryphon and GSSF in connection with its due diligence review of the Company and the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder, and in such capacity has provided legal services solely to Gryphon and GSSF, (b) Warren W. Garden, P.C. has not represented, nor will it represent, any Purchaser (other than Gryphon and GSSF) in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereunder, and (c) each Purchaser (other than Gryphon and GSSF) should, if it wishes counsel with respect to the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereunder, retain its own independent counsel with respect thereto. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank. Signature pages to follow.] -31- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers or agents as of the date first above written. SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION By: /s/ Wayne A. Pratt --------------------------------------------- Wayne A. Pratt, Chief Financial Officer [SIGNATURES OF PURCHASERS TO FOLLOW ON NEXT PAGES.] -32- PURCHASERS: GRYPHON MASTER FUND, L.P. By: Gryphon Partners, L.P., its General Partner By: Gryphon Management Partners, L.P., its General Partner By: Gryphon Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner By: /s/ E.B. Lyon, IV ---------------------------------------------- E.B. Lyon, IV, Authorized Agent [X] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) GSSF MASTER FUND, LP By: Gryphon Special Situations Fund, LP, its General Partner By: GSSF Management Partners, LP, its General Partner By: GSSF, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ E.B. Lyon, IV --------------------------------------- E.B. Lyon, IV, Authorized Agent [X] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) -33- [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Enable Growth Partners By: /s/ Mitch Levine ----------------------------------- Name: Mitch Levine Title: Managing Partner [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) -34- [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Enable Opportunity Partners By: /s/ Mitch Levine ----------------------------------- Name: Mitch Levine Title: Managing Partner [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Hudson Bay Fund, L.P. By: /s/ Yoav Roth ----------------------------------- Name: Yoav Roth Title: Portfolio Manager [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] DKR SoundShore Oasis Holding Fund Ltd. By: /s/ Fred Leif ----------------------------------- Name: Fred Leif Title: Director [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Castle Creek Technology Partners LLC By: /s/ Stephen D. Friend ----------------------------------- Name: Stephen D. Friend Title: Managing Director [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Bushido Capital Master Fund, LP By: Bushido Capital Partners, Ltd. By: /s/ Christopher Rossman ----------------------------- Name: Christopher Rossman Title: Managing Director [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Nite Capital LP By: /s/ Keith A. Goodman ----------------------------------- Name: Keith A. Goodman Title: Manager of the General Partner [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. By: /s/ Joshua Silverman ___________________________________ Name: Joshua Silverman Title: Authorized Signatory [ ] Check box and initial if the foregoing Purchaser wishes to waive the provisions of Section 3.11(a). ______ (initial here) [SIGNATURE PAGES FOR OTHER PURCHASERS] Longview Special Finance Inc. 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