0001193125-13-130520.txt : 20130328 0001193125-13-130520.hdr.sgml : 20130328 20130328063039 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-130520 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130327 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130328 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001378950 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES [5531] IRS NUMBER: 680623433 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1229 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33264 FILM NUMBER: 13721578 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16941 KEEGAN AVE CITY: CARSON STATE: CA ZIP: 90746 BUSINESS PHONE: (310) 735-0085 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16941 KEEGAN AVE CITY: CARSON STATE: CA ZIP: 90746 8-K 1 d511856d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 27, 2013

 

 

U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33264   68-0623433

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

16941 Keegan Avenue, Carson, CA 90746

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(310) 735-0092

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ 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 March 27, 2013, U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agency Agreement”) with Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth”) pursuant to which the Company engaged Roth to act as its exclusive placement agent in connection with the issuance and sale of 2,050,000 shares of its Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Shares”), at a purchase price per Share of $1.09 for aggregate proceeds to the Company of approximately $2.2 million. Pursuant to the terms of the Placement Agency Agreement, Roth has no obligation to buy any of the Shares or to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of Shares. The Company has agreed to pay Roth for its services as placement agent an aggregate fee equal to 6.75% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Shares, plus reimburse Roth for certain fees and expenses. The sale of the Shares is being made pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2013 by and between the Company and William Blair & Company, LLC (the “Purchase Agreement”). The closing of the offering is expected to take place on April 3, 2013, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares to reduce its revolving borrowings (without any permanent reduction in the related loan commitments) under the Credit Agreement previously entered into by the Company, certain of its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. on April 26, 2012.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing and other obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

The offering described above is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) which became effective on August 10, 2011 (File No. 333-173856). A prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC. A copy of the opinion of Cooley LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares in the offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1.

On March 28, 2013, the Company also issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

The foregoing descriptions of the Placement Agency Agreement and the Purchase Agreement are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Placement Agency Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not strictly historical in nature constitute “forward-looking statements.” Such statements include, but are not limited to, the Company’s issuance of securities, the amount of proceeds from the offering and the closing of the offering. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results to be materially different from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For example, there are risks associated with investors fulfilling their obligations to purchase the securities and the Company’s ability to satisfy its conditions to close the offering. Risk factors related to the Company, its business and the offering are discussed under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in the Company’s prospectus supplement filed with the SEC with respect to the offering described above, and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012 and other filings with the SEC. Except as required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  5.1    Opinion of Cooley LLP
10.1    Placement Agency Agreement dated March 27, 2013 by and between U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. and Roth Capital Partners, LLC
10.2    Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2013 by and among U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. and the investors listed therein
23.1    Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
99.1    Press Release dated March 28, 2013


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.

 

    U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.
Dated: March 28, 2013     By:  

/s/ Bryan P. Stevenson

    Name:   Bryan P. Stevenson
    Title:   VP, General Counsel


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  5.1    Opinion of Cooley LLP
10.1    Placement Agency Agreement dated March 27, 2013 by and between U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. and Roth Capital Partners, LLC
10.2    Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2013 by and among U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. and the investors listed therein
23.1    Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
99.1    Press Release dated March 28, 2013
EX-5.1 2 d511856dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

Matthew T. Browne

(858) 550-6045

mbrowne@cooley.com

March 27, 2013

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.

16941 Keegan Avenue

Carson, California 90746

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the offering by U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), of 2,050,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Shares”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-173856) (the Registration Statement), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act), the prospectus dated August 11, 2011 (the “Base Prospectus”), and the prospectus supplement dated March 27, 2013, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations of the Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”). (The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement are collectively referred to as the “Prospectus.”) The Shares are to be sold by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, its Amended and Restated Bylaws and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.

Our opinion herein is expressed solely with respect to the federal laws of the United States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion to the extent that the laws of any particular jurisdiction other than those identified above are applicable to the subject matter hereof.

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when sold in accordance with the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

4401 EASTGATE MALL, SAN DIEGO, CA 92121 T: (858) 550-6420 WWW.COOLEY.COM


LOGO

 

March 27, 2013

Page Two

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Commission for incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement.

Sincerely,

 

Cooley LLP
By:  

 /s/ Matthew T. Browne

    Matthew T. Browne

 

4401 EASTGATE MALL, SAN DIEGO, CA 92121 T: (858) 550-6000 F: (858) 550-6420 WWW.COOLEY.COM

EX-10.1 3 d511856dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT

March 27, 2013

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Ave, Suite 400

Newport Beach, California 92660

Ladies and Gentlemen:

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell, with the assistance of Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth”) acting as exclusive placement agent, up to 2,050,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) directly to various investors (the “Investors”). The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms upon which Roth shall serve as exclusive placement agent for the Offering (as defined below).

The Company and Roth hereby confirm their agreement as follows:

1.     Agreement to Act as Placement Agent. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained, and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Roth shall serve as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2 below), with the terms of such offering (the “Offering”) to be subject to market conditions and negotiations between the Company, Roth and the Investors. Roth shall act on a best efforts basis and does not guarantee that it will be able to sell the Shares in the prospective Offering. Roth has no obligation or intention to purchase shares in the Offering. As compensation for services rendered hereunder, on the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall pay to Roth an aggregate amount equal to 6.75% of total gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Shares, and will reimburse Roth for certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Offering, including certain fees and expenses of legal counsel to Roth (subject, in each case, to Section 6(h)). The purchase price to the Investors for each Share is $1.09 (the “Offering Price”) which will be at least equal to the consolidated closing bid price of the Company’s common stock, as reported by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, on the date of this Agreement. Roth may retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents on its behalf in connection with the Offering.

2.     Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-173856) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder, and such amendments to such registration statement (including post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including post effective amendments thereto), the exhibits and any schedules thereto and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and

 

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Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” The Company will file with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, a prospectus supplement relating to the Offering of the Shares, which will supplement the form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement. Such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement (including the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations) is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus,” and the final prospectus supplement as filed (including the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations), along with the Base Prospectus, is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.”

For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system. All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference therein or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part thereof.

3.     Representations and Warranties Regarding the Offering.

(a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Roth, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except as otherwise indicated, as follows:

(i) At each time of effectiveness, at the date hereof and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Time of Sale Disclosure Package (as defined below) as of the date hereof and at the Closing Date, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, at the time of filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and at the Closing Date, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or the Final Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by Roth specifically for use in the preparation thereof (subject to Section 8(f)). The Registration Statement contains all exhibits and schedules required to be filed by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. No order preventing or suspending the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. The

 

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term “Knowledge” as used in this Agreement shall mean actual knowledge of the Company’s officers after due and reasonable inquiry.

(ii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, were filed on a timely basis with the Commission and none of such documents, when they were filed (or, if amendments to such documents were filed, when such amendments were filed), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement, “Time of Sale Disclosure Package” means the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus most recently filed with the Commission before the time of this Agreement, any purchase agreement (or similar agreement) between the Company and the Investors, and any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 of the Act (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), if any, that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package.

(iii) The financial statements of the Company, together with the related notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved; and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. No other financial statements or schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus. To the Company’s Knowledge, Deloitte & Touche LLP is an independent public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(iv) The Company had a reasonable basis for, and made in good faith, each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act or Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus.

 

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(v) All statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources, to the extent required.

(vi) There is no action pending to delist the Common Shares from The NASDAQ Global Market (“NASDAQ”), nor has the Company received any notification that The NASDAQ Global Market is currently contemplating terminating such listing. When issued, the Shares will be listed on The NASDAQ Global Market.

(vii) The Shares have been or will be qualified for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions (United States and foreign) as Roth determines, or are or will be exempt from the qualification and broker-dealer requirements of such jurisdictions.

(viii) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(ix) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

(x) Subject to Section 6(d) below, the Company represents and warrants that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in connection with the Offering. Subject to Section 6(d) below, the Company has not distributed and the Company will not distribute, prior to the completion of the distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the Offering other than purchase agreements between the Company and the Investors and the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and copies of the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein.

(xi) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares, will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(xii) The Company has not, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities which could be “integrated” for purposes of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations with the offer and sale of the Shares. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and for issuance and exercise of equity-based compensation awards granted to the Company’s officers, directors, employees or consultants in the ordinary course of business, the Company has not sold or issued any security during the six-month period preceding the date of the Final Prospectus, including, but not limited to, any sales pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation D or Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

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(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to Roth or to Roth’s counsel shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to Roth as to the matters covered thereby.

4.     Representations and Warranties Regarding the Company.

(a) The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with, Roth, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, as follows:

(i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as currently being carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary and in which the failure to so qualify would have or is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or in its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement (“Material Adverse Effect”).

(ii) The Company has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity.

(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any law, rule or regulation to which the Company or any subsidiary is subject, or by which any property or asset of the Company or any subsidiary is bound or affected, (B) conflict with, result in any violation or breach of, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, lease, credit facility, debt, note, bond, mortgage, indenture or other instrument (the “Contracts”) or obligation or other understanding to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party by which any property or asset of the Company or any subsidiary is bound or affected, or (C) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Company’s charter or bylaws.

 

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(iv) All consents, approvals, orders, authorizations and filings required on the part of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement have been obtained or made, other than such consents, approvals, orders and authorizations the failure of which to make or obtain is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(v) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and have been issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and conform to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. Since the respective dates as of which information is provided in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company has not entered into or granted any convertible or exchangeable securities, options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company. The Shares, when issued, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and free of preemptive, registration, right of first refusal or similar rights.

(vi) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other ownership interest in any partnership, corporation, business trust, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity.

(vii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and local returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined) shown as due on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against the Company or such respective subsidiary. The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements filed with or as part of the Registration Statement are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated financial statements. Except as disclosed in writing to Roth, (a) no material issues have been raised (and are currently pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes asserted as due from the Company or its subsidiaries, and (b) no waivers of statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of taxes have been given by or requested from the Company or its subsidiaries. The term “taxes” mean all federal, state, local, foreign, and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts with respect thereto. The term “returns” means all returns, declarations, reports, statements, and other documents required to be filed in respect to taxes.

 

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(viii) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide assurances 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 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (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 existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012 contained an unqualified opinion of the Company’s independent registered public accountants that the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2012. Since December 29, 2012, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(ix) The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) and such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it will file or furnish under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Exchange Act, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.

(x) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of business, (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; (c) there has not been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants or the issuance of awards under the Company’s existing equity incentive plans), (d) there has not been any material change in the Company’s long-term or short-term debt, and (e) there has not been the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect.

(xi) There is not pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company is the subject before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator or mediator, which is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries holds, and is in compliance with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders (“Permits”) of any governmental or self-regulatory agency, authority or body required for the conduct of its business, and all such Permits are in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to hold, or comply with, any of them is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property (whether real or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as being owned by them that are material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects, except those that (A) are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (B) were created pursuant to the terms of that certain Credit Agreement, dated April 26, 2012, by and between the Company, certain of its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its related collateral and security documents. The property held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with only such exceptions with respect to any particular lease as do not interfere in any material respect with the conduct of the business of the Company or its subsidiaries.

(xiv) The Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or possesses or has valid right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights (“Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. To the Knowledge of the Company, no action or use by the Company or any of its subsidiaries will involve or give rise to any infringement of, or license or similar fees (other than under existing licenses) for, any Intellectual Property of others, except where such action, use, license or fee is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice alleging any such infringement or fee where such infringement or fee is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xv) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has complied with, is not in violation of, and has not received any notice in writing of a violation relating to any lack of compliance with, or violation of, any law, rule or regulation relating to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its property and assets, including, without limitation, (A) the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, or any money laundering laws, rules or regulations, (B) any laws, rules or regulations related to health, safety or the environment, including those relating to the regulation of hazardous substances, (C) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the rules and regulations thereunder, and (D) the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations thereunder, in each case except where the failure to be in compliance or violation is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xvi) The Company is and has been in material compliance with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). The Company has no reasonable basis to believe that it will not continue to be in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applicable to it as in effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the requirements of Section 404 thereof).

(xvii) The Company is and has been in material compliance with all applicable provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”).

(xviii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering of the Shares contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(xix) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.

(xx) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is imminent that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation, breach or default under its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents.

(xxii) Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor, to its Knowledge, any other party is in violation, breach or default of any Contract that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiii) No supplier, customer, distributor or sales agent of the Company has notified the Company that it intends to discontinue or decrease the rate of business done with the Company, except where such decrease is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiv) There are no claims, payments, issuances, arrangements or understandings for services in the nature of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee with respect to the introduction of the Company to Roth or the sale of the Shares hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuances with respect

 

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to the Company that, in each case, may affect Roth’s compensation, as determined by FINRA.

(xxv) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company (or any entities controlled by officers or directors of the Company) or any of their respective family members. The Company has not directly or indirectly extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or officer of the Company (or any entities controlled by officers or directors of the Company).

(xxvi) Except as disclosed to Roth in writing, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, investing fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who provided capital to the Company, (ii) any FINRA member, or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, in each case within the 12-month period prior to the date on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (“Filing Date”) or thereafter.

(xxvii) To the Company’s Knowledge, no (i) officer or director of the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) owner of 5% or more of the Company’s unregistered securities or that of its subsidiaries or (iii) owner of any amount of the Company’s unregistered securities acquired within the 180-day period prior to the Filing Date, has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member. The Company will advise Roth and its counsel if it becomes aware that any officer, director or stockholder of the Company or its subsidiaries is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering.

(xxviii) Other than Roth, no person has the right to act as a placement agent, underwriter or as a financial advisor in connection with the sale of the Shares contemplated hereby.

 

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5.     Closing and Settlement. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Shares shall be made at closing (the “Closing” and the date on which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”) at the offices of Cooley LLP located at 4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, California (or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by Roth and the Company) at 10:00 A.M. on April 3, 2013 (unless another time shall be agreed to by Roth and the Company). Payment of the purchase price at the Closing shall be made by the Investors directly to the Company by Federal Funds wire transfer, against delivery of such Shares (through the DWAC facilities of the Depository Trust Company), and such Shares shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations, as Roth may request and as set forth in the applicable purchase agreement executed by each Investor, the form of which is attached hereto as Schedule I.

6.     Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with Roth as follows:

(a) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as determined by Roth, the Final Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to Roth for review and comment a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which Roth reasonably objects.

(b) From the date of this Agreement until the end of the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall promptly advise Roth in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b) of the Securities Act).

(c) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act, as now and hereafter amended, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result

 

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of which the Final Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or Roth or its counsel to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify Roth and will amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Final Prospectus so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.

(d) The Company covenants that it will not, unless it obtains the prior written consent of Roth, make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Act. In the event that Roth expressly consents in writing to any such free writing prospectus (a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”), the Company covenants that it shall (i) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) comply with the requirements of Rule 164 and 433 of the Act applicable to such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

(e) The Company will furnish to Roth and counsel for Roth copies of the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as Roth may from time to time reasonably request.

(f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.

(g) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that has constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(h) The Company will pay or cause to be paid (or reimburse if paid by Roth), whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, all (i) costs and expenses of the Company incident to the preparation, printing, filing and delivery of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) all costs and expenses incident to the preparation and delivery of this Agreement (including its delivery to Roth), and such other documents as may be required in connection with the purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares, (iii) all costs and expenses incident to preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Shares, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors incurred in connection with the Offering, (v) all costs and expenses incident to the registration or qualification of the Shares,

 

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including filing fees, (vi) all costs and expenses incident to the printing and delivery to Roth of copies of the Final Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (including any amendments or supplements to the foregoing) and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by Roth, (vii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to the marketing of the Shares, including without limitation, any expenses advanced by Roth on the Company’s behalf, (ix) the fees and expenses associated with obtaining the approval of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in connection with the Offering and sale of the Shares, and (x) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to Roth incurred in connection with the Offering; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse Roth for any costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of its counsel) incurred hereunder in excess of $27,500.

7.     Conditions of Roth’s Obligations. The obligations of Roth hereunder are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at the Closing Date (as if made at the Closing Date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained herein, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and the following additional conditions:

(a) If filing of the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, is required under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall have filed the Final Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) with the Commission in the manner and within the time period so required (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b) under the Securities Act); the Registration Statement shall remain effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part or amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus shall have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or threatened; any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, or otherwise) shall have been complied with to Roth’s satisfaction.

(b) Roth shall not have reasonably determined and advised the Company that the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in Roth’s reasonable opinion, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in Roth’s reasonable opinion, is material and is required to be stated therein in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

(c) On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to Roth the opinion of counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to Roth, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Roth.

(d) Roth shall have received, on the Closing Date, a letter dated as of the Closing Date, from Deloitte & Touch LLP, with respect to the financial statements (and schedules, if any) relating to the Company’s fiscal year ended December 29, 2012 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, which letter (i) contains such statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to placement agents and underwriters with respect to such financial statements (and schedules, if any) in accordance with the guidance of SAS 72, Letters for Underwriters and Certain Other

 

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Requesting Parties, as amended by PCAOB AS 1 (codified in AU 634) (SAS 72), (ii) confirms that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act, and (iii) confirms that they are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under the Rules and Regulations.

(e) On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to Roth a certificate, dated the Closing Date and addressed to Roth, signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company, in their capacity as officers of the Company, to the effect that:

(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, in all material respects, as if made at and as of the Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) No stop order or other order (A) suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof, (B) suspending the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale, or (C) suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to their Knowledge, is contemplated by the Commission or any state or regulatory body; and

(iii) There has been no occurrence of any event resulting or reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect during the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date.

(f) The Common Stock shall be registered under the Exchange Act and shall be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, and the Company shall not have taken any action designed to terminate, or likely to have the effect of terminating, the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending from trading the Common Stock from the NASDAQ Global Market, nor shall the Company have received any information suggesting that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(g) The Company shall have furnished to Roth and counsel for Roth such additional documents, certificates and evidence as Roth or counsel for Roth may have reasonably requested.

If any condition specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by Roth by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that Section 1, Section 6(h), Section 8 and Section 9 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

8.     Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Roth, its affiliates, directors and officers, employees, members, partners, representatives and agents, and each person, if any, who controls Roth within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or

 

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Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which Roth or such person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time pursuant to Rules 430A and 430B of the Rules and Regulations, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus), or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any materials or information provided to Investors by, or with the written approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the Offering of the Shares, including any roadshow or investor presentations (whether in person or electronically) (“Marketing Materials”), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) in whole or in part, any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, or (iii) in whole or in part, any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law, and will reimburse Roth for any documented out of pocket legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with evaluating, investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Roth specifically for use in the preparation thereof.

(b) Roth will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, members, partners, representatives and agents, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Roth), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Marketing Materials, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Roth specifically

 

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for use in the preparation thereof, and will reimburse the Company for any documented out of pocket legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b), above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that if (i) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on the reasonable advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party), or (ii) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ a single counsel to represent it in any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 8, in which event the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to the indemnified party as incurred.

The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is a party or could be named and indemnity was or would be sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability for claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (b) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b), above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a

 

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result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and Roth, on the other hand, from the Offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and Roth, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and Roth, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering (before deducting expenses other than Roth’s placement agent fees) received by the Company, and the total placement agent fees received by Roth, in each case as set forth on the cover page of or in the Final Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares set forth on such cover. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or Roth and the parties’ relevant intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and Roth agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim that is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), Roth shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of Roth’s placement agent fees actually received by Roth from the Offering of the Shares unless Roth is found liable of gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Offering. 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.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have and the benefits of such obligations shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls Roth within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act; and the obligations of Roth under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability that Roth may otherwise have and the benefits of such obligations shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to the Company, and its officers, directors and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act.

(f) For purposes of this Agreement, Roth confirms, and the Company acknowledges, that there is no information concerning Roth furnished in writing to the Company by Roth specifically for preparation of or inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, other than the statements regarding Roth set

 

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forth in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Final Prospectus and Time of Sale Disclosure Package.

9.     Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties, and agreements of Roth and the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto including, but not limited to, the agreements of Roth and the Company contained in Section 1, Section 6(h) and Section 8 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of Roth or any controlling person thereof, or the Company or any of its officers, directors, or controlling persons, and shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Shares to and by Roth hereunder.

10.     Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if to Roth, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Ave, Suite 400, Newport Beach, California 92660, telecopy number: 949-720-7227, Attention: Managing Director; and if to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to it at 16941 Keegan Avenue, Carson, California 90746, telecopy number: 310-735-0092, Attention: Bryan P. Stevenson; or in each case to such other address as the person to be notified may have requested in writing. Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose.

11.     Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the controlling persons, officers, directors, employees, affiliates, members, partners, representatives and agents referred to in Section 8. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Shares.

12.     Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) Roth has been retained solely to act as placement agent in connection with the Offering and sale of the Shares and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and Roth has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether Roth has advised or is advising the Company on other matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Shares referenced in this Agreement were established by Roth and the Investors following discussions and arms-length negotiations and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) it has been advised that Roth and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that Roth has no obligation to disclose such interest and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and (d) it has been advised that Roth is acting, in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit of Roth, and not on behalf of the Company.

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publish research on the Company or any other company, subject to applicable law, or (b) pursue or engage in investment banking, financial advisory or other business relationships with entities that may be engaged in or contemplate engaging in, or acquiring or disposing of, businesses that are similar to or competitive with the business of the Company.

14.     Amendments and Waivers. No supplement, modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. The failure of a party to exercise any right or remedy shall not be deemed or constitute a waiver of such right or remedy in the future. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (regardless of whether similar), nor shall any such waiver be deemed or constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

15.     Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph, clause or provision.

16.     Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

17.     Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission and electronic mail attaching a portable document file (.pdf)) in one or more counterparts and, if executed and delivered in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the Company and Roth in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC.
By:  

 /s/ Shane Evangelist

Name:   Shane Evangelist
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Confirmed as of the date first above-

mentioned by Roth.

 

ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
By:  

 /s/ Jeff Ng

Name:   Jeff Ng
Title:   Managing Director

 

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SCHEDULE I

Purchase Agreement

EX-10.2 4 d511856dex102.htm EX-10.2 EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

COMMON STOCK

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 27th day of March, 2013, by and among U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the investors set forth on the signature pages hereto (the “Investors”).

THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Purchase and Sale of Common Stock.

1.1 Sale and Issuance of Common Stock.

(a) On or prior to the Closing (as defined below), the Company shall have authorized the sale and issuance to the Investors of an aggregate of 2,050,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) at a purchase price of $1.09 per share (the “Per Share Purchase Price”).

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Investor, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase at the Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to such Investor at the Closing the number of shares of Common Stock set forth on such Investor’s signature page hereof at the Per Share Purchase Price (the “Shares”).

1.2 Closing. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2, the purchase and sale of the Shares shall take place at the offices of Cooley LLP located at 4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, California at 10:00 A.M., on April 3, 2013, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree (the “Closing”). At the Closing, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver to each Investor, via electronic book-entry, the Shares that such Investor is purchasing against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by the Company in writing to the Investors.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Investor as of the date of this Agreement that:

(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing as a domestic corporation under the laws of said state. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents (as defined herein), the Company does not own or control any equity security or other interest of any corporation, limited partnership or other business entity.

(b) The Company has all requisite legal and corporate power and has taken all requisite corporate action to execute and deliver this Agreement, to sell and issue the Shares and to carry out and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in

 

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accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by equitable principles generally. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the performance of this Agreement and the compliance with the provisions hereof will not, materially conflict with, or result in a material breach or material violation of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any material lien pursuant to the terms of, the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) or the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) or any statute, law, rule or regulation or any state or federal order, judgment or decree or any indenture, mortgage, lease or other material agreement or material instrument to which the Company or any of its properties is subject.

(c) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 31,151,075 shares of which are outstanding, and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, of which, 4,149,997 shares are designated Series A Preferred Stock, 3,999,997 shares of which are outstanding. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents and as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities or other rights, agreements or arrangements of any character under which the Company is or may be obligated to issue any equity securities of any kind.

(d) When issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Restated Certificate, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The issuance and delivery of the Shares is not subject to preemptive or any other similar rights of the stockholders of the Company or to any liens or encumbrances imposed by the Company.

(e) The Company has filed in a timely manner all documents that the Company was required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), during the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such documents prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective filing dates, all documents filed by the Company with the Commission (including the Company’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 29, 2012, the “SEC Documents”) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as applicable. None of the SEC Documents as of their respective dates contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”) comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and any subsidiaries at the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and consolidated cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, recurring adjustments

 

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or to the extent that such unaudited statements do not include footnotes). All material agreements to which the Company is a party or to which the property or assets of the Company are subject that are required to be filed with the Commission are included as part of or specifically identified in the SEC Documents.

(f) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, and has filed with the Commission a registration statement on such Form (Registration File No. 333-173856), which became effective as of August 10, 2011, for the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares. Such registration statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Securities Act and complies with said Rule. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated thereunder, a supplement to the form of prospectus filed with the Commission on August 11, 2011 and related to such registration statement, relating to the offer to sell and proposed sale of the Shares and the plan of distribution thereof. Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”; such prospectus in the form filed with the Commission on August 11, 2011, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; and the supplemented form of prospectus, in the form in which it will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (including the Base Prospectus as so supplemented) is hereinafter called the “Prospectus Supplement”. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act, on or before the date of this Agreement, or on or before the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included,” “described,” “set forth” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement has been issued, and no proceeding for any such purpose is pending or has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened by the Commission.

(g) The Registration Statement contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not

 

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misleading. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, each as of its respective date, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. Each of the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, as amended or supplemented, did not and will not contain as of the date thereof any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and none of such Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information, if any, contained in or omitted from the Prospectus Supplement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Investor specifically for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplement. No post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein is required to be filed with the Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the Commission in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby that have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities Act or will not be filed within the requisite time period.

(h) Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to the Closing, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Registration Statement, copies of the documents incorporated by reference therein and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act.

(i) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any federal, state, or local governmental authority on the part of the Company is required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except for (i) compliance with the securities and blue sky laws in the states in which the Shares are offered and/or sold, which compliance will be effected in accordance with such laws, (ii) the filing of the Prospectus Supplement and any amendments thereto with the Commission as contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) the filing of the NASDAQ Stock Market Notification Form with The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) and (iv) the filing of a Form 8-K related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(j) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is listed on NASDAQ, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the

 

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Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Stock from NASDAQ, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(k) The Company has been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Shares will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act and shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

(l) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are applicable to it. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that are effective in all material respects to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to its chief executive officer and chief financial officer by others within the Company. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by its most recently filed quarterly or annual periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed quarterly or annual periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Investor. Each Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the date of this Agreement that:

(a) The Investor has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(b) The Investor, in connection with its decision to purchase the Shares, relied only upon the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Incorporated Documents, and any representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and understands that no person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations that were not contained in such documents, and Investor has not relied on any such other information or representations in making a decision to purchase the Shares. Investor understands that an investment in the Company involves a high degree of risk for the reasons, among others, set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the Incorporated Documents.

 

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(c) The Investor acknowledges, represents and agrees that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by the Company that would permit an offering of the Shares, or possession or distribution of offering materials in connection with the issue of the Shares in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action for that purpose is required.

(d) The Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented to the Investor in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Shares.

4. Conditions to Closing.

4.1 Conditions to Investors’ Obligations at the Closing. The obligation of each Investor to purchase and acquire the Shares hereunder shall be subject to the conditions that:

(a) all representations and warranties of the Company herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of and on each of the date of this Agreement and the date of the Closing;

(b) the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder; and

(c) the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and the Investor shall have received the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement in accordance with the federal securities laws.

4.2 Conditions to Company’s Obligations at the Closing. The obligation of the Company to sell the Shares hereunder shall be subject to the conditions that:

(a) all representations and warranties and other statements of the Investors herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of and on each of the date of this Agreement and the date of the Closing; and

(b) the Investors shall have performed all of their obligations hereunder, including but not limited to payment of the “Total Purchase Price” for such Investor’s Shares as set forth on such Investor’s signature page hereof.

5. Miscellaneous.

5.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns

 

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any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

5.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York as applied to agreements among New York residents entered into and to be performed entirely within New York.

5.3 Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Electronic or facsimile signatures shall be as effective as original signatures.

5.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

5.5 Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified or upon deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the party to be notified at the address indicated for such party on the signature page hereof, or at such other address as such party may designate by 10 days’ advance written notice to the other parties.

5.6 Finder’s Fee. Except for any payments by the Company to Roth Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the Closing, each party represents that it neither is nor will be obligated for any finders’ fee or commission in connection with this transaction. Each Investor agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the Company from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finders’ fee (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which such Investor or any of its officers, partners, employees, or representatives is responsible. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finders’ fee (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which the Company or any of its officers, employees or representatives is responsible.

5.7 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and each Investor.

5.8 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

5.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other documents referred to herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties and no party shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any warranties, representations, or covenants except as specifically set forth herein or therein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Common Stock Purchase Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC.
By:  

 /s/ Shane Evangelist

Name:   Shane Evangelist
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
Address:   16941 Keegan Avenue
  Carson, CA 90746


[INVESTOR SIGNATURE PAGES TO COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Common Stock Purchase Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

Name of Investor:    William Blair & Company, LLC
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor:   

    /s/ Mike Balkin

Name of Authorized Signatory:   

    Mike Balkin

Title of Authorized Signatory:   

    Portfolio Manager

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Address for Notice of Investor:   

Address for Delivery of Shares for Investor (if not same as address for notice):

Number of Shares of Common Stock to Be Purchased: 2,050,000

Total Purchase Price: $2,234,500

EX-99.1 5 d511856dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

U.S. AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC. ANNOUNCES $2.2 MILLION FINANCING

CARSON, California, March 28, 2013— U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS) today announced that it has entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement with William Blair & Company, LLC pursuant to which U.S. Auto Parts has agreed to sell up to 2,050,000 shares of its Common Stock at a purchase price per share of $1.09 for aggregate proceeds to the Company of approximately $2.2 million, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close on or before April 3, 2013, and U.S. Auto Parts will use the net proceeds from the transaction to reduce its revolving borrowings (without any permanent reduction in the related loan commitments) under its credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

A registration statement relating to the Common Stock has been filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as those, among others, relating to U.S. Auto Parts’ expectations regarding the completion, timing and size of the proposed offering. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties associated with the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed offering, as well as risks and uncertainties associated with U.S. Auto Parts’ business and finances in general, and the other risks detailed in U.S. Auto Parts’ periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and U.S. Auto Parts undertakes no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Investor Contacts:

David Robson, Chief Financial Officer

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.

drobson@usautoparts.com

(310) 735-0085

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