-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QtOv10ZBc40U40B6IZzat/VqtIu8Sbot0B73ia+xxQTAu+aJcqKOCX4rsh1irKVB 0S6vedbtgU7dM/pdJKc/1Q== 0000825324-05-000005.txt : 20050103 0000825324-05-000005.hdr.sgml : 20041231 20050103091201 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000825324-05-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040930 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20050103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050103 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000825324 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 841133368 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-18590 FILM NUMBER: 05500154 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 CORPORATE CIRCLE CITY: GOLDEN STATE: CO ZIP: 80401 BUSINESS PHONE: 3033841400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 601 CORPORATE CIRCLE CITY: GOLDEN STATE: CO ZIP: 80401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PARAMOUNT VENTURES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900205 8-K 1 form8kforedgarb.htm 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)

December 30, 2004

 

Good Times Restaurants Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

      Nevada                       000-18590                  84-1133368

(State or other                   (Commission               (IRS Employer

jurisdiction of incorporation)     File Number)          Identification No.)

 

 

601 Corporate Circle, Golden, Colorado     80401

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 384-1400

 

Not applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

 

[_] 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 December 30, 2004, Good Times Restaurants Inc. (the "Company") entered into agreements for the issuance in a private placement to Pascere Investments, LLC ("Pascere"), The Bailey Company, LLLP and/or certain of its affiliates (the "Bailey Group") and Eric W. Reinhard of a total of 1,240,000 shares of new Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") for $2.50 per share, in exchange for cash in the total amount of $2,950,000 and advice and assistance services with respect to the sale of 1,000,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, which services were valued at $150,000.  The Bailey Group agreed to purchase 180,000 of the preferred shares.  The Bailey Group currently holds a significant amount of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock, and two principals of the Bailey Group are members of the Company's Board of Directors.  Pascere is owned by individual investors, who are parties to the agreements.

The shares of Series B Preferred Stock will be convertible at the option of the holders into a total of 1,240,000 shares of common stock, subject to certain antidilution provisions.  The preferred shares will accrue dividends at the rate of 6% per annum beginning on the first anniversary of the issuance of the shares, and will be subject to certain mandatory redemption provisions and transfer restrictions.

 

Completion of the private placement is subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company.  The private placement is currently expected to close in February 2005.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the private placement primarily to fund its current plans to develop additional company-owned Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard restaurants in Colorado and to refurbish existing restaurants.

 

The Company issued a press release on December 30, 2004 which announced that the Company had entered into the agreements for the private placement.  A copy of the press release and copies of the agreements related to the private placement are furnished as exhibits to this report as set forth under Item 9.01 below.

 

This report shall not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock.  The shares of Series B Preferred Stock and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the preferred stock have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and were offered only to accredited investors in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.  Unless so registered, the shares of preferred stock and the shares of common stock issued upon conversion of the preferred stock may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws.

 

This report contains forward looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws.  The word "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements.  These statements involve known and unknown risks, which may cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from results expressed or implied by the forward looking statements.  These risks include such factors as the pending nature of the announced financing transaction and the ability to complete the transaction, the uncertain nature of current restaurant development plans and the ability to implement those plans, delays in developing and opening new restaurants because of weather, local permitting or other reasons, increased competition, cost increases or shortages in raw food products, and other matters discussed under the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 filed with the SEC.  Although the Company may from time to time voluntarily update its forward looking statements, it disclaims any commitment to do so except as required by securities laws.

 

Item 3.02   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

As reported under Item 1.01 above, on December 30, 2004, the Company entered into agreements for the issuance in a private placement to Pascere, the Bailey Group and Eric Reinhard of a total of 1,240,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock for $2.50 per share, in exchange for cash in the total amount of $2,950,000 and advice and assistance services with respect to the sale of 1,000,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, which services were valued at $150,000.  Each share of Series B Preferred Stock will be convertible at the option of the holder into one share of common stock, subject to certain antidilution provisions.

 

The issuance of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the agreements will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933.  Such shares are to be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act.  The facts relied upon to make the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506 available are:

 

  the status of each of the investors and their principals as accredited investors under Regulation D;

  the absence of any general solicitation or general advertising; and

  restrictions on transfer of the securities to be issued to the investors as indicated by legends to be placed on the certificates representing such securities.

 

Additional information in connection with this item is furnished under Item 1.01 above.

 

Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

Under the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to the agreements reported under Item 1.01 above, the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock will have the right to elect three members of the Company's seven-member Board of Directors.  In addition, the agreement with the Bailey Group provides that the Bailey Group voting together as a separate class will have the right to elect three members of the Company's Board of Directors, two of whom shall meet the independence criteria of the Nasdaq Stock Market.  In connection therewith, the Company expects that Eric W. Reinhard and two other individuals will be nominated for election by the Company's stockholders as new members of the Board of Directors at the Company's 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and expects that Dan W. James, II, Thomas P. McCarty and David E. Bailey, who are currently members of the Company's Board of Directors, will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the 2005 Annual M eeting of Stockholders.

 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)   Exhibits.  The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

10.1

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 among Good Times Restaurants Inc., Pascere Investments, LLC and individual investors

10.2

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and The Bailey Company, LLLP

 

10.3

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Eric Reinhard

 

10.4

Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 among Good Times Restaurants Inc., Pascere Investments, LLC and individual investors

10.5

Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 among Good Times Restaurants Inc. and The Bailey Company, LLLP

10.6

Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 among Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Eric Reinhard

10.7

Supplemental Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and The Bailey Company, LLLP

10.8

Escrow Agreement dated as of December 30, 2004 among Good Times Restaurants Inc., Pascere Investments, LLC, individual investors and Computershare Trust Company, Inc.

 

99.1

Press release of Good Times Restaurants Inc. dated December 30, 2004

 


 

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.

 

 

          GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.

 

 

Date:  December 30, 2004

       By: ________________________________

           Boyd E. Hoback

           President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-10 2 spainvestorsfor8kb.htm SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

INVESTORS

12/21/04

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of __________, 2004, by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and each of the parties set forth on the signature pages hereto (the "Investors").

WHEREAS:

 

The Company and the Investors are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the rules and regulations as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act");

 

The Company has authorized a new series of preferred stock, designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences attached hereto as Exhibit "A" (the "Certificate of Designation");

 

The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designation;

 

The Investors desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (such shares, together with any Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued in replacement thereof or otherwise with respect thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Preferred Shares"), for an aggregate purchase price of $2,500,000 or $2.50 per Preferred Share;

 

The Investors desire to accomplish such purchase through Pacere Investments, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (the "LLC"), the sole asset of which will be the Preferred Shares and the sole owners of which will be the Investors; and

 

Each Investor wishes to purchase through the LLC, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the number of Preferred Shares as is set forth immediately below his name on the signature pages hereto.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Company and each of the Investors severally (and not jointly) hereby agree as follows:

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED SHARES.

 

Purchase of Preferred Shares.  On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to each Investor through the LLC and each Investor severally agrees to purchase through the LLC from the Company such number of Preferred Shares as is set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto.

 

Form of Payment.  Payment shall be made by bank check to an escrow agent to be mutually agreed upon by the Investors and the Company on or before January 3, 2005 to be collected and held by escrow agent as agent for each Investor and the LLC and to be delivered by escrow agent to the Company upon the Closing of the purchase of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Closing Date.  Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions thereto set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date and time of the issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement (the "Closing Date") shall be on or before February 10, 2005, or such other mutually agreed upon time.  The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall occur on the Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.

 

INVESTORS' REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Each Investor severally (and not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Investor that:

 

Investment Purpose.  As of the date hereof, the Investor is purchasing through the LLC the Preferred Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, such shares of Common Stock being collectively referred to herein as the "Conversion Shares") and, collectively with the Preferred Shares, the "Securities") for his own beneficial account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, and except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Investor and the LLC does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

 

Accredited Investor Status.  The Investor is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the 1933 Act (an "Accredited Investor").

 

Reliance on Exemptions.  The Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to him, through the LLC, in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Securities.

 

Information.  The Investor and his advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Preferred Shares remain outstanding will continue to be, furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been or are subsequently reasonably requested by the Investor or his advisors.  The Investor and his advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Preferred Shares remain outstanding will continue to be, afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company has not disclosed to the Investor any material nonpublic information and will not disclose such information unless such information is disclosed to the public prior to or promptly following such disclosure to the Investor.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by the Investor or any of his advisors or representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below.  The Investor understands that his investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of risk.

 

Governmental Review.  The Investor and the LLC understand that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

 

Transfer or Re-sale.  The Investor and the LLC understand that (i) the sale or re-sale of the Preferred Shares has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, and that the Securities may not be transferred unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel that shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company; provided such opinion is issued by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, or such other law firm as may be reasonably acceptable to the Company ("Qualifying Investor Counsel"), (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1 933 Act (or a successor rule) ("Rule 144")) of the Investor or the LLC who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited Investor, (d) in the opinion of the Company's counsel or Qualifying Investor Counsel, the Securities are sold pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144, or (e) the Securities are transferred to the Investor by the LLC in accordance with his membership interest therein; (ii) any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of such Rule and further, if such Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement attached he reto as Exhibit B neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register such Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.

 

Legend.  The Investor understands that the Preferred Shares and, until such time as the Conversion Shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or the type of transaction in which they may be sold, the Securities may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):

 

"The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The securities may not be sold, transferred or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement for the securities under such Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under such Act, the availability of which is to be established by an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, that registration is not required under such Act, or unless the securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 under such Act."

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of any security upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a) such Security is sold pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or the type of transaction in which they may be sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel from Qualifying Investor Counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security may be made without registration under the 1933 Act, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company so that the sale or transfer is effected or (c) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securi ty can be sold pursuant to Rule 144.  The Investor and the LLC agree to sell all Securities, including those represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

 

Authorization; Enforcement.  This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Investor, and this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

Residency.  The Investor is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.  The Company represents and warrants to each Investor that:

 

Organization and Qualification.  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted.  The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  "Material Adverse Effect" means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith.

 

Authorization; Enforcement.  (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof) have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and subject to Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i) no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company by its authorized representat ive, and such authorized representative is the true and official representative with authority to sign this Agreement and the other documents executed in connection herewith and bind the Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Certificate of Designation such instrument will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 2,309,971 shares are issued and outstanding; except as set forth in Schedule 3(c), no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans;  and, subject to the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), 1,240,000 shares are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock of which 1,240,000 are shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.  All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(c), as of the effective date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstandin g options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company (including but not limited to the former Shareholders Rights Plan of the Company), (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of its securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Preferred Shares or the Conversion Shares.  The Company has furnished to the Investors true and correct copies of the Company's Articles of Incor poration as in effect on the date hereof ("Articles of Incorporation"), the Company's By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the "By-laws"), and the terms of all securities exercisable for the acquisition of Common Stock of the Company and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

Issuance of Shares.  The Preferred Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.  Subject to the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), the Conversion Shares will be duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with their respective terms, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

 

No Conflicts.  Subject to the Listing (as defined in Section 4(h)) and the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, license or instrument to which the Company is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securi ties laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).  The Company is not in violation of its Articles of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and the Company is not in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company in default) under, and the Company has not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which any property or assets of the Company is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  The business of the Company is not being conducted, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity to the extent such violation could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, and except for Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)) the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Prefer red Shares.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(e), all consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof.  The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Smallcap Market ("Nasdaq" and does not reasonably anticipate that the Common Stock will be delisted by Nasdaq in the foreseeable future.  The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  The Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the "SEC Documents").  The Company has delivered or made available to each Investor true and complete copies of the SEC Documents publicly filed since September 30, 2003, except for such exhibits and incorporated documents.  As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  None of the statements made in any such SEC Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof).  As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in su ch financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to June 30, 2004 and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the financi al condition or operating results of the Company.

 

Absence of Certain Changes.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(g), since June 30, 2004, there has been no change and no development in the assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company which has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Absence of Litigation.  There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Schedule 3(h) contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or threatened proceeding against or affecting the Company, with a potential liability in excess of $10,000, without regard to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

Intellectual Property.  The Company owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights ("Intellectual Property") necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3(i) hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company's knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3(i) hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); to the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company's current and intended products and services do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person; and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which are likely to give rise to any of the foregoing.  The Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of its Intellectual Property.

 

No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc.  The Company is not subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is not a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Tax Status.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), the Company has made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.  The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), none of the Company's tax returns is presently being audited by any taxing authority.

 

Certain Transactions.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(l) and except for arm's length transactions pursuant to which the Company makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company could obtain from third parties, none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

Other Sales of Preferred Shares.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(m), the Company has no agreements or commitments to sell shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock other than to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement.

 

No Brokers.  Except for the compensation to be paid to Eric Reinhard by the Company set forth in Schedule 3(n), the Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, transaction fees or similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Permits; Compliance.  The Company is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders, the absence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "Company Permits"), and there is no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits.  The Company is not in conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Since June 30, 2004, the Company has not received any notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or violations, which c onflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Environmental Matters.

Except as set forth in Schedule 3(p), there are, to the Company's knowledge, with respect to the Company no past or present violations of Environmental Laws (as defined below), releases of any material into the environment, actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events, incidents, or contractual obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental liability or any liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 or similar federal, state, local or foreign laws and the Company has not received any notice with respect to any of the foregoing, nor is any action pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened in connection with any of the foregoing, except for matters which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The term "Environmental Laws" means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

Other than those that are or were stored, used or disposed of in compliance with applicable law, no Hazardous Materials are contained on or about any real property currently owned, leased or used by the Company, and other than those which would not have a Material Adverse Effect, no Hazardous Materials were released on or about any real property previously owned, leased or used by the Company during the period the property was owned, leased or used by the Company.

 

Title to Property.  The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in Schedule 3(q) or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Insurance.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(r), the Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the business in which the Company is engaged.  The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has provided to Investor true and correct copies of all policies relating to liability coverage.

 

Employment Matters.  Schedule 3(s) sets forth a complete and accurate list of each compensation or benefit plan, program or agreement (collectively the "Employee Benefit Plans") sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company for the benefit of any employee of the Company.  The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability has occurred; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qu alified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, that would cause the loss of such qualification; and with respect to the Employee Benefit Plans there exists no condition or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in liability which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company under ERISA, the Code or any applicable law.

 

Not Investment Company.  The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement will not be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an "Investment Company").  The Company is not controlled by an Investment Company.

 

Disclosure.  All information relating to or concerning the Company set forth in this Agreement and provided to the Investors pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company's reports filed under the 1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act).

 

COVENANTS.

Best Efforts.  The parties shall use their best efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions described in Section 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

 

Form D; Blue Sky Laws.  The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Investor promptly after such filing.  The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to the Investors at the applicable closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or "blue sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to each Investor on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

Reporting Status.  The Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.  So long as an Investor beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.

 

Financial Information.  The Company shall send or make available the following reports to each Investor for so long as such Investor retains the ownership of at least two-thirds of his shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock or the shares of Common Stock acquired by the conversion thereof: (i) within ten days after the filing with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and any Current Reports on Form 8-K; (ii) within three days after release, copies of all press releases issued by the Company; and (iii) contemporaneously with the making available or giving to the shareholders of the Company, copies of any notices or other information the Company makes available to such shareholders.

 

Authorization and Reservation of Shares.  The Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the full conversion of the Preferred Shares and issuance of the Conversion Shares in connection therewith.

 

Listing.  Subject to the Listing (as defined in Section 4(h)), the Company shall within ninety days following the Closing Date secure the listing of the Conversion Shares upon each securities trading market upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and, so long as any Investor owns any of the Securities, shall maintain, for so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Conversion Shares from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.  For so long as any Investor owns his Securities, the Company shall maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a nationally recognized securities trading market if any shares of Common Stock are listed and traded on such market and will comply in all respects with the Company's obligations with respect to such trading market.

 

Required Filings.  The Company shall file all of the outstanding reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act.

 

Listing on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market.  The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market (the "Listing").

 

Stockholder Approval.  The Company shall file a proxy statement with the SEC no later than January 3, 2005 and use its best efforts to obtain, on or before February 10, 2005 such approvals of the Company's stockholders as may be required to issue all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with Nevada law and any applicable rules or regulations of the Nasdaq Smallcap Market, through an increase in authorized capital (the "Stockholder Approval").  The Company shall comply with the filing and disclosure requirements of Section 14 under the 1934 Act in connection with the Stockholder Approval.

 

TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent to issue certificates, registered in the name of each Investor or his nominee, or the LLC, for the Conversion Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Investor to the Company upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms thereof (the "Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions").  Prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act (and until the Company has received the opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel that legends may be removed prior to sale under the registration statement) or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, all such certificates shall bear the restrictive legend specified in Section 2(f) of this Agreement.  The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(f) hereof (in the case of the Conversion Shares, prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act (with the limitation stated above) or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold), will be given by the Company to its transfer agent and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement.  Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way the Investor's or the LLC's obligations and agreement set forth in Section 2(f) hereof to comply with all applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, upon re-sale of the Securities.  If an Investor or the LLC provides the Company with (i) an opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel in form, sub stance and scope customary for opinions in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Securities may be made without registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is effected or (ii) the Investor or the LLC provides an opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel or other reasonable assurances that the Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule 144, and, in the case that the Securities can be sold under Rule 144 but not paragraph (k), that a sale or transfer has occurred in accordance with Rule 144, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in the case of the Conversion Shares, promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates, free from restrictive legend, in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Investor.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Investors, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5 may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section, that the Investors or the LLC shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.  The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Preferred Shares to the LLC for the benefit of an Investor at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

 

Each Investor and the LLC shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Company.

 

Each Investor or the LLC shall have delivered the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1(b) above.

 

The Certificate of Designation shall have been accepted for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

 

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

 

No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

CONDITIONS TO THE LLC'S AND EACH INVESTOR'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.  The obligation of each Investor and the LLC hereunder to purchase the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the LLC's and such Investor's sole benefit and may be waived by the LLC or such Investor at any time in its sole discretion:

 

The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Investor.

 

The Company shall have delivered to the LLC duly executed certificates representing the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares (in such denominations as the LLC shall request) in accordance with Section 1(a) above.

 

The Certificate of Designation shall have been accepted for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and a copy thereof certified by such Secretary of State shall have been delivered to such Investor.

 

The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.  The LLC shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the LLC including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors' and stockholder resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

The Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B shall have been executed and delivered by the Company.

 

Stockholder approval shall have been obtained.

 

The Company shall have prepared the registration statement described in the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B in a form ready for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which registration statement shall have been approved by the LLC, with such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION.

For so long as at least two-thirds of all outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding and for so long as at least two-thirds of the Conversion Shares remain held by the former holders of such Preferred Stock the Company shall, prior to any proposed issuance by the Company of any of its securities (other than debt securities with no equity feature), offer to each Investor by written notice the right, for a period of 15 days, to purchase for cash at the price or other consideration for which such securities are to be issued a number of such securities so that, after giving effect to such issuance (and the conversion, exercise and exchange into or for shares of Common Stock of all such securities that are so convertible, exercisable or exchangeable), the Investor will continue to maintain his same proportionate beneficial equity ownership in the Company represented by the Preferred Shares and the Conversion Shares that he beneficially owns, if any, as of the date o f such notice (treating the Investor, for the purpose of such computation, as the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable to the Investor or to the LLC for the benefit of the Investor upon conversion, exercise and exchange of all securities (including but not limited to the Preferred Shares) held by such Investor or by the LLC for the benefit of the Investor on the date such offer is made, that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for (whether directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock and assuming the like conversion, exercise and exchange of all such other securities held by other persons); provided, however, that the participation rights of the Investor pursuant to this Section 8 shall not apply to securities issued (A) upon conversion of any of the Preferred Shares, (B) as a stock dividend or upon any subdivision of shares of Common Stock, provided that the securities issued pursuant to such stock dividend or subdivision are limited to add itional shares of Common Stock, (C) pursuant to rights to acquire Common Stock from the Company outstanding on January 1, 2005, set forth on Schedule 8(C), (D) pursuant to options to purchase Common Stock from the Company or other equity incentives issued to employees, consultants and members of the Board of Directors (provided that such excluded options or equity incentives are approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company), (E) solely in consideration for the acquisition (whether by merger or otherwise) by the Company of all or substantially all of the stock or assets of any other entity, (F) pursuant to a public offering of the Company's securities.  The Company's written notice to the Investor shall describe the securities proposed to be issued by the Company and specify the number, price and payment terms.

 

The Investor may accept the Company's offer as to the full number of securities offered to him or any lesser number, by written notice thereof given by him to the Company prior to the expiration of the aforesaid 15 day period, in which event the Company shall sell and the Investor shall buy, upon the terms specified, the number of securities agreed to be purchased by Investor.  If any Investor fails to accept the Company's offer as to the full number of securities offered to him, the other Investors who have so accepted may within the following ten-day period purchase the unaccepted securities, with such participation by such other Investors being in proportion to their beneficial equity ownerships in the Company.  The Company shall thereafter be free at any time prior to ninety days after the date of its notice of offer to the Investors to offer and sell to any third party the remainder of such securities proposed to be issued by the Company at a price and on payment terms no less favorable to the Company than those specified in such notice of offer to the Investors.  If such third party sale or sales are not consummated within such ninety-day period, the Company shall not sell such securities as shall not have been purchased within such period without again complying with this Section 8.

 

The right of participation set forth in this Section 8 shall also apply to and be proportionately shared with the participation rights of any other person who has acquired Preferred Shares, whether or not as an Investor under this Agreement.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.  An Investor or the LLC proposing to transfer all or any portion of, or interest in, his or its Preferred Shares for value may do so only pursuant to a bona fide offer to purchase.  If the Investor or the LLC desire to sell his or its Preferred Shares or his interest in the LLC pursuant to such an offer, he or it shall give the Company notice which shall contain a description of all of the material terms and conditions of the offer and a copy of it, if any.  The Company shall then have a period of fifteen days to determine whether to purchase all of the Investor's or the LLC's Preferred Shares or his interest in the LLC upon the terms and conditions contained in the offer to purchase.  If the Company elects to purchase all of the Investor's or the LLC's Preferred Shares or his interest in the LLC, it shall consummate the transaction as if it were the offeror, but in no event shall the closing date be earlier than thirty days following the date of the Company's n otification to the Investor or the LLC of its determination to purchase the Investor's or the LLC's Preferred Shares or his interest in the LLC.  If the Company fails to exercise its right of first refusal within such fifteen-day period, the other Investors shall receive the foregoing Investor notice and shall then have a period of ten days to elect to purchase all of such Preferred Shares or interest in the LLC upon such terms and conditions, with such purchase by such other Investors being in proportion to their beneficial equity ownerships in the Company and with consummation of such purchases within fifteen days following the date of the other Investors' notification of their election to purchase.  If the other Investors fail to give notice of their exercise of their right of first refusal within such ten-day period, the transferring Investor or the LLC shall be free to transfer his or its Preferred Shares or his interest in the LLC, but only in accordance with the offer.  The Investors an d the LLC shall not otherwise transfer his or its Preferred Shares or his interest in the LLC for value without complying with the provisions of this Section 9.  The right of the Investors to purchase Preferred Shares under this Section 9 shall also apply to and be proportionately shared with the purchase right of any other person who has acquired Preferred Shares, whether or not as an Investor under this Agreement.

 

GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.

 

Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN DENVER, COLORADO WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.  THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING.  BOTH PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A PARTY MAILED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE PARTY IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT ANY PARTY'S RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.  THE PARTIES AGREE THA T A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LAWFUL MANNER.  THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT PREVAIL IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FEES AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES, INCURRED BY THE PREVAILING PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISPUTE.

 

Counterparts; Signatures by Facsimile.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.  This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

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

 

Severability.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law.  Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

 

Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

 

Notices.  Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party.  The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:                  Good Times Restaurants Inc.

                                    601 Corporate Circle

                                    Golden, CO  80401

                                    Attention:  Mr. Boyd Hoback, President

                                    Telephone:  (303) 384-1411

                                    Email: bhoback@gtrestaurants.com

With copies to:                     Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

                                    1225 17th Street, Suite 2300

                                    Denver, CO  80202

                                    Attention:  Roger C. Cohen, Esq.

                                                      Dwight R. Landes, Esq.

                                    Telephone:  (303) 292-2400

                                    Facsimile:  (303) 296-3956

                                    Email: cohenrc@ballardspahr.com

                                                landes@ballardspahr.com

 

If to an Investor:      To the address set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto.

 

If to the LLC:  To the address set forth immediately below the LLC's name on the signature page hereto.

 

Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in address.

 

Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns.

 

Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

Survival.  The representations and warranties of the Company and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 shall survive the closing hereunder notwithstanding any due diligence investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Investors.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Investors for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof or any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred.

 

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

 

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

 

THE COMPANY:

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,

a Nevada corporation

By:___________________________

        Boyd E. Hoback,

        President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

THE LLC:

 

PACERE INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Colorado

limited liability company

 

 

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Address: _____________________________

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INVESTORS:

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EXHIBIT "A"

Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences

 

SEE ATTACHED


EXHIBIT B

Registration Rights Agreement

 

SEE ATTACHED


SCHEDULE 3(c)

Reserved Shares

 

i.    Outstanding Options

-     a total of 450,104 options are outstanding under the 1992 Stock Option Plan

-     a total of 79,055 options are outstanding under the 2001 Stock Option Plan

 

ii.   The Registration Rights Agreement under this Securities Purchase Agreement

 

      The Bailey Company Registration Rights Agreement dated May 31, 1996

      The Bailey Company Supplemental Registration Rights Agreement

 


SCHEDULE 3(g)

Material Change and Development

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(h)

Pending or Threatened Litigation

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(i)

Copyright Information

 

NO EXCEPTIONS

 


SCHEDULE 3(k)

Tax Status

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(l)

Certain Transactions

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The Bailey Company and The Erie County Investment Co.

 

We issued 426,667 shares of common stock to The Bailey Company in August 1998 as a result of The Bailey Company's conversion of their shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that they purchased in May 1996.  Those shares of common stock are subject to registration rights.  As long as The Bailey Company holds two-thirds of the shares of common stock the board of directors may not authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock without the concurrence of The Bailey Company and The Bailey Company has the right to the representation of two directors on the board of directors, one of which has the right to serve as chairman of the board.  Geoffrey R. Bailey and David E. Bailey are the current directors representing The Bailey Company on the board of directors, with Geoffrey R. Bailey serving as chairman of the board.  Geoffrey R. Bailey is a director and David E. Bailey is a director and executive officer of The Erie County Investment Co., which owns 99% of The Bailey Company .  The Bailey Company and The Erie County Investment Co. are principal stockholders of us.  Geoffrey R. Bailey and David E. Bailey are brothers and their father, Paul T. Bailey, is the principal owner of The Erie County Investment Co.

 

We obtained two lines of credit from a financial institution during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.  As of September 30, 2004, these lines of credit were paid in full and the Company elected not to renew them.

Our corporate headquarters are located in a building which is owned by The Bailey Company and in which The Bailey Company also has its corporate headquarters.  We currently lease our executive office space of approximately 3,350 square feet from The Bailey Company for approximately $45,000 per year.  The lease will expire April 22, 2005.

 

The Bailey Company is also the owner of two franchised Good Times Drive Thru restaurants which are located in Thornton and Loveland, Colorado.

 

 


SCHEDULE 3(m)

Other Sales of Preferred Shares

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and "Investors"

 

Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Eric Reinhard

 

Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and The Bailey Company

 


SCHEDULE 3(n)

Fees to Eric Reinhard

Pending stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, Eric Reinhard will receive in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement a total of 60,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in consideration for advice and assistance services with respect to the sale of 1,000,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which services are valued at $150,000.  In addition, also pending stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company will pay Mr. Reinhard $133,336 over 8 months as a fee related to raising capital.

 


SCHEDULE 3(p)

Environmental Matters

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(q)

Title to Property

 

Note payable with GE Capital Business Asset Funding with monthly payments of principal and interest (7.83%) due in the amount of $18,600 with the final payment due in November 2008.  The loan is collateralized by the building, leasehold interest and equipment of two Good Times Restaurants and all custard equipment and signage purchased under the note.

 

Note payable with GE Capital Business Asset Funding with monthly principal and variable interest (interest rate at September 30, 2004 was 5.64%), with the final payment due January 2009.  The loan is collateralized by the building, leasehold interest and equipment at one Good Times Restaurant.

 

Capital lease obligation for equipment, payable monthly in installments with interest of 9.33%, with lease expiring August 2007.

 


SCHEDULE 3(r)

Insurance

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(s)

Employee Benefit Plans

 

 

1992 Stock Option Plan

2001 Stock Option Plan

401(k) Plan and Company Matching Program

Medical and Dental Insurance Plan

Cafeteria Plan 125 for medical and dependent care

Group Life Insurance Plan

Vision and prescription benefits

Unplanned Time Off

Planned Time Off

529 College Savings Program

Select banking benefits through Wells Fargo


SCHEDULE 8(C)

Rights to Acquire Common Stock

Outstanding rights to acquire common stock

 

     -     a total of 450,104 options are outstanding under the 1992 Stock Option Plans

 

     -     a total of 79,055 options are outstanding under the 2001 Stock Option Plan

EX-10 3 spabaileyfor8kc.htm SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of __________, 2004, by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and each of the parties set forth on the signature pages hereto (the "Investors").

 

WHEREAS:

 

The Company and the Investors are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the rules and regulations as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act");

 

The Company has authorized a new series of preferred stock, designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences attached hereto as Exhibit "A" (the "Certificate of Designation");

 

The Series B Convertible  Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designation;

 

The Investors desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, an aggregate of 180,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (such shares, together with any Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued in replacement thereof or otherwise with respect thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Preferred Shares"), for an aggregate purchase price of $450,000 or $2.50 per Preferred Share; and

 

Each Investor wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the number of Preferred Shares  as is set forth immediately below his or its name on the signature pages hereto.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Company and each of the Investors severally (and not jointly) hereby agree as follows:

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED SHARES.

 

Purchase of Preferred Shares.  On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to each Investor and each Investor severally agrees to purchase from the Company such number of Preferred Shares as is set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto.

 

Form of Payment.  Payment shall be made by bank check to be delivered to the Company upon the Closing of the purchase of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Closing Date.  Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions thereto set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date and time of the issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement (the "Closing Date") shall be on or before February 10, 2005, or such other mutually agreed upon time.  The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall occur on the Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.

 

INVESTORS' REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Each Investor severally (and not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Investor that:

 

Investment Purpose.  As of the date hereof, the Investor is purchasing the Preferred Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, such shares of Common Stock being collectively referred to herein as the "Conversion Shares") and, collectively with the Preferred Shares, the "Securities") for his or its own account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, and except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Investor does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

 

Accredited Investor Status.  The Investor is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the 1933 Act (an "Accredited Investor").

 

Reliance on Exemptions.  The Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to him or it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Securities.

 

Information.  The Investor and his or its advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Preferred Shares remain outstanding will continue to be, furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been or are subsequently reasonably requested by the Investor or his or its advisors.  The Investor and his or its advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Preferred Shares remain outstanding will continue to be, afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company has not disclosed to the Investor any material nonpublic information and will not disclose such information unless such information is disclosed to the public prior to or promptly following such disclosure to the Investor.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by the Investor or any of his or its advisors or represe ntatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below.  The Investor understands that his or its investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of risk.

 

Governmental Review.  The Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

 

Transfer or Re-sale.  The Investor understands that (i) the sale or re-sale of the Preferred Shares has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, and that the Securities may not be transferred unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel that shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company; provided such opinion is issued by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, or such other law firm as may be reasonably acceptable to the Company ("Qualifying Investor Counsel"), (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to an "affiliate"(as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) ("Rule 144")) of the Investor who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited Investor, or (d) in the opinion of the Company's counsel or Qualifying Investor Counsel, the Securities are sold pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144; (ii) any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of such Rule and further, if such Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register such Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.

 

Legend.  The Investor understands that the Preferred Shares and, until such time as the Conversion Shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or the type of transaction in which they may be sold, the Securities may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):

 

"The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The securities may not be sold, transferred or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement for the securities under such Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under such Act, the availability of which is to be established by an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, that registration is not required under such Act, or unless the securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 under such Act."

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of any security upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a) such Security is sold pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or the type of transaction in which they may be sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel from Qualifying Investor Counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security may be made without registration under the 1933 Act, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company so that the sale or transfer is effected or (c) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securi ty can be sold pursuant to Rule 144.  The Investor agrees to sell all Securities, including those represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

 

Authorization; Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Investor, and this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

Residency.  The Investor is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.  The Company represents and warrants to each Investor that:

 

Organization and Qualification.  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted.  The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  "Material Adverse Effect" means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith.

 

Authorization; Enforcement.  (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof) have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and subject to Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i) no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company by its authorized representat ive, and such authorized representative is the true and official representative with authority to sign this Agreement and the other documents executed in connection herewith and bind the Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Certificate of Designation such instrument will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 2,309,971 shares are issued and outstanding, except as set forth in Schedule 3(c),  no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans, and, subject to the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), 1,240,000 shares are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock of which 1,240,000 are shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.  All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(c), as of the effective date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding opt ions, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company (including but not limited to the former Shareholders Rights Plan of the Company), (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of its securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Preferred Shares or the Conversion Shares.  The Company has furnished to the Investors true and correct copies of the Company's Articles of Incorporat ion as in effect on the date hereof ("Articles of Incorporation"), the Company's By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the "By-laws"), and the terms of all securities exercisable for the acquisition of Common Stock of the Company and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

Issuance of Shares.  The Preferred Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.  Subject to the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), the Conversion Shares will be duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with their respective terms, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

 

No Conflicts.  Subject to the Listing (as defined in Section 4(h)) and the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, license or instrument to which the Company is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securi ties laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).  The Company is not in violation of its Articles of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and the Company is not in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company in default) under, and the Company has not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which any property or assets of the Company is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Company is not being conducted, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity to the extent such violation could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, and except for Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)) the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Preferred Sh ares.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(e), all consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof.  The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Smallcap Market ("Nasdaq") and does not reasonably anticipate that the Common Stock will be delisted by Nasdaq in the foreseeable future.  The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  The Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the "SEC Documents").  The Company has delivered or made available to each Investor true and complete copies of the SEC Documents publicly filed since September 30, 2003, except for such exhibits and incorporated documents.  As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  None of the statements made in any such SEC Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof).  As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in su ch financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to September 30, 2004 and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the fi nancial condition or operating results of the Company.

 

Absence of Certain Changes.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(g), since September 30, 2004, there has been no change and no development in the assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company which has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Absence of Litigation.  There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Schedule 3(h) contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or threatened proceeding against or affecting the Company, with a potential liability in excess of $10,000, without regard to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

Intellectual Property.  The Company owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights ("Intellectual Property") necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3(i) hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company's knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3(i) hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); to the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company's current and intended products and services do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person; and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which are likely to give rise to any of the foregoing.  The Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of its Intellectual Property.

 

No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc.  The Company is not subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is not a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Tax Status.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), the Company has made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.  The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), none of the Company's tax returns is presently being audited by any taxing authority.

 

Certain Transactions.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(l) and except for arm's length transactions pursuant to which the Company makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company could obtain from third parties, none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

Other Sales of Preferred Shares.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(m), the Company has no agreements or commitments to sell shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock other than to the Investors pursuant to this Agreement.

 

No Brokers.  Except for the compensation to be paid to Eric Reinhard by the Company set forth in Schedule 3(n), the Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, transaction fees or similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Permits; Compliance.  The Company is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders, the absence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "Company Permits"), and there is no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits.  The Company is not in conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Since September 30, 2004, the Company has not received any notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or violations, wh ich conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Environmental Matters.

 

Except as set forth in Schedule 3(p), there are, to the Company's knowledge, with respect to the Company no past or present violations of Environmental Laws (as defined below), releases of any material into the environment, actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events, incidents, or contractual obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental liability or any liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 or similar federal, state, local or foreign laws and the Company has not received any notice with respect to any of the foregoing, nor is any action pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened in connection with any of the foregoing, except for matters which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The term "Environmental Laws" means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

Other than those that are or were stored, used or disposed of in compliance with applicable law, no Hazardous Materials are contained on or about any real property currently owned, leased or used by the Company, and other than those which would not have a Material Adverse Effect, no Hazardous Materials were released on or about any real property previously owned, leased or used by the Company during the period the property was owned, leased or used by the Company.

 

Title to Property.  The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in Schedule 3(q) or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Insurance.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(r), the Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the business in which the Company is engaged.  The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has provided or made available to the Investors true and correct copies of all policies relating to liability coverage.

 

Employment Matters.  Schedule 3(s) sets forth a complete and accurate list of each compensation or benefit plan, program or agreement (collectively the "Employee Benefit Plans") sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company for the benefit of any employee of the Company.  The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability has occurred; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qu alified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, that would cause the loss of such qualification; and with respect to the Employee Benefit Plans there exists no condition or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in liability which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company under ERISA, the Code or any applicable law.

 

Not Investment Company.  The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement will not be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an "Investment Company").  The Company is not controlled by an Investment Company.

 

Disclosure.  All information relating to or concerning the Company set forth in this Agreement and provided to the Investors pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company's reports filed under the 1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act).

 

COVENANTS.

 

Best Efforts.  The parties shall use their best efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions described in Section 6 and 7 of this Agreement. 

Form D; Blue Sky Laws.  The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Investor promptly after such filing.  The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to the Investors at the applicable closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or "blue sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to each Investor on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

Reporting Status.  The Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.  So long as an Investor beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.

 

Financial Information.  The Company shall send or make available the following reports to each Investor for so long as such Investor retains the ownership of at least two-thirds of his or its shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock or the shares of Common Stock acquired by the conversion thereof: (i) within ten days after the filing with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and any Current Reports on Form 8-K; (ii) within three days after release, copies of all press releases issued by the Company; and (iii) contemporaneously with the making available or giving to the shareholders of the Company, copies of any notices or other information the Company makes available to such shareholders.

 

Authorization and Reservation of Shares.  The Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the full conversion of the Preferred Shares and issuance of the Conversion Shares in connection therewith.

 

Listing.  Subject to the Listing (as defined in Section 4(h)), the Company shall within ninety days following the Closing Date promptly secure the listing of the Conversion Shares upon each securities trading market upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and, so long as any Investor owns any of the Securities, shall maintain, for so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Conversion Shares from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.  For so long as any Investor owns his or its Securities, the Company shall maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a nationally recognized securities trading market if any shares of Common Stock are listed and traded on such market and will comply in all respects with the Company's obligations with respect to such trading market.

 

Required Filings.  The Company shall file all of the outstanding reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act.

 

Listing on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market.   The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market (the "Listing").

 

Stockholder Approval.  The Company shall file a proxy statement with the SEC no later than January 3, 2005 and use its best efforts to obtain, on or before February 10, 2005 such approvals of the Company's stockholders as may be required to issue all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with Nevada law and any applicable rules or regulations of the Nasdaq Smallcap Market, through an increase in authorized capital (the "Stockholder Approval").  The Company shall comply with the filing and disclosure requirements of Section 14 under the 1934 Act in connection with the Stockholder Approval.

 

Issuance of Additional Preferred Stock.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of the Certificate of Designation, for so long as at least two-thirds of the Preferred Shares and of the Conversion Shares, and of the Common Stock held by the Investors or their affiliates on the date of this Agreement, in the aggregate, remain held by the Investors or their affiliates, the Company shall not institute (i) any increase in the outstanding shares of preferred stock of any class or series without the prior written consent of the Investors, or (ii) any amendment of the Certificate of Designation which materially adversely affects the rights and preferences of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent to issue certificates, registered in the name of each Investor or his or its nominee, for the Conversion Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Investor to the Company upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms thereof (the "Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions").  Prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act (and until the Company has received the opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel that legends may be removed prior to sale under the registration statement) or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, all such certificates shall bear the restrictive legend specified in Section 2(f) of this Agreement.  The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Trans fer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(f) hereof (in the case of the Conversion Shares, prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act (with the limitation stated above) or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold), will be given by the Company to its transfer agent and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement.  Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way the Investor's obligations and agreement set forth in Section 2(f) hereof to comply with all applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, upon re-sale of the Securities.  If an Investor provides the Company with (i) an opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel in form, substance and scope customary fo r opinions in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Securities may be made without registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is effected or (ii) the Investor provides an opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel or other reasonable assurances that the Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule 144, and, in the case that the Securities can be sold under Rule 144 but not paragraph (k), that a sale or transfer has occurred in accordance with Rule 144, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in the case of the Conversion Shares, promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates, free from restrictive legend, in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Investor.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Investors, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5 may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section, that the Investors shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.  The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Preferred Shares to the Investor at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

 

Each Investor shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Company.

 

Each Investor shall have delivered the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1(b) above.

 

The Certificate of Designation shall have been accepted for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

 

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

 

No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

CONDITIONS TO EACH INVESTOR'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.  The obligation of each Investor hereunder to purchase the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for such Investor's sole benefit and may be waived by such Investor at any time in its sole discretion:

 

The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Investor.

 

The Company shall have delivered to the Investor duly executed certificates representing the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares (in such denominations as the Investor shall request) in accordance with Section 1(a) above.

 

The Certificate of Designation shall have been accepted for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and a copy thereof certified by such Secretary of State shall have been delivered to such Investor.

 

The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.  The Investor shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Investor including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors' and stockholder resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

The Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B shall have been executed and delivered by the Company.

 

The Supplemental Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C shall have been executed and delivered by the Company.

 

Stockholder approval shall have been obtained.

 

The Company shall have prepared the registration statement described in the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B in a form ready for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which registration statement shall have been approved by the Investors, with such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION.

 

For so long as at least two-thirds of the Preferred Shares and the Conversion Shares, and the Common Stock of the Investors or their affiliates held on the date of this Agreement, in the aggregate, remain held by the Investors or their affiliates, the Company shall, prior to any proposed issuance by the Company of any of its securities (other than debt securities with no equity feature), offer to each Investor by written notice the right, for a period of 15 days, to purchase for cash at the price or other consideration for which such securities are to be issued a number of such securities so that, after giving effect to such issuance (and the conversion, exercise and exchange into or for shares of Common Stock of all such securities that are so convertible, exercisable or exchangeable), the Investor will continue to maintain his or its same proportionate beneficial equity ownership in the Company represented by the Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares and any other shares of Common Stock that he o r it owns, if any, as of the date of such notice (treating the Investor, for the purpose of such computation, as the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable to the Investor upon conversion, exercise and exchange of all securities (including but not limited to the Preferred Shares) held by such Investor on the date such offer is made, that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for (whether directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock and assuming the like conversion, exercise and exchange of all such other securities held by other persons); provided, however, that the participation rights of the Investor pursuant to this Section 8 shall not apply to securities issued (A) upon conversion of any of the Preferred Shares, (B) as a stock dividend or upon any subdivision of shares of Common Stock, provided that the securities issued pursuant to such stock dividend or subdivision are limited to additional shares of Common Stock, (C) pursuant to righ ts to acquire Common Stock from the Company outstanding on January 1, 2005 set forth in Schedule 8(C), (D) pursuant to options to purchase Common Stock from the Company issued to employees, consultants and members of the Board of Directors (provided that such excluded options or equity incentives are approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company), (E) solely in consideration for the acquisition (whether by merger or otherwise) by the Company of all or substantially all of the stock or assets of any other entity, (F) pursuant to a public offering of the Company's securities.  The Company's written notice to the Investor shall describe the securities proposed to be issued by the Company and specify the number, price and payment terms.

 

The Investor may accept the Company's offer as to the full number of securities offered to him or it or any lesser number, by written notice thereof given by him or it to the Company prior to the expiration of the aforesaid 15 day period, in which event the Company shall sell and the Investor shall buy, upon the terms specified, the number of securities agreed to be purchased by Investor.  If any other investor who has a comparable right of participation fails to accept the Company's offer as to the full number of securities offered to him or it, the Investors who have so accepted may within the following ten-day period purchase the unaccepted securities, with such participation by such Investors being in proportion to their beneficial equity ownerships in the Company.  The Company shall thereafter be free at any time prior to ninety days after the date of its notice of offer to the Investors to offer and sell to any third party the remainder of such securi ties proposed to be issued by the Company at a price and on payment terms no less favorable to the Company than those specified in such notice of offer to the Investors.  If such third party sale or sales are not consummated within such ninety-day period, the Company shall not sell such securities as shall not have been purchased within such period without again complying with this Section 8.

 

The right of participation set forth in this Section 8 shall also apply to and be proportionately shared with the participation rights of any other person who has acquired Preferred Shares, whether or not as an Investor under this Agreement.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.  An Investor proposing to transfer all or any portion of or interest in his or its Preferred Shares for value may do so only pursuant to a bona fide offer to purchase.  If the Investor desires to sell his or its Preferred Shares pursuant to such an offer, he or it shall give the Company notice which shall contain a description of all of the material terms and conditions of the offer and a copy of it, if any.  The Company shall then have a period of fifteen days to determine whether to purchase all of the Investor's Preferred Shares upon the terms and conditions contained in the offer to purchase.  If the Company elects to purchase all of the Investor's Preferred Shares, it shall consummate the transaction as if it were the offeror, but in no event shall the closing date be earlier than thirty days following the date of the Company's notification to the Investor of its determination to purchase the Investor's Preferred Shares.  If the Com pany fails to exercise its right of first refusal within such fifteen-day period, the other Investors shall receive the foregoing Investor notice and shall then have a period of ten days to elect to purchase all of such Preferred Shares upon such terms and conditions, with such purchase by such other Investors being in proportion to their beneficial equity ownerships in the Company and with consummation of such purchases within fifteen days following the date of the other Investors' notification of their election to purchase.  If the other Investors fail to give notice of their exercise of their right of first refusal within such ten-day period, the transferring, the Investor shall be free to transfer his or its Preferred Shares, but only in accordance with the offer.  The Investors shall not otherwise transfer his or its Preferred Shares for value without complying with the provisions of this Section 9.  The right of the Investors t o purchase Preferred Shares under this Section 9 shall also apply to and be proportionately shared with the purchase right of any other person who has acquired Preferred Shares, whether or not as an Investor under this Agreement.

 

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.  The Investors voting together as a separate class shall have the right to elect three Directors of the Board of Directors of the Company, two of whom shall meet the independence criteria of Nasdaq and of any other rules and regulations applicable to the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the number of outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and the number of shares of Common Stock which are held by the Investors are diminished as a result of sale or other transfer, the number of Directors of the Board of Directors of the Company which may be elected by the holders thereof shall be proportionately reduced or eliminated to the extent that total number of such shares is nearer to two-thirds, one-third or zero compared to the initial total number thereof.  At any meeting (or in a written consent in lieu thereof) held for the purpose of electing Directors, the presence in person or by proxy (or the written consent) of the h olders of a majority of the shares of Preferred Stock and of the shares of Common Stock then held by the Investors shall constitute a quorum for the election of the foregoing Directors.  A vacancy in any directorship elected pursuant to this paragraph by the Investors shall be filled only by vote or written consent of such holders.  In consideration of the foregoing rights, the Investors shall not participate in the election of Directors set forth in Section 1(b)(iii) of the Certificate of Designation.

 

GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS. 

 

Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN DENVER, COLORADO WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. BOTH PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING.  THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A PARTY MAILED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE PARTY IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT ANY PARTY'S RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A FI NAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LAWFUL MANNER.  THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT PREVAIL IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FEES AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES, INCURRED BY THE PREVAILING PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISPUTE.

 

Counterparts; Signatures by Facsimile.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.  This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

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

 

Severability.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law.  Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

 

Amendments.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

 

Notices.  Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party.  The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:  Good Times Restaurants Inc.

601 Corporate Circle

Golden, CO  80401

Attention:  Mr. Boyd Hoback, President

Telephone:  (303) 384-1411

Email: bhoback@gtrestaurants.com

With copies to:  Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

1225 17th Street, Suite 2300

Denver, CO  80202

Attention:   Roger C. Cohen, Esq.

             Dwight R. Landes, Esq.

Telephone:  (303) 292-2400

Facsimile:  (303) 296-3956

Email: cohenrc@ballardspahr.com

      landes@ballardspahr.com

 

If to an Investor:  To the address set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto, with copies to:

 

      Jacobs Chase Frick Kleinkopf & Kelley LLC

1050 17th Street, Suite 1500

Denver, CO  80265

Attention:  Paul Jacobs, Esq.

            Matthew R. Perkins, Esq.

Telephone:  (303) 685-4800

Facsimile:  (303) 685-4869

Email:      pjacobs@jcfkk.com

            mperkins@jcfkk.com

 

Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in address.

Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns.

 

Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

Survival.  The representations and warranties of the Company and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 shall survive the closing hereunder notwithstanding any due diligence investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Investors.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Investors for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof or any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred.

 

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

 

Definition of Affiliate.  As used herein the term "affiliate" shall mean a spouse, parent or child of the transferor, or a trust for the benefit thereof, or a business entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the transferor.

 

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

 

THE COMPANY:

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,
a Nevada corporation

By:__________________________________

Boyd E. Hoback,

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

INVESTORS:

_____________________________________

Printed name: _______________________

Address:_____________________________

_____________________________________

Number of Preferred Shares:__________

 

Printed name: _______________________

Address:_____________________________

_____________________________________

Number of Preferred Shares:__________

 

Printed name: _______________________

Address:_____________________________

_____________________________________

Number of Preferred Shares:__________

 

Printed name: _______________________

Address:_____________________________

_____________________________________

Number of Preferred Shares:__________

 


EXHIBIT "A"

Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences

 

SEE ATTACHED

 


EXHIBIT "B"

Registration Rights Agreement

 

SEE ATTACHED


EXHIBIT "C"

Supplemental Registration Rights Agreement

 

SEE ATTACHED


SCHEDULE 3(c)

Reserved Shares

 

i.  Outstanding Options

-  a total of 450,104 options are outstanding under the 1992 Stock Option Plans

-  a total of 79,055 options are outstanding under the 2001 Stock Option Plan

 

ii.  The Registration Rights Agreement under this Securities Purchase Agreement

     The Bailey Company Registration Rights Agreement dated May 31, 1996

     The Bailey Company Supplemental Registration Rights Agreement

 


SCHEDULE 3(g)

Material Change and Development

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(h)

Pending or Threatened Litigation

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(i)

Copyright Information

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(k)

Tax Status

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(l)

Certain Transactions

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The Bailey Company and The Erie County Investment Co.

 

We issued 426,667 shares of common stock to The Bailey Company in August 1998 as a result of The Bailey Company's conversion of their shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that they purchased in May 1996.  Those shares of common stock are subject to registration rights.  As long as The Bailey Company holds two-thirds of the shares of common stock the board of directors may not authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock without the concurrence of The Bailey Company and The Bailey Company has the right to the representation of two directors on the board of directors, one of which has the right to serve as chairman of the board.  Geoffrey R. Bailey and David E. Bailey are the current directors representing The Bailey Company on the board of directors, with Geoffrey R. Bailey serving as chairman of the board.  Geoffrey R. Bailey is a director and David E. Bailey is a director and executive officer of The Erie County Investment Co., which owns 99% of The Bailey Company .  The Bailey Company and The Erie County Investment Co. are principal stockholders of us.  Geoffrey R. Bailey and David E. Bailey are brothers and their father, Paul T. Bailey, is the principal owner of The Erie County Investment Co.

 

We obtained two lines of credit from a financial institution during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.  As of September 30, 2004, these lines of credit were paid in full and the Company elected not to renew them.

Our corporate headquarters are located in a building which is owned by The Bailey Company and in which The Bailey Company also has its corporate headquarters.  We currently lease our executive office space of approximately 3,350 square feet from The Bailey Company for approximately $45,000 per year.  The lease will expire April 22, 2005.

 

The Bailey Company is also the owner of two franchised Good Times Drive Thru restaurants which are located in Thornton and Loveland, Colorado.

 


SCHEDULE 3(m)

Other Sales of Preferred Shares

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and "Investors"

 

Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Eric Reinhard

 

Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and The Bailey Company

 


SCHEDULE 3(n)

Fees to Eric Reinhard

 

Pending stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, Eric Reinhard will receive in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement a total of 60,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in consideration for advice and assistance services with respect to the sale of 1,000,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which services are valued at $150,000.  In addition, also pending stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company will pay Mr. Reinhard $133,336 over 8 months as a fee related to raising capital.


SCHEDULE 3(p)

Environmental Matters

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(q)

Title to Property

 

Note payable with GE Capital Business Asset Funding with monthly payments of principal and interest (7.83%) due in the amount of $18,600 with the final payment due in November 2008.  The loan is collateralized by the building, leasehold interest and equipment of two Good Times Restaurants and all custard equipment and signage purchased under the note.

 

Note payable with GE Capital Business Asset Funding with monthly principal and variable interest (interest rate at September 30, 2004 was 5.64%), with the final payment due January 2009.  The loan is collateralized by the building, leasehold interest and equipment at one Good Times Restaurant.

 

Capital lease obligation for equipment, payable monthly in installments with interest of 9.33%, with lease expiring August 2007.

 


SCHEDULE 3(r)

Insurance

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(s)

Employee Benefit Plans

 

 

1992 Stock Option Plan

2001 Stock Option Plan

401(k) Plan and Company Matching Program

Medical and Dental Insurance Plan

Cafeteria Plan 125 for medical and dependent care

Group Life Insurance Plan

Vision and prescription benefits

Unplanned Time Off

Planned Time Off

529 College Savings Program

Select banking benefits through Wells Fargo

 


SCHEDULE 8(C)

Rights to Acquire Common Stock

 

Outstanding rights to acquire common stock

 

     -  a total of 450,104 options are outstanding under the 1992 Stock Option Plans

 

     -  a total of 79,055 options are outstanding under the 2001 Stock Option Plan

 

EX-10 4 spareinhardb.htm SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT 2:

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of __________, 2004, by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and Eric Reinhard (the "Investor").

 

WHEREAS:

 

The Company and the Investor are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the rules and regulations as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act");

 

The Company has authorized a new series of preferred stock, designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, having the rights, preferences and privileges set forth in the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences attached hereto as Exhibit "A" (the "Certificate of Designation");

 

The Series B Convertible  Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designation;

 

The Investor desires to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, an aggregate of 60,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (such shares, together with any Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued in replacement thereof or otherwise with respect thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Preferred Shares"), for an aggregate purchase price of $150,000 or $2.50 per Preferred Share; and

 

The Investor wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the number of Preferred Shares  as is set forth immediately below his name on the signature pages hereto.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF PREFERRED SHARES.

 

Purchase of Preferred Shares.  On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor and the Investor agrees to purchase from the Company 60,000 Preferred Shares.

 

Consideration.  The consideration for the purchase of the Preferred Shares shall be the Investor's advice and assistance to the Company with respect to the Company's sale of 1,000,000 shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to a small group of investors for an aggregate purchase price of $2,500,000, which advice and assistance has a fair market value of not less than $150,000.

 

Closing Date.  Subject to the satisfaction (or written waiver) of the conditions thereto set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date and time of the issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement (the "Closing Date") shall be on or before February 10, 2005, or such other mutually agreed upon time.  The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall occur on the Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.

 

INVESTOR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  The Investor represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Investor that:

 

Investment Purpose.  As of the date hereof, the Investor is purchasing the Preferred Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, such shares of Common Stock being collectively referred to herein as the "Conversion Shares") and, collectively with the Preferred Shares, the "Securities") for his own account and not with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted from registration under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, and except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Investor does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.

 

Accredited Investor Status.  The Investor is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the 1933 Act (an "Accredited Investor").

 

Reliance on Exemptions.  The Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to him in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Securities.

 

Information.  The Investor and his advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Preferred Shares remain outstanding will continue to be, furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been or are subsequently reasonably requested by the Investor or his advisors.  The Investor and his advisors, if any, have been, and for so long as the Preferred Shares remain outstanding will continue to be, afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company has not disclosed to the Investor any material nonpublic information and will not disclose such information unless such information is disclosed to the public prior to or promptly following such disclosure to the Investor.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation conducted by the Investor or any of his advisors or representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below.  The Investor understands that his investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of risk.

 

Governmental Review.  The Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

 

Transfer or Re-sale.  The Investor understands that (i) the sale or re-sale of the Preferred Shares has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws, and that the Securities may not be transferred unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Investor shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel that shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company; provided such opinion is issued by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, or such other law firm as may be reasonably acceptable to the Company ("Qualifying Investor Counsel"), (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule) ("Rule 144")) of the Investor who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited Investor, or (d) in the opinion of the Company's counsel or Qualifying Investor Counsel, the Securities are sold pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144; (ii) any sale of such Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of such Rule and further, if such Rule is not applicable, any re-sale of such Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register such Securities under the 1933 Act o r any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.

 

Legend.  The Investor understands that the Preferred Shares and, until such time as the Conversion Shares are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or the type of transaction in which they may be sold, the Securities may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):

 

"The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The securities may not be sold, transferred or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement for the securities under such Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under such Act, the availability of which is to be established by an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, that registration is not required under such Act, or unless the securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 under such Act."

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of any security upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a) such Security is sold pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, or the type of transaction in which they may be sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel from Qualifying Investor Counsel, in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security may be made without registration under the 1933 Act, which opinion shall be accepted by the Company so that the sale or transfer is effected or (c) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securi ty can be sold pursuant to Rule 144.  The Investor agrees to sell all Securities, including those represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

 

Authorization; Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Investor, and this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

Residency.  The Investor is a resident of the jurisdiction set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.  The Company represents and warrants to the Investor that:

 

Organization and Qualification.  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted.  The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  "Material Adverse Effect" means any material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith.

 

Authorization; Enforcement.  (i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof) have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and subject to Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i) no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company by its authorized representat ive, and such authorized representative is the true and official representative with authority to sign this Agreement and the other documents executed in connection herewith and bind the Company accordingly, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery by the Company of the Certificate of Designation such instrument will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 2,309,971 shares are issued and outstanding, except as set forth in Schedule 3(c),  no shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans, and, subject to the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), 1,240,000 shares are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock of which 1,240,000 are shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.  All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(c), as of the effective date of this Agreement, (i) there are no outstanding opt ions, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company (including but not limited to the former Shareholders Rights Plan of the Company), (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of its securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of the Preferred Shares or the Conversion Shares.  The Company has furnished to the Investor true and correct copies of the Company's Articles of Incorporati on as in effect on the date hereof ("Articles of Incorporation"), the Company's By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the "By-laws"), and the terms of all securities exercisable for the acquisition of Common Stock of the Company and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto. 

 

Issuance of Shares.  The Preferred Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.  Subject to the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), the Conversion Shares will be duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with their respective terms, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

 

No Conflicts.  Subject to the Listing (as defined in Section 4(h)) and the Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Conversion Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, license or instrument to which the Company is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securi ties laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).  The Company is not in violation of its Articles of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents and the Company is not in default (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company in default) under, and the Company has not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which any property or assets of the Company is bound or affected, except for possible defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The business of the Company is not being conducted, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity to the extent such violation could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws, and except for Stockholder Approval (as defined in Section 4(i)) the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement and the Certificate of Designation in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and to issue the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Preferred Sh ares.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(e), all consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof.  The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Smallcap Market ("Nasdaq") and does not reasonably anticipate that the Common Stock will be delisted by Nasdaq in the foreseeable future.  The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing. 

 

SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  The Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to herein as the "SEC Documents").  The Company has delivered or made available to the Investor true and complete copies of the SEC Documents publicly filed since September 30, 2003, except for such exhibits and incorporated documents.  As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  None of the statements made in any such SEC Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof).  As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in suc h financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to September 30, 2004 and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the fin ancial condition or operating results of the Company.

 

Absence of Certain Changes.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(g), since September 30, 2004, there has been no change and no development in the assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company which has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Absence of Litigation.  There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Schedule 3(h) contains a complete list and summary description of any pending or threatened proceeding against or affecting the Company, with a potential liability in excess of $10,000, without regard to whether it would have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

Intellectual Property.  The Company owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade names and copyrights ("Intellectual Property") necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3(i) hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding pending, or to the Company's knowledge threatened, which challenges the right of the Company with respect to any Intellectual Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in Schedule 3(i) hereof, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); to the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company's current and intended products and services do not infringe on any Intellectual Property or other rights held by any person; and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which are likely to give rise to any of the foregoing.  The Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of its Intellectual Property.

 

No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc.  The Company is not subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is not a party to any contract or agreement which in the judgment of the Company's officers has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Tax Status.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), the Company has made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and only to the extent that the Company has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.  The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any foreign, federal, state or local tax.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), none of the Company's tax returns is presently being audited by any taxing authority.

 

Certain Transactions.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(l) and except for arm's length transactions pursuant to which the Company makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company could obtain from third parties, none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

Other Sales of Preferred Shares.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(m), the Company has no agreements or commitments to sell shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock other than to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement.

 

No Brokers.  Except for the compensation to be paid to Eric Reinhard by the Company set forth in Schedule 3(n), the Company has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, transaction fees or similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Permits; Compliance.  The Company is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders, the absence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "Company Permits"), and there is no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits.  The Company is not in conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Since September 30, 2004, the Company has not received any notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or violations, wh ich conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Environmental Matters.

 

Except as set forth in Schedule 3(p), there are, to the Company's knowledge, with respect to the Company no past or present violations of Environmental Laws (as defined below), releases of any material into the environment, actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events, incidents, or contractual obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental liability or any liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 or similar federal, state, local or foreign laws and the Company has not received any notice with respect to any of the foregoing, nor is any action pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened in connection with any of the foregoing, except for matters which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The term "Environmental Laws" means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

Other than those that are or were stored, used or disposed of in compliance with applicable law, no Hazardous Materials are contained on or about any real property currently owned, leased or used by the Company, and other than those which would not have a Material Adverse Effect, no Hazardous Materials were released on or about any real property previously owned, leased or used by the Company during the period the property was owned, leased or used by the Company.

 

Title to Property.  The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it which is material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in Schedule 3(q) or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Insurance.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(r), the Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the business in which the Company is engaged.  The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has provided or made available to the Investor true and correct copies of all policies relating to liability coverage.

 

Employment Matters.  Schedule 3(s) sets forth a complete and accurate list of each compensation or benefit plan, program or agreement (collectively the "Employee Benefit Plans") sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company for the benefit of any employee of the Company.  The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability has occurred; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qu alified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, that would cause the loss of such qualification; and with respect to the Employee Benefit Plans there exists no condition or set of circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in liability which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company under ERISA, the Code or any applicable law.

 

Not Investment Company.  The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement will not be an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an "Investment Company").  The Company is not controlled by an Investment Company.

 

Disclosure.  All information relating to or concerning the Company set forth in this Agreement and provided to the Investors pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company's reports filed under the 1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act).

 

COVENANTS.

 

Best Efforts.  The parties shall use their best efforts to satisfy timely each of the conditions described in Section 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

 

Form D; Blue Sky Laws.  The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to the Investor promptly after such filing.  The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to the Investor at the applicable closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or "blue sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to each Investor on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

Reporting Status.  The Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.  So long as the Investor beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.

 

Financial Information.  The Company shall send or make available the following reports to the Investor for so long as the Investor retains the ownership of at least two-thirds of his shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock or the shares of Common Stock acquired by the conversion thereof: (i) within ten days after the filing with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and any Current Reports on Form 8-K; (ii) within three days after release, copies of all press releases issued by the Company; and (iii) contemporaneously with the making available or giving to the shareholders of the Company, copies of any notices or other information the Company makes available to such shareholders.

 

Authorization and Reservation of Shares.  The Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the full conversion of the Preferred Shares and issuance of the Conversion Shares in connection therewith.

 

Listing.  Subject to the Listing (as defined in Section 4(h)), the Company shall within ninety days following the Closing Date promptly secure the listing of the Conversion Shares upon each securities trading market upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and, so long as any Investor owns any of the Securities, shall maintain, for so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Conversion Shares from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.  For so long as any Investor owns his Securities, the Company shall maintain the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a nationally recognized securities trading market if any shares of Common Stock are listed and traded on such market and will comply in all respects with the Company's obligations with respect to such trading market.

 

Required Filings.  The Company shall file all of the outstanding reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act.

 

Listing on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market.  The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market (the "Listing").

 

Stockholder Approval.  The Company shall file a proxy statement with the SEC no later than January 3, 2004 and use its best efforts to obtain, on or before February 10, 2005 such approvals of the Company's stockholders as may be required to issue all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with Nevada law and any applicable rules or regulations of the Nasdaq Smallcap Market, through an increase in authorized capital (the "Stockholder Approval").  The Company shall comply with the filing and disclosure requirements of Section 14 under the 1934 Act in connection with the Stockholder Approval.

 

TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent to issue certificates, registered in the name of the Investor or his nominee, for the Conversion Shares in such amounts as specified from time to time by the Investor to the Company upon conversion of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms thereof (the "Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions").  Prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act (and until the Company has received the opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel that legends may be removed prior to sale under the registration statement) or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, all such certificates shall bear the restrictive legend specified in Section 2(f) of this Agreement.  The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(f) hereof (in the case of the Conversion Shares, prior to registration of the Conversion Shares under the 1933 Act (with the limitation stated above) or the date on which the Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold), will be given by the Company to its transfer agent and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement.  Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way the Investor's obligations and agreement set forth in Section 2(f) hereof to comply with all applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, upon re-sale of the Securities.  If the Investor provides the Company with (i) an opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel in form, substance and scope customary for opinio ns in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Securities may be made without registration under the 1933 Act and such sale or transfer is effected or (ii) the Investor provides an opinion of Qualifying Investor Counsel or other reasonable assurances that the Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule 144, and, in the case that the Securities can be sold under Rule 144 but not paragraph (k), that a sale or transfer has occurred in accordance with Rule 144, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in the case of the Conversion Shares, promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates, free from restrictive legend, in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Investor.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Investor, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5 may be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section, that the Investor shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.  The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Preferred Shares to the Investor at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

 

The Investor shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Company.

 

The Investor shall have delivered the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1(b) above.

 

The Certificate of Designation shall have been accepted for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

 

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

 

No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

CONDITIONS TO THE INVESTOR'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.  The obligation of the Investor hereunder to purchase the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Investor's sole benefit and may be waived by the Investor at any time in its sole discretion:

 

The Company shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Investor.

 

The Company shall have delivered to the Investor duly executed certificates representing the Series B Convertible Preferred Shares (in such denominations as the Investor shall request) in accordance with Section 1(a) above.

 

The Certificate of Designation shall have been accepted for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, and a copy thereof certified by such Secretary of State shall have been delivered to the Investor.

 

The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.  The Investor shall have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Investor including, but not limited to certificates with respect to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, By-laws and Board of Directors' and stockholder resolutions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

The Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B shall have been executed and delivered by the Company.

 

Stockholder approval shall have been obtained.

 

The Company shall have prepared the registration statement described in the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B in a form ready for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which registration statement shall have been approved by the Investor, with such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION.

 

For so long as at least two-thirds of the Preferred Shares and the Conversion Shares in the aggregate, remain held by the Investor or his affiliates, the Company shall, prior to any proposed issuance by the Company of any of its securities (other than debt securities with no equity feature), offer to the Investor by written notice the right, for a period of 15 days, to purchase for cash at the price or other consideration for which such securities are to be issued a number of such securities so that, after giving effect to such issuance (and the conversion, exercise and exchange into or for shares of Common Stock of all such securities that are so convertible, exercisable or exchangeable), the Investor will continue to maintain his same proportionate beneficial equity ownership in the Company represented by the Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares and any other shares of Common Stock that he owns, if any, as of the date of such notice (treating the Investor, for the purpose of such computation, as the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable to the Investor upon conversion, exercise and exchange of all securities (including but not limited to the Preferred Shares) held by the Investor on the date such offer is made, that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for (whether directly or indirectly) shares of Common Stock and assuming the like conversion, exercise and exchange of all such other securities held by other persons); provided, however, that the participation rights of the Investor pursuant to this Section 8 shall not apply to securities issued (A) upon conversion of any of the Preferred Shares, (B) as a stock dividend or upon any subdivision of shares of Common Stock, provided that the securities issued pursuant to such stock dividend or subdivision are limited to additional shares of Common Stock, (C) pursuant to rights to acquire Common Stock from the Company outstanding on January 1, 2005 set forth in Schedule 8(C), (D) p ursuant to options to purchase Common Stock from the Company issued to employees, consultants and members of the Board of Directors (provided that such excluded options or equity incentives are approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company), (E) solely in consideration for the acquisition (whether by merger or otherwise) by the Company of all or substantially all of the stock or assets of any other entity, (F) pursuant to a public offering of the Company's securities.  The Company's written notice to the Investor shall describe the securities proposed to be issued by the Company and specify the number, price and payment terms.

 

The Investor may accept the Company's offer as to the full number of securities offered to him or any lesser number, by written notice thereof given by him to the Company prior to the expiration of the aforesaid 15 day period, in which event the Company shall sell and the Investor shall buy, upon the terms specified, the number of securities agreed to be purchased by Investor.  The Company shall thereafter be free at any time prior to ninety days after the date of its notice of offer to the Investor to offer and sell to any third party the remainder of such securities proposed to be issued by the Company at a price and on payment terms no less favorable to the Company than those specified in such notice of offer to the Investor.  If such third party sale or sales are not consummated within such ninety-day period, the Company shall not sell such securities as shall not have been purchased within such period without again complying with this Section 8.

The right of participation set forth in this Section 8 shall also apply to and be proportionately shared with the participation rights of any other person who has acquired Preferred Shares.

 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.  If the Investor proposes to transfer all or any portion of or interest in his Preferred Shares for value may do so only pursuant to a bona fide offer to purchase.  If the Investor desires to sell his Preferred Shares pursuant to such an offer, he shall give the Company notice which shall contain a description of all of the material terms and conditions of the offer and a copy of it, if any.  The Company shall then have a period of fifteen days to determine whether to purchase all of the Investor's Preferred Shares upon the terms and conditions contained in the offer to purchase.  If the Company elects to purchase all of the Investor's Preferred Shares, it shall consummate the transaction as if it were the offeror, but in no event shall the closing date be earlier than thirty days following the date of the Company's notification to the Investor of its determination to purchase the Investor's Preferred Shares.  If the Company fails to exe rcise its right of first refusal within such fifteen-day period, any other investors holding Series B Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive the foregoing Investor notice and shall then have a period of ten days to elect to purchase all of such Preferred Shares upon such terms and conditions, with such purchase by such other investors being in proportion to their beneficial equity ownerships in the Company and with consummation of such purchases within fifteen days following the date of the other investors' notification of their election to purchase.  If the other investors fail to give notice of their exercise of their right of first refusal within such ten-day period, the Investor shall be free to transfer his Preferred Shares, but only in accordance with the offer.  The Investor shall not otherwise transfer his Preferred Shares for value without complying with the provisions of this Section 9.  The right of other investors to purchase Preferred Shares under this Section 9 shall also apply to and be proportionately shared with the Investor and with the purchase right of any other person who has acquired Preferred Shares.

 

GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.

 

Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN DENVER, COLORADO WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. BOTH PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING.  THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A PARTY MAILED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE PARTY IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT ANY PARTY'S RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A FI NAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LAWFUL MANNER.  THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT PREVAIL IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FEES AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES, INCURRED BY THE PREVAILING PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISPUTE.

 

Counterparts; Signatures by Facsimile.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.  This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

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

 

Severability.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law.  Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

 

Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

 

Notices.  Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party.  The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

Good Times Restaurants Inc.

601 Corporate Circle

Golden, CO  80401

Attention:  Mr. Boyd Hoback, President

Telephone:  (303) 384-1411

Email: bhoback@gtrestaurants.com

With copies to:   Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

1225 17th Street, Suite 2300

Denver, CO  80202

Attention:    Roger C. Cohen, Esq.

             Dwight R. Landes, Esq.

Telephone:  (303) 292-2400

Facsimile:  (303) 296-3956

Email:cohenrc@ballardspahr.com

            landes@ballardspahr.com

 

If to an Investor:  To the address set forth immediately below such Investor's name on the signature pages hereto, with copies to:

 

Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any change in address.

 

Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns. 

 

Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

Survival.  The representations and warranties of the Company and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 shall survive the closing hereunder notwithstanding any due diligence investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Investor.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Investor for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof or any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred.

 

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

 

Definition of Affiliate.  As used herein the term "affiliate" shall mean a spouse, parent or child of the transferor, or a trust for the benefit thereof, or a business entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the transferor.

 

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

 

THE COMPANY:

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,

a Nevada corporation

By:__________________________________

Boyd E. Hoback,

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

INVESTOR:

______________________________________

Printed name:  Eric Reinhard

Address:______________________________

______________________________________

Number of Preferred Shares: 60,000

 

 


EXHIBIT "A"

Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences

 

SEE ATTACHED

 


EXHIBIT "B"

Registration Rights Agreement

 

SEE ATTACHED


SCHEDULE 3(c)

Reserved Shares

 

i.    Outstanding Options

-  a total of 450,104 options are outstanding under the 1992 Stock Option Plan

-  a total of 79,055 options are outstanding under the 2001 Stock Option Plan

 

ii.  The Registration Rights Agreement under this Securities Purchase Agreement

     The Bailey Company Registration Rights Agreement dated May 31, 1996

     The Bailey Company Supplemental Registration Rights Agreement

 


SCHEDULE 3(g)

Material Change and Development

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(h)

Pending or Threatened Litigation

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(i)

Copyright Information

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(k)

Tax Status

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(l)

Certain Transactions

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The Bailey Company and The Erie County Investment Co.

 

We issued 426,667 shares of common stock to The Bailey Company in August 1998 as a result of The Bailey Company's conversion of their shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that they purchased in May 1996.  Those shares of common stock are subject to registration rights.  As long as The Bailey Company holds two-thirds of the shares of common stock the board of directors may not authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock without the concurrence of The Bailey Company and The Bailey Company has the right to the representation of two directors on the board of directors, one of which has the right to serve as chairman of the board.  Geoffrey R. Bailey and David E. Bailey are the current directors representing The Bailey Company on the board of directors, with Geoffrey R. Bailey serving as chairman of the board.  Geoffrey R. Bailey is a director and David E. Bailey is a director and executive officer of The Erie County Investment Co., which owns 99% of The Bailey Company .  The Bailey Company and The Erie County Investment Co. are principal stockholders of us.  Geoffrey R. Bailey and David E. Bailey are brothers and their father, Paul T. Bailey, is the principal owner of The Erie County Investment Co.

 

We obtained two lines of credit from a financial institution during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.  As of September 30, 2004, these lines of credit were paid in full and the Company elected not to renew them.

 

Our corporate headquarters are located in a building which is owned by The Bailey Company and in which The Bailey Company also has its corporate headquarters.  We currently lease our executive office space of approximately 3,350 square feet from The Bailey Company for approximately $45,000 per year.  The lease will expire April 22, 2005.

 

The Bailey Company is also the owner of two franchised Good Times Drive Thru restaurants which are located in Thornton and Loveland, Colorado.

 

 


SCHEDULE 3(m)

Other Sales of Preferred Shares

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and "Investors"

 

Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and Eric Reinhard

 

Securities Purchase Agreement between Good Times Restaurants Inc. and The Bailey Company

 


SCHEDULE 3(n)

 

Fees to Eric Reinhard

 

Pending stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, Eric Reinhard will receive in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement a total of 60,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in consideration for advice and assistance services with respect to the sale of 1,000,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which services are valued at $150,000.  In addition, also pending stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company will pay Mr. Reinhard $133,336 over 8 months as a fee related to raising capital.

 

 


SCHEDULE 3(p)

Environmental Matters

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(q)

Title to Property

 

Note payable with GE Capital Business Asset Funding with monthly payments of principal and interest (7.83%) due in the amount of $18,600 with the final payment due in November 2008.  The loan is collateralized by the building, leasehold interest and equipment of two Good Times Restaurants and all custard equipment and signage purchased under the note.

 

Note payable with GE Capital Business Asset Funding with monthly principal and variable interest (interest rate at September 30, 2004 was 5.64%), with the final payment due January 2009.  The loan is collateralized by the building, leasehold interest and equipment at one Good Times Restaurant.

Capital lease obligation for equipment, payable monthly in installments with interest of 9.33%, with lease expiring August 2007.

 


SCHEDULE 3(r)

Insurance

 

NO EXCEPTIONS


SCHEDULE 3(s)

Employee Benefit Plans

 

 

1992 Stock Option Plan

2001 Stock Option Plan

401(k) Plan and Company Matching Program

Medical and Dental Insurance Plan

Cafeteria Plan 125 for medical and dependent care

Group Life Insurance Plan

Vision and prescription benefits

Unplanned Time Off

Planned Time Off

529 College Savings Program

Select banking benefits through Wells Fargo

 


SCHEDULE 8(C)

Rights to Acquire Common Stock

 

EX-10 5 regrightsfor8ka.htm EXHIBIT F

12/16/04

 

STOCK RESTRICTION AND

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December ____, 2004 (the "Agreement") is by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and each of the undersigned investors (the "Investors") in shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock").

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors have entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December ____, 2004 (the "Purchase Agreement"), whereby upon the Closing of the Purchase Agreement the Company shall issue to Pacere Investments, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (the "LLC"), acting on behalf of the other Investors a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company, the LLC and the other Investors have agreed that the Company shall grant to the Investors and the LLC certain registration rights with respect to the shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued under the Purchase Agreement may be converted, under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

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

 

AGREEMENT

Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

"Business Day" shall mean a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any federal holiday in the United States.

 

"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

"Form S-3" shall mean such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

 

"Registrable Securities" means the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued to the Investors and the LLC under the Purchase Agreement may be converted, until in the case of such shares of Common Stock the earliest of (i) the effective registration under the Securities Act and resale in accordance with the registration statement covering such shares, (ii) at such time that such shares can be sold by the particular Investor or the LLC (and any affiliate of the Investor or the LLC with whom such Investor or the LLC must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act in any three month period without volume limitations and without registration, or (iii) the sale of such shares to the public under Rule 144.

 

"Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

"Sale Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

 

"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

"SEC" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

"Shelf Registration Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

"Suspension Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)(i) hereof.

 

"Underwritten Registration" or "Underwritten Offering" shall mean a registration or offering in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

 

"Violation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

 

All other capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Shelf Registration and Stock Transfer Restrictions.

 

Filing of Registration Statement.  Promptly following the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available, on such form of registration statement that is then available to effect a registration of all Registrable Securities held by the LLC and the other Investors) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities held by the LLC and the other Investors for resale by, and for the account of, the LLC and the other Investors as selling stockholders thereunder in order that such registration statement shall be declared effective by the SEC upon the request of the Company no later than the expiration of three months from the Closing of the Purchase Agreement (the "Shelf Registration Statement").  The Company shall be obligated to file only one Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, and shall incl ude the LLC and all Investors therein.

 

Effectiveness Period.  Subject to Section 3(b)(i) hereof, the Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that (i) it is available for resales by the LLC and the Investors and (ii) conforms with the requirements of this Agreement and the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder as announced from time to time for a period (the "Effectiveness Period") from the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement until either of (i) the sale pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement of all the Registrable Securities or (ii) at such time that the remaining Registrable Securities that are unsold by the LLC and the Investors can be sold by the LLC and the Investors (and any affiliates of the LLC and the Investors with whom the LLC and the Investors must aggregate t heir sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 in any three-month period without volume limitations and without registration.

 

Investor and the LLC Information.  The LLC and each other Investor shall furnish to the Company such information as the Company may reasonably request in writing in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, including information regarding such Investor and the LLC, the Registrable Securities held by the LLC and the other Investors, and the intended method of disposition of such securities.  Each other Investor and the LLC agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by the other Investor and the LLC not materially misleading.

 

(d)   Restrictions on Transfer of Registrable Securities.

 

(i)   Restrictions.  Notwithstanding the registration of all Registrable Securities for resale by the LLC and the other Investors, until a period of twelve months has elapsed from the Closing of the Purchase Agreement no Investor or the LLC shall make any sale into the public market of the Investor's or the LLC's Registrable Securities.  In addition, during the three-year period beginning on the first annual anniversary date of the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, no Investor or the LLC shall publicly sell in any one month more than ten percent or in any 12-month period more than 33.33 percent of the Registrable Securities (on a non-cumulative basis).  The foregoing restriction shall not apply to shares of Common Stock issued to an Investor or the LLC pursuant to the mandatory conversion provisions of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth in the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended.

 

(ii)  Transferees Bound.  Any transferee of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Registrable Securities pursuant to a transfer which is not prohibited by the provisions of this Agreement shall be bound by the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(iii) Restrictive Legends and Stop Transfer Instructions.  To ensure compliance with this Agreement, each certificate representing the shares of Registrable Securities shall bear, in addition to any legend or legends required by applicable securities laws and any other agreements pertaining to such Shares, a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER ______, 2005 WHICH PLACES CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY.  A COPY OF SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THE COMPANY'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.

 

The Company shall also be permitted to deliver to any transfer agent or registrar of shares of Registrable Securities appropriate stop transfer instructions covering certificates representing the shares of Registrable Securities.

 

(iv)  Removal of Legends and Stop Transfer Instructions.  When the transfer restrictions imposed by this Agreement terminate by reason of the passage of time or otherwise, a holder of shares of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without cost or expense, new certificates representing such shares that do not bear the legend set forth above and shall be entitled to have the stop transfer instructions referred to above cancelled by the Company.

 

Registration Procedures.

In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof and shall, in accordance with Section 2 hereof, prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on an appropriate form under the Securities Act.

 

In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the resale of Registrable Securities, the Company shall:

 

Subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 3(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D), use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not be effective and usable for the resale of Registrable Securities during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a report filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the rela ted Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as possible thereafter.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by written notice to the Investors and the LLC one time for a period not to exceed an aggregate of thirty days in any ninety-day period (each such period, a "Suspension Period") if:

 

(x)   an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement would, in the Company's reasonable judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and

 

(y)   the Company reasonably determines that the disclosure of such event at such time would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

provided, that (A) in the event the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the Company's ability to consummate such transaction, the Company may extend a Suspension Period from thirty days to forty-five days and (B) the Suspension Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty days in any 180-day period.  The LLC and each Investor agrees to hold in confidence any communication by the Company relating to an event described in Section 3(b)(i)(x) and (y) or Section 3(b)(iii)(D).

 

Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus.

 

Advise the underwriter(s), if any, and, in the case of (A), (B), (C) and (D) below, the Investors and the LLC, promptly and, if requested by such persons, to confirm such advice in writing:

 

when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,

 

of any request by the SEC for amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto,

 

of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, or of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event, during the Effectiveness Period, that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the SEC shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order s uspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Registrable Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest practicable time.

 

Furnish to one counsel for the Investors and the LLC and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the SEC, a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and copies of any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to either of the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel and underwriter(s), if any, for a period of five Business Days, and the Company shall not file the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference) to which such counsel or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof.  Such counsel or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if the Shelf Registration Statement, ame ndment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission.

 

Subject to the execution of a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company, make available at reasonable times for inspection by one or more representatives of the Investors and the LLC, any underwriter participating in any distribution pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by the Investors and the LLC or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the Company's officers, directors, managers and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative or representatives of the Investors and the LLC, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that any information designated by the Company as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the recipient thereof.

 

If requested by the LLC or the other Investors or the underwriter(s), if any, incorporate in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as the other Investors or the LLC and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation: (1) information relating to the "plan of distribution" of the Registrable Securities and (2) any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.

 

Furnish to the Investors and the LLC and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement, as first filed with the SEC, and of each amendment thereto (and any documents incorporated by reference therein or exhibits thereto (or exhibits incorporated in such exhibits by reference) as such person may request in writing).

Deliver to the Investors and the LLC and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons reasonably may request; subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 3(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D), the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Investors and the LLC and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

If an underwriting agreement is entered into and the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall:

upon request, furnish to the Investors and the LLC and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of closing of any sale of Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Registration:

 

a certificate, dated the date of such closing, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company confirming, as of the date thereof, such matters as such parties may reasonably request;

 

an opinion, dated the date of such closing, of counsel to the Company covering such matters as are customarily covered in legal opinions to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities; and

 

a customary comfort letter, dated the date of such closing, from the Company's independent accountants (and from any other accountants whose report is contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement and from whom such a letter may be obtained), in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities;

set forth in full in the underwriting agreement, if any, indemnification provisions and procedures which provide rights no less protective than those set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified; and

 

deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Investors and the LLC pursuant to this clause (ix).

 

Before any public offering of Registrable Securities, cooperate with the Investors and the LLC, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Registrable Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Investors and the LLC or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required (A) to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer of securities where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or (B) to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not now so subject.

 

Cooperate with the Investors and the LLC and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends (unless required by applicable securities laws to which the Registrable Securities are subject); and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Investors or the LLC or the underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request at least two Business Days before any sale of Registrable Securities made by such underwriter(s).

 

Use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other United States or state governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, subject to the proviso in clause (x) above.

 

Subject to Section 3(b)(i) hereof, if any fact or event contemplated by Section 3(b)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, use its best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Registrable Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

 

Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that is required in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD.

 

Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and all reporting requirements under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act.

 

Cause all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which securities issued by the Company of the same series are then listed or quoted.

 

Provide promptly to each Investor and the LLC upon written request each document filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, unless such documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system.

 

Use its best efforts to qualify for registration on Form S-3 or its successor form.

 

Otherwise use its best efforts to enable the Investors and the LLC to dispose of the Registrable Securities on the most favorable terms in the Company's customary securities trading market.

 

Each Investor and the LLC agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D) hereof, such Investor and the LLC shall, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Offering to, forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until:

 

such Investor or the LLC has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(b)(xiii) hereof; or

 

such Investor and the LLC is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.

 

If so directed by the Company, each Investor and the LLC shall deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Investor's and LLC's possession, that the Investor and the LLC agrees to retain, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice of suspension.

 

Each Investor and the LLC shall furnish to the Company in writing such information regarding the Investor and the LLC and the proposed distribution by the Investor and the LLC of its Registrable Securities as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein.  The LLC and each other Investor who intends to be named as a selling stockholder in the Shelf Registration Statement shall promptly furnish to the Company in writing all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by the Investor and the LLC not materially misleading and such other information as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

 

Following the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, each Investor and the LLC shall notify the Company at least three Business Days prior to any intended distribution or resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (a "Sale Notice"), which notice shall be effective for twenty Business Days.  The purpose of such Sale Notice is to enable the Company to make during such notice period any required post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company shall hold in confidence such Sale Notice and shall not utilize such information in any other manner for the benefit of itself or of any other person.  Each Investor and the LLC agrees to hold any communication by the Company in response to a Sale Notice in confidence.

 

Registration Expenses.  All expenses incurred in connection with the Company's performance or compliance with this Agreement, including without limitation all registration, filing and qualification fees, printing fees and expenses, accounting fees and expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the Company.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not be required to pay for: (a) the expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Investors or the LLC or any underwriters, or (b) any underwriting discounts, commissions and transfer taxes incurred in connection with a resale of Registrable Securities.

 

Indemnification and Contribution.

 

Indemnification by the Company.  To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and the LLC, the officers, directors, stockholders, employees, representatives and agents of such Investor and the LLC, legal counsel and accountants for such Investor and the LLC, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Investor and the LLC and each person, if any, who controls such Investor and the LLC or underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a "Violation"): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statem ent of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) 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, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law; and the Company shall reimburse such Investor or the LLC, underwriter or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred, as incurred, in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the indemnity agreement in this Section 5(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such set tlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based on a Violation that occurs in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by such Investor or the LLC, underwriter or controlling person.

 

Indemnification by the Investors and the LLC.  To the extent permitted by law, each Investor and the LLC shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers who sign the registration statement, the stockholders, employees, representatives and agents of the Company, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, 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, any underwriter, any other Investor and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Investor, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in relia nce on and in conformity with written information furnished by such Investor or the LLC expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Investor or the LLC shall reimburse any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 5(b), for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred, as incurred, by such person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the indemnity agreement in this Section 5(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Investor or the LLC (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided further that in no event shall any indemnity by such Investor or the LLC under this Section 5(b), when aggregated with amounts contributed, if any, pursuant to Section 5(d), exceed the net proceeds from the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder re ceived by the Investor or the LLC.

 

Indemnifying Party Can Participate in Defense.  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 5, deliver to the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent that the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses thereof to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  The failure to notify the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 5, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 5.

 

Contribution Where Indemnification Not Available.  If the indemnification provided in this Section 5 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that shall have resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that in no event shall any contribution by an Investor or the LLC under this Section 5(d), when aggregated with amounts paid, if any, pursuant to Section 5(b), exceed th e net proceeds from the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder received by the Investor or the LLC.  The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

Underwriting Agreement Shall Control.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with an Underwritten Offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

Survival of Indemnification Obligations.  The obligations of the Company and the Investors and the LLC under this Section 5 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Agreement.

 

Reports under Exchange Act.  With a view to making available to the Investors and the LLC the benefits of Rule 144 or any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit an Investor and the LLC to sell Registrable Securities to the public otherwise than pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company agrees to:

 

Make and keep available adequate current public information with respect to the Company, as contemplated by Rule 144, at all times;

 

File with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

 

Furnish to each Investor and the LLC, so long as the Investor or the LLC owns any Registrable Securities, promptly upon request:

 

a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

 

a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, unless such documents are available through EDGAR; and such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Investor or the LLC of any SEC rule or regulation that permits the selling of any such securities without registration; and

Undertake any additional actions reasonably necessary to maintain the availability of Rule 144.

 

Assignment of Rights.  The rights under this Agreement shall be assignable by the Investors and the LLC to any transferee of all or any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock or the Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investors and the LLC agree in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee and (b) the Registrable Securities with respect to which the rights under this Agreement are being transferred or assigned, (iii) following such transfer or assignment, the further disposition of such Registrable Securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplat ed by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein, and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement.

 

Subsequent Registration Rights.  From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company may enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective holder to include such securities in the registration statement filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof, as long as under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration statement only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not reduce the amount of the Registrable Securities of the Investors and the LLC that are included in the registration statement.

 

Underwritten Offering.  The Investors and the LLC may sell their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering only with the Company's prior written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  In any such Underwritten Offering the investment bankers and managers that will administer the offering shall be selected by the Investors and the LLC, provided that such investment bankers and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

Termination of Rights.  The rights granted under this Agreement shall terminate as to an Investor and the LLC at such time as the Investor and the LLC can sell all Registrable Securities beneficially held by the Investor and the LLC (and any affiliate of the Investor or the LLC with whom the Investor or the LLC must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act in any three-month period without volume limitations and without registration.

 

Specific Performance.  The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that irreparable harm would occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached, and that damages would be an inadequate remedy for a breach of this Agreement.  Therefore, the Company agrees that the Investors and the LLC shall be entitled to specific relief hereunder, including, without limitation, an order of specific performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity.  Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with obtaining any such remedy are hereby waived.

 

     Miscellaneous.

Notices.  All notices, consents, requests, instructions, authorizations, approvals, waivers and other communications required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given to a party when (i) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (ii) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; or (iii) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, in each case to the addresses, facsimile numbers or e-mail addresses and marked to the attention of the person (by name or title) designated in the Purchase Agreement (or to such other address, facsimile number, e-mail address or person as a party may designate by notice to the other parties).

 

Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including permitted transferees of shares of Registrable Securities).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Assignment.  No party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder (whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of law) without the prior written consent of the other parties, except as otherwise provided in Section 7 hereof.  Any such attempted assignment shall be null and void.

Further Assurances. The parties agree that at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of a party, the parties will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as reasonably requested to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended only by an agreement in writing executed by the Company and the holders of at least two-thirds of the interest in the Registrable Securities.

 

Waiver.  The observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the party to be bound by such waiver.  No failure on the part of a party to exercise any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof.

 

Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions thereof, except that the Nevada General Corporation Law shall govern as to matters of corporate law pertaining to the Company.

 

Jurisdiction and Venue.  The parties hereto agree that any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or any document referred to herein shall be brought solely and exclusively in the courts of the State of Colorado located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado and/or the courts of The United States of America located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado (and the parties agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts), and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses referred to in Section 12(a) hereof shall be effective service of process for any such action, suit or proceeding brought against any party in any such court.  The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transaction s contemplated hereby, in the courts of the State of Colorado or The United States of America located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable under applicable law, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the term, provision, covenant or restriction that is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable shall be modified so that it accomplishes to the maximum extent possible the original business purpose of such term, provision, covenant or restriction in a valid and enforceable manner.

 

Attorney Fees.  If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

Adjustments in Capitalization.  The Registrable Securities subject to this Agreement shall be subject to proportionate and appropriate adjustment in the event of any change in the number of outstanding shares of the Company's stock that occurs by reason of a stock dividend or split, recapitalization, reclassification, or other similar change in capitalization by the Company.

Headings.  The headings, subheadings and other captions of this Agreement are for convenience and reference only and shall not be used in interpreting, construing or enforcing any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Counterparts and Delivery of Signature Pages.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and executed signature pages may be delivered by facsimile or email transmission.

 

[Signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of each of the parties hereto by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY:

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,

a Nevada corporation

 

By:__________________________________

Boyd E. Hoback,

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

THE LLC:

 

PACERE INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Colorado limited

liability company

 

By:____________________________________

Name:__________________________________

Title:_________________________________

 

 

INVESTORS:

 

 

_______________________________________

Printed name: _________________________

 

 

_______________________________________

Printed name: _________________________

 

_______________________________________

Printed name: _________________________

 

 

_______________________________________

Printed name: _________________________

 

_______________________________________

Printed name: _________________________

EX-10 6 regrightsbaileyfor8k.htm EXHIBIT F

 

STOCK RESTRICTION AND

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December ____, 2004 (the "Agreement") is by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and each of the undersigned investors (the "Investors") in shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock").

 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors have entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December ____, 2004 (the "Purchase Agreement"), whereby upon the Closing of the Purchase Agreement the Company shall issue to the Investors a total of 180,000 shares of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company and the Investors have agreed that the Company shall grant to the Investors certain registration rights with respect to the shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued under the Purchase Agreement may be converted, under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

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

 

AGREEMENT

Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

"Business Day" shall mean a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any federal holiday in the United States.

 

"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

"Form S-3" shall mean such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

 

"Registrable Securities" means the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued to the Investors under the Purchase Agreement may be converted, until in the case of such shares of Common Stock the earliest of (i) the effective registration under the Securities Act and resale in accordance with the registration statement covering such shares, (ii) at such time that such shares can be sold by the particular Investor (and any affiliate of the Investor with whom such Investor must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act in any three month period without volume limitations and without registration, or (iii) the sale of such shares to the public under Rule 144.

 

"Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

"Sale Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

 

"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

"SEC" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

"Shelf Registration Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

"Suspension Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)(i) hereof.

"Underwritten Registration" or "Underwritten Offering" shall mean a registration or offering in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

 

"Violation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

 

All other capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Shelf Registration and Stock Transfer Restrictions.

 

Filing of Registration Statement.  Promptly following the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available, on such form of registration statement that is then available to effect a registration of all Registrable Securities held by the Investors) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities held by the Investors for resale by, and for the account of, the Investors as selling stockholders thereunder in order that such registration statement shall be declared effective by the SEC upon the request of the Company no later than the expiration of three months from the Closing of the Purchase Agreement (the "Shelf Registration Statement").  The Company shall be obligated to file only one Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, and shall include all Investors therein.

 

Effectiveness Period.  Subject to Section 3(b)(i) hereof, the Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that (i) it is available for resales by the Investors and (ii) conforms with the requirements of this Agreement and the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder as announced from time to time for a period (the "Effectiveness Period") from the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement until either of (i) the sale pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement of all the Registrable Securities or (ii) at such time that the remaining Registrable Securities that are unsold by the Investors can be sold by the Investors (and any affiliates of the Investors with whom the Investors must aggregate their sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 in an y three-month period without volume limitations and without registration.

 

Investor Information.  Each Investor shall furnish to the Company such information as the Company may reasonably request in writing in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, including information regarding such Investor, the Registrable Securities held by the Investor, and the intended method of disposition of such securities.  Each Investor agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by the Investor not materially misleading.

 

(d)   Restrictions on Transfer of Registrable Securities.

 

(i)   Restrictions.  Notwithstanding the registration of all Registrable Securities for resale by the Investors, until a period of twelve months has elapsed from the Closing of the Purchase Agreement no Investor shall make any sale into the public market of the Investor's Registrable Securities.  In addition, during the three-year period beginning on the first annual anniversary date of the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, no Investor shall publicly sell in any one month more than ten percent or in any 12-month period more than 33.33 percent of the Registrable Securities (on a non-cumulative basis).  The foregoing restriction shall not apply to shares of Common Stock issued to an Investor pursuant to the mandatory conversion provisions of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth in the Company"s Articles of Incorporation, as amended.

 

(ii)  Transferees Bound.  Any transferee of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Registrable Securities pursuant to a transfer which is not prohibited by the provisions of this Agreement shall be bound by the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(iii) Restrictive Legends and Stop Transfer Instructions.  To ensure compliance with this Agreement, each certificate representing the shares of Registrable Securities shall bear, in addition to any legend or legends required by applicable securities laws and any other agreements pertaining to such Shares, a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A STOCK RESTRICTION AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER _______, 2004 WHICH PLACES CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY.  A COPY OF SUCH STOCK RESTRICTION AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THE COMPANY'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.

 

The Company shall also be permitted to deliver to any transfer agent or registrar of shares of Registrable Securities appropriate stop transfer instructions covering certificates representing the shares of Registrable Securities.

 

(iv)  Removal of Legends and Stop Transfer Instructions.  When the transfer restrictions imposed by this Agreement terminate by reason of the passage of time or otherwise, a holder of shares of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without cost or expense, new certificates representing such shares that do not bear the legend set forth above and shall be entitled to have the stop transfer instructions referred to above cancelled by the Company.

 

Registration Procedures.

 

In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof and shall, in accordance with Section 2 hereof, prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on an appropriate form under the Securities Act.

 

In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the resale of Registrable Securities, the Company shall:

 

Subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 3(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D), use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not be effective and usable for the resale of Registrable Securities during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a report filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the rela ted Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as possible thereafter.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by written notice to the Investors one time for a period not to exceed an aggregate of thirty days in any ninety-day period (each such period, a "Suspension Period") if:

 

(x)     an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement would, in the Company's reasonable judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and

(y)     the Company reasonably determines that the disclosure of such event at such time would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

provided, that (A) in the event the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the Company's ability to consummate such transaction, the Company may extend a Suspension Period from thirty days to forty-five days and (B) the Suspension Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty days in any 180-day period.  Each Investor agrees to hold in confidence any communication by the Company relating to an event described in Section 3(b)(i)(x) and (y) or Section 3(b)(iii)(D).

 

Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus.

 

Advise the underwriter(s), if any, and, in the case of (A), (B), (C) and (D) below, the Investors, promptly and, if requested by such persons, to confirm such advice in writing:

 

when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,

 

of any request by the SEC for amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto,

 

of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, or

 

of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event, during the Effectiveness Period, that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

If at any time the SEC shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Registrable Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest practicable time.

 

Furnish to one counsel for the Investors and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the SEC, a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and copies of any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to either of the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel and underwriter(s), if any, for a period of five Business Days, and the Company shall not file the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference) to which such counsel or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof.  Such counsel or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment, Pros pectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission.

 

Subject to the execution of a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company, make available at reasonable times for inspection by one or more representatives of the Investors, any underwriter participating in any distribution pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by the Investors or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the Company's officers, directors, managers and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative or representatives of the Investors, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that any information designated by the Company as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the recipient thereo f.

 

If requested by the Investors or the underwriter(s), if any, incorporate in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as the Investors and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation: (1) information relating to the "plan of distribution" of the Registrable Securities and (2) any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.

 

Furnish to the Investors and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement, as first filed with the SEC, and of each amendment thereto (and any documents incorporated by reference therein or exhibits thereto (or exhibits incorporated in such exhibits by reference) as such person may request in writing).

 

Deliver to the Investors and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons reasonably may request; subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 3(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D), the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Investors and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

If an underwriting agreement is entered into and the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall:

 

upon request, furnish to the Investors and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of closing of any sale of Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Registration:

 

a certificate, dated the date of such closing, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company confirming, as of the date thereof, such matters as such parties may reasonably request;

 

an opinion, dated the date of such closing, of counsel to the Company covering such matters as are customarily covered in legal opinions to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities; and

 

a customary comfort letter, dated the date of such closing, from the Company's independent accountants (and from any other accountants whose report is contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement and from whom such a letter may be obtained), in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities; set forth in full in the underwriting agreement, if any, indemnification provisions and procedures which provide rights no less protective than those set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified; and deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Investors pursuant to this clause (ix).  Before any public offering of Regi strable Securities, cooperate with the Investors, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Registrable Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Investors or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required (A) to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer of securities where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or (B) to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not now so subject.

 

Cooperate with the Investors and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends (unless required by applicable securities laws to which the Registrable Securities are subject); and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Investors or the underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request at least two Business Days before any sale of Registrable Securities made by such underwriter(s).

 

Use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other United States or state governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, subject to the proviso in clause (x) above.

 

Subject to Section 3(b)(i) hereof, if any fact or event contemplated by Section 3(b)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, use its best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Registrable Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that is required in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD.

 

Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and all reporting requirements under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act.

 

Cause all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which securities issued by the Company of the same series are then listed or quoted.

 

Provide promptly to each Investor upon written request each document filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, unless such documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system.

 

Use its best efforts to qualify for registration on Form S-3 or its successor form.

 

Otherwise use its best efforts to enable the Investors to dispose of the Registrable Securities on the most favorable terms in the Company's customary securities trading market.

 

Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D) hereof, such Investor shall, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Offering to, forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until:

 

such Investor has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(b)(xiii) hereof; or

 

such Investor is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.

 

If so directed by the Company, each Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Investor's possession, that the Investor agrees to retain, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice of suspension.

 

Each Investor shall furnish to the Company in writing such information regarding the Investor and the proposed distribution by the Investor of its Registrable Securities as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein.  Each Investor who intends to be named as a selling stockholder in the Shelf Registration Statement shall promptly furnish to the Company in writing all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by the Investor not materially misleading and such other information as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

 

Following the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, each Investor shall notify the Company at least three Business Days prior to any intended distribution or resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (a "Sale Notice"), which notice shall be effective for twenty Business Days.  The purpose of such Sale Notice is to enable the Company to make during such notice period any required post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company shall hold in confidence such Sale Notice and shall not utilize such information in any other manner for the benefit of itself or of any other person.  Each Investor agrees to hold any communication by the Company in response to a Sale Notice in confidence.

 

Registration Expenses.  All expenses incurred in connection with the Company's performance or compliance with this Agreement, including without limitation all registration, filing and qualification fees, printing fees and expenses, accounting fees and expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the Company.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not be required to pay for: (a) the expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Investors or any underwriters, or (b) any underwriting discounts, commissions and transfer taxes incurred in connection with a resale of Registrable Securities.

 

Indemnification and Contribution.

 

Indemnification by the Company.  To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Investor, the officers, directors, stockholders, employees, representatives and agents of such Investor, legal counsel and accountants for such Investor, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Investor and each person, if any, who controls such Investor or underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a "Violation"): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration S tatement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) 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, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law; and the Company shall reimburse such Investor, underwriter or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred, as incurred, in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the indemnity agreement in this Section 5(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent s hall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based on a Violation that occurs in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by such Investor, underwriter or controlling person.

 

Indemnification by the Investors.  To the extent permitted by law, each Investor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers who sign the registration statement, the stockholders, employees, representatives and agents of the Company, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, 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, any underwriter, any other Investor and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Investor, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Investor shall reimburse any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 5(b), for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred, as incurred, by such person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the indemnity agreement in this Section 5(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Investor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided further that in no event shall any indemnity by such Investor under this Section 5(b), when aggregated with amounts contributed, if any, pursuant to Section 5(d), exceed the net proceeds from the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder received by the Investor.

 

Indemnifying Party Can Participate in Defense.  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 5, deliver to the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent that the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses thereof to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  The failure to notify the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 5, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 5.

 

Contribution Where Indemnification Not Available.  If the indemnification provided in this Section 5 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that shall have resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that in no event shall any contribution by an Investor under this Section 5(d), when aggregated with amounts paid, if any, pursuant to Section 5(b), exceed the net proce eds from the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder received by the Investor.  The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

Underwriting Agreement Shall Control.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with an Underwritten Offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

Survival of Indemnification Obligations.  The obligations of the Company and the Investors under this Section 5 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Agreement.

 

Reports under Exchange Act.  With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 or any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit an Investor to sell Registrable Securities to the public otherwise than pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company agrees to:

 

Make and keep available adequate current public information with respect to the Company, as contemplated by Rule 144, at all times;

 

File with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

 

Furnish to each Investor, so long as the Investor owns any Registrable Securities, promptly upon request:

 

a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

 

a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, unless such documents are available through EDGAR; and

 

such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Investor of any SEC rule or regulation that permits the selling of any such securities without registration; and

 

Undertake any additional actions reasonably necessary to maintain the availability of Rule 144.

 

Assignment of Rights.  The rights under this Agreement shall be assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock or the Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investors agree in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee and (b) the Registrable Securities with respect to which the rights under this Agreement are being transferred or assigned, (iii) following such transfer or assignment, the further disposition of such Registrable Securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of thi s sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein, and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement.

 

Subsequent Registration Rights.  From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company may enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective holder to include such securities in the registration statement filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof, as long as under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration statement only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not reduce the amount of the Registrable Securities of the Investors that are included in the registration statement.

 

Underwritten Offering.  The Investors may sell their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering only with the Company's prior written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  In any such Underwritten Offering the investment bankers and managers that will administer the offering shall be selected by the Investors, provided that such investment bankers and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

Termination of Rights.  The rights granted under this Agreement shall terminate as to an Investor at such time as the Investor can sell all Registrable Securities beneficially held by the Investor (and any affiliate of the Investor with whom the Investor must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act in any three-month period without volume limitations and without registration.

 

Specific Performance.  The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that irreparable harm would occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached, and that damages would be an inadequate remedy for a breach of this Agreement.  Therefore, the Company agrees that the Investors shall be entitled to specific relief hereunder, including, without limitation, an order of specific performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity.  Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with obtaining any such remedy are hereby waived.

 

     Miscellaneous.

Notices.  All notices, consents, requests, instructions, authorizations, approvals, waivers and other communications required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given to a party when (i) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (ii) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; or (iii) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, in each case to the addresses, facsimile numbers or e-mail addresses and marked to the attention of the person (by name or title) designated in the Purchase Agreement (or to such other address, facsimile number, e-mail address or person as a party may designate by notice to the other parties).

 

Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including permitted transferees of shares of Registrable Securities).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Assignment.  No party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder (whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of law) without the prior written consent of the other parties, except as otherwise provided in Section 7 hereof.  Any such attempted assignment shall be null and void.

 

Further Assurances. The parties agree that at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of a party, the parties will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as reasonably requested to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended only by an agreement in writing executed by the Company and the holders of at least two-thirds of the interest in the Registrable Securities.

 

Waiver.  The observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the party to be bound by such waiver.  No failure on the part of a party to exercise any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof.

 

Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions thereof, except that the Nevada General Corporation Law shall govern as to matters of corporate law pertaining to the Company.

 

Jurisdiction and Venue.  The parties hereto agree that any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or any document referred to herein shall be brought solely and exclusively in the courts of the State of Colorado located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado and/or the courts of The United States of America located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado (and the parties agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts), and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses referred to in Section 12(a) hereof shall be effective service of process for any such action, suit or proceeding brought against any party in any such court.  The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transaction s contemplated hereby, in the courts of the State of Colorado or The United States of America located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable under applicable law, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the term, provision, covenant or restriction that is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable shall be modified so that it accomplishes to the maximum extent possible the original business purpose of such term, provision, covenant or restriction in a valid and enforceable manner.

 

Attorney Fees.  If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

Adjustments in Capitalization.  The Registrable Securities subject to this Agreement shall be subject to proportionate and appropriate adjustment in the event of any change in the number of outstanding shares of the Company's stock that occurs by reason of a stock dividend or split, recapitalization, reclassification, or other similar change in capitalization by the Company.

Headings.  The headings, subheadings and other captions of this Agreement are for convenience and reference only and shall not be used in interpreting, construing or enforcing any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Counterparts and Delivery of Signature Pages.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and executed signature pages may be delivered by facsimile or email transmission.

 

[Signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of each of the parties hereto by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY:

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,

a Nevada corporation

 

By:__________________________________

Boyd E. Hoback,

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

INVESTORS:

 

 

_____________________________________

Printed name: _______________________

 

 

_____________________________________

Printed name: _______________________

 

 

_____________________________________

Printed name: _______________________

 

 

_____________________________________

Printed name: _______________________

 

 

_____________________________________

Printed name: _______________________

EX-10 7 regrightreinhardfor8k.htm EXHIBIT F

STOCK RESTRICTION AND

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December ____, 2004 (the "Agreement") is by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and the undersigned investor (the "Investor") in shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock").

 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor have entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December ____, 2004 (the "Purchase Agreement"), whereby upon the Closing of the Purchase Agreement the Company shall issue to the Investor a total of 60,000 shares of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Company and the Investor have agreed that the Company shall grant to the Investor certain registration rights with respect to the shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued under the Purchase Agreement may be converted, under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

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

 

AGREEMENT

Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

"Business Day" shall mean a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any federal holiday in the United States.

 

"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

"Form S-3 shall mean such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

 

"Registrable Securities" means the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued to the Investor under the Purchase Agreement may be converted, until in the case of such shares of Common Stock the earliest of (i) the effective registration under the Securities Act and resale in accordance with the registration statement covering such shares, (ii) at such time that such shares can be sold by the particular Investor (and any affiliate of the Investor with whom such Investor must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act in any three month period without volume limitations and without registration, or (iii) the sale of such shares to the public under Rule 144.

 

"Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

 

"Sale Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

 

"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

"SEC" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

"Shelf Registration Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

"Suspension Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)(i) hereof.

 

"Underwritten Registration" or "Underwritten Offering" shall mean a registration or offering in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

"Violation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

 

All other capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Shelf Registration and Stock Transfer Restrictions.

 

Filing of Registration Statement.  Promptly following the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available, on such form of registration statement that is then available to effect a registration of all Registrable Securities held by the Investor) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities held by the Investor for resale by, and for the account of, the Investor as selling stockholders thereunder in order that such registration statement shall be declared effective by the SEC upon the request of the Company no later than the expiration of three months from the Closing of the Purchase Agreement (the "Shelf Registration Statement").  The Company shall be obligated to file only one Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, and shall include the Investor therein.

 

Effectiveness Period.  Subject to Section 3(b)(i) hereof, the Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that (i) it is available for resales by the Investor and (ii) conforms with the requirements of this Agreement and the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder as announced from time to time for a period (the "Effectiveness Period") from the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement until either of (i) the sale pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement of all the Registrable Securities or (ii) at such time that the remaining Registrable Securities that are unsold by the Investor can be sold by the Investor (and any affiliates of the Investor with whom the Investor must aggregate their sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 in any three-month p eriod without volume limitations and without registration.

 

Investor Information.  The Investor shall furnish to the Company such information as the Company may reasonably request in writing in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, including information regarding the Investor, the Registrable Securities held by the Investor, and the intended method of disposition of such securities.  The Investor agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by the Investor not materially misleading.

 

(d)   Restrictions on Transfer of Registrable Securities.

 

(i)   Restrictions.  Notwithstanding the registration of all Registrable Securities for resale by the Investor, until a period of twelve months has elapsed from the Closing of the Purchase Agreement no Investor shall make any sale into the public market of the Investor's Registrable Securities.  In addition, during the three-year period beginning on the first annual anniversary date of the Closing of the Purchase Agreement, no Investor shall publicly sell in any one month more than ten percent or in any 12-month period more than 33.33 percent of the Registrable Securities (on a non-cumulative basis).  The foregoing restriction shall not apply to shares of Common Stock issued to the Investor pursuant to the mandatory conversion provisions of the Series B Preferred Stock set forth in the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended.

 

(ii)  Transferees Bound.  Any transferee of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Registrable Securities pursuant to a transfer which is not prohibited by the provisions of this Agreement shall be bound by the restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(iii) Restrictive Legends and Stop Transfer Instructions.  To ensure compliance with this Agreement, each certificate representing the shares of Registrable Securities shall bear, in addition to any legend or legends required by applicable securities laws and any other agreements pertaining to such Shares, a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A STOCK RESTRICTION AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER _______, 2004 WHICH PLACES CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY.  A COPY OF SUCH STOCK RESTRICTION AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE AT THE COMPANY'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.

 

The Company shall also be permitted to deliver to any transfer agent or registrar of shares of Registrable Securities appropriate stop transfer instructions covering certificates representing the shares of Registrable Securities.

 

(iv)  Removal of Legends and Stop Transfer Instructions.  When the transfer restrictions imposed by this Agreement terminate by reason of the passage of time or otherwise, a holder of shares of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to receive from the Company, without cost or expense, new certificates representing such shares that do not bear the legend set forth above and shall be entitled to have the stop transfer instructions referred to above cancelled by the Company.

 

Registration Procedures.

 

In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof and shall, in accordance with Section 2 hereof, prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on an appropriate form under the Securities Act.

 

In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the resale of Registrable Securities, the Company shall:

 

Subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 3(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D), use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not be effective and usable for the resale of Registrable Securities during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a report filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the rela ted Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as possible thereafter.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by written notice to the Investor one time for a period not to exceed an aggregate of thirty days in any ninety-day period (each such period, a "Suspension Period") if:

 

(x)   an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement would, in the Company's reasonable judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and

 

(y)   the Company reasonably determines that the disclosure of such event at such time would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

provided, that (A) in the event the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which would impede the Company's ability to consummate such transaction, the Company may extend a Suspension Period from thirty days to forty-five days and (B) the Suspension Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty days in any 180-day period.  The Investor agrees to hold in confidence any communication by the Company relating to an event described in Section 3(b)(i)(x) and (y) or Section 3(b)(iii)(D).

 

Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus.

 

Advise the underwriter(s), if any, and, in the case of (A), (B), (C) and (D) below, the Investor, promptly and, if requested by such persons, to confirm such advice in writing:

 

when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, of any request by the SEC for amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, or of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event, during the Effectiveness Period, that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by re ference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

If at any time the SEC shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Registrable Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest practicable time.

 

Furnish to one counsel for the Investor and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the SEC, a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and copies of any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to either of the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of the Shelf Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel and underwriter(s), if any, for a period of five Business Days, and the Company shall not file the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than documents incorporated by reference) to which such counsel or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof.  Such counsel or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment, Prosp ectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission.

 

Subject to the execution of a confidentiality agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company, make available at reasonable times for inspection by one or more representatives of the Investor, any underwriter participating in any distribution pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by the Investor or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the Company's officers, directors, managers and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative or representatives of the Investor, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that any information designated by the Company as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the recipient thereof.< /p>

 

If requested by the Investor or the underwriter(s), if any, incorporate in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as the Investor and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation: (1) information relating to the "plan of distribution" of the Registrable Securities and (2) any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.

 

Furnish to the Investor and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement, as first filed with the SEC, and of each amendment thereto (and any documents incorporated by reference therein or exhibits thereto (or exhibits incorporated in such exhibits by reference) as such person may request in writing).

 

Deliver to the Investor and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons reasonably may request; subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 3(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D), the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by the Investor and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

If an underwriting agreement is entered into and the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall:

 

upon request, furnish to the Investor and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of closing of any sale of Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Registration:

 

a certificate, dated the date of such closing, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company confirming, as of the date thereof, such matters as such parties may reasonably request;

 

an opinion, dated the date of such closing, of counsel to the Company covering such matters as are customarily covered in legal opinions to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities; and

 

a customary comfort letter, dated the date of such closing, from the Company's independent accountants (and from any other accountants whose report is contained or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement and from whom such a letter may be obtained), in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings of securities;

set forth in full in the underwriting agreement, if any, indemnification provisions and procedures which provide rights no less protective than those set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified; and deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Investor pursuant to this clause (ix).

 

Before any public offering of Registrable Securities, cooperate with the Investor, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Registrable Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Investor or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required (A) to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer of securities where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or (B) to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not now so subject.

 

Cooperate with the Investor and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends (unless required by applicable securities laws to which the Registrable Securities are subject); and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Investor or the underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request at least two Business Days before any sale of Registrable Securities made by such underwriter(s).

 

Use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other United States or state governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, subject to the proviso in clause (x) above.

 

Subject to Section 3(b)(i) hereof, if any fact or event contemplated by Section 3(b)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, use its best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Registrable Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that is required in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD.

 

Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and all reporting requirements under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act.

 

Cause all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which securities issued by the Company of the same series are then listed or quoted.

 

Provide promptly to the Investor upon written request each document filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, unless such documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system.

 

Use its best efforts to qualify for registration on Form S-3 or its successor form.

 

Otherwise use its best efforts to enable the Investor to dispose of the Registrable Securities on the most favorable terms in the Company's customary securities trading market.

 

The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 3(b)(iii)(D) hereof, the Investor shall, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Offering to, forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until:

 

the Investor has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(b)(xiii) hereof; or

 

the Investor is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.

If so directed by the Company, the Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Investor's possession, that the Investor agrees to retain, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice of suspension.

 

The Investor shall furnish to the Company in writing such information regarding the Investor and the proposed distribution by the Investor of its Registrable Securities as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein.  The Investor who intends to be named as a selling stockholder in the Shelf Registration Statement shall promptly furnish to the Company in writing all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by the Investor not materially misleading and such other information as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

 

Following the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Investor shall notify the Company at least three Business Days prior to any intended distribution or resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (a "Sale Notice"), which notice shall be effective for twenty Business Days.  The purpose of such Sale Notice is to enable the Company to make during such notice period any required post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company shall hold in confidence such Sale Notice and shall not utilize such information in any other manner for the benefit of itself or of any other person.  The Investor agrees to hold any communication by the Company in response to a Sale Notice in confidence.

 

Registration Expenses.  All expenses incurred in connection with the Company's performance or compliance with this Agreement, including without limitation all registration, filing and qualification fees, printing fees and expenses, accounting fees and expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the Company.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not be required to pay for: (a) the expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Investor or any underwriters, or (b) any underwriting discounts, commissions and transfer taxes incurred in connection with a resale of Registrable Securities.

 

Indemnification and Contribution.

 

Indemnification by the Company.  To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, the officers, directors, stockholders, employees, representatives and agents of the Investor, legal counsel and accountants for the Investor, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for the Investor and each person, if any, who controls the Investor or underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a "Violation"): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statem ent, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) 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, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law; and the Company shall reimburse the Investor, underwriter or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred, as incurred, in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the indemnity agreement in this Section 5(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall n ot be unreasonably withheld or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based on a Violation that occurs in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by the Investor, underwriter or controlling person.

 

Indemnification by the Investor.  To the extent permitted by law, the Investor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers who sign the registration statement, the stockholders, employees, representatives and agents of the Company, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, 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, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished by the Investor expressly for use in connection with such registration; and the Investor shall reimburse any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 5(b), for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred, as incurred, by such person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided that the indemnity agreement in this Section 5(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Investor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided further that in no event shall any indemnity by the Investor under this Section 5(b), when aggregated with amounts contributed, if any, pursuant to Section 5(d), exceed the net proceeds from the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder received by the Investor.

 

Indemnifying Party Can Participate in Defense.  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 5, deliver to the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent that the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses thereof to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  The failure to notify the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 5, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 5.

 

Contribution Where Indemnification Not Available.  If the indemnification provided in this Section 5 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that shall have resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that in no event shall any contribution by an Investor under this Section 5(d), when aggregated with amounts paid, if any, pursuant to Section 5(b), exceed the net proce eds from the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder received by the Investor.  The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

Underwriting Agreement Shall Control.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with an Underwritten Offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

Survival of Indemnification Obligations.  The obligations of the Company and the Investor under this Section 5 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Agreement.

 

Reports under Exchange Act.  With a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144 or any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit an Investor to sell Registrable Securities to the public otherwise than pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company agrees to:

Make and keep available adequate current public information with respect to the Company, as contemplated by Rule 144, at all times;

 

File with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

 

Furnish to the Investor, so long as the Investor owns any Registrable Securities, promptly upon request:

 

a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

 

a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, unless such documents are available through EDGAR; and

 

such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing the Investor of any SEC rule or regulation that permits the selling of any such securities without registration; and

 

Undertake any additional actions reasonably necessary to maintain the availability of Rule 144.

 

Assignment of Rights.  The rights under this Agreement shall be assignable by the Investor to any transferee of all or any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock or the Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee and (b) the Registrable Securities with respect to which the rights under this Agreement are being transferred or assigned, (iii) following such transfer or assignment, the further disposition of such Registrable Securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein, and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement.

 

Subsequent Registration Rights.  From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company may enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would allow such holder or prospective holder to include such securities in the registration statement filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof, as long as under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration statement only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not reduce the amount of the Registrable Securities of the Investor that are included in the registration statement.

 

Underwritten Offering.  The Investor may sell his Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering only with the Company's prior written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  In any such Underwritten Offering the investment bankers and managers that will administer the offering shall be selected by the Investor, provided that such investment bankers and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

Termination of Rights.  The rights granted under this Agreement shall terminate as to the Investor at such time as the Investor can sell all Registrable Securities beneficially held by the Investor (and any affiliate of the Investor with whom the Investor must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act in any three-month period without volume limitations and without registration.

 

Specific Performance.  The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that irreparable harm would occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached, and that damages would be an inadequate remedy for a breach of this Agreement.  Therefore, the Company agrees that the Investor shall be entitled to specific relief hereunder, including, without limitation, an order of specific performance of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity.  Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with obtaining any such remedy are hereby waived.

 

     Miscellaneous.

 

Notices.  All notices, consents, requests, instructions, authorizations, approvals, waivers and other communications required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given to a party when (i) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (ii) sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; or (iii) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, in each case to the addresses, facsimile numbers or e-mail addresses and marked to the attention of the person (by name or title) designated in the Purchase Agreement (or to such other address, facsimile number, e-mail address or person as a party may designate by notice to the other parties).

 

Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including permitted transferees of shares of Registrable Securities).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Assignment.  No party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder (whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of law) without the prior written consent of the other parties, except as otherwise provided in Section 7 hereof.  Any such attempted assignment shall be null and void.

 

Further Assurances. The parties agree that at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of a party, the parties will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as reasonably requested to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended only by an agreement in writing executed by the Company and the holders of at least two-thirds of the interest in the Registrable Securities.

 

Waiver.  The observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived only with the written consent of the party to be bound by such waiver.  No failure on the part of a party to exercise any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof.

 

Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions thereof, except that the Nevada General Corporation Law shall govern as to matters of corporate law pertaining to the Company.

 

Jurisdiction and Venue.  The parties hereto agree that any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or any document referred to herein shall be brought solely and exclusively in the courts of the State of Colorado located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado and/or the courts of The United States of America located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado (and the parties agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts), and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses referred to in Section 12(a) hereof shall be effective service of process for any such action, suit or proceeding brought against any party in any such court.  The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transaction s contemplated hereby, in the courts of the State of Colorado or The United States of America located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable under applicable law, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the term, provision, covenant or restriction that is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable shall be modified so that it accomplishes to the maximum extent possible the original business purpose of such term, provision, covenant or restriction in a valid and enforceable manner.

 

Attorney Fees.  If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

Adjustments in Capitalization.  The Registrable Securities subject to this Agreement shall be subject to proportionate and appropriate adjustment in the event of any change in the number of outstanding shares of the Company's stock that occurs by reason of a stock dividend or split, recapitalization, reclassification, or other similar change in capitalization by the Company.

 

Headings.  The headings, subheadings and other captions of this Agreement are for convenience and reference only and shall not be used in interpreting, construing or enforcing any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Counterparts and Delivery of Signature Pages.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and executed signature pages may be delivered by facsimile or email transmission.

 

[Signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of each of the parties hereto by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY:

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,

a Nevada corporation

 

By:__________________________________

Boyd E. Hoback,

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

INVESTOR:

 

 

_____________________________________

Printed name:  Eric Reinhard

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SUPPLEMENTAL STOCK RESTRICTION AND

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Supplemental Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement (the "Supplemental Agreement") dated as of ________________, 2004, is made by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and each of the parties set forth in the signature pages hereto (the "Investors").

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Investors are parties to a Stock Restriction and Registration Rights Agreement dated ________________, 2004 (the "Initial Agreement") between them and the Company with respect to shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock") into which the shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted; and

 

WHEREAS, the Investors own an additional 929,292 shares of the Common Stock (the "Additional Common Stock"); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors have agreed that the Company shall grant to the Investors certain registration rights with respect to the Additional Common Stock.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Investors agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

Additional Registration.  The Additional Common Stock and the Investors with respect to the Additional Common Stock shall be subject to all of the rights, procedures, restrictions, indemnifications, and other provisions  set forth in the Initial Agreement to the same extent as if the Additional Common Stock constituted Registrable Securities under the Initial Agreement.

 

Entire Agreement.  This Supplemental Agreement, together with the Initial Agreement, sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Binding Effect.  This Supplemental Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including permitted transferees of shares of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Initial Agreement).  Nothing in this Supplemental Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Supplemental Agreement.

 

Counterparts and Delivery of Signature Pages.  This Supplemental Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and executed signature pages may be delivered by facsimile or email transmission.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Supplemental Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of each of the parties hereto by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY:

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,

a Nevada corporation

By:___________________________

Boyd E. Hoback,

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

INVESTORS:

_______________________________

Printed name:     ___________________

 

_______________________________

Printed name:____________________

 

_______________________________

Printed name:____________________

 

_______________________________

 

Printed name:____________________

 

_______________________________

Printed name:____________________

 

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ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

This Escrow Agreement dated as of December______, 2004 (the "Agreement") is by and among Good Times Restaurants Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), Pacere Investments, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company ("Pacere"), each of the undersigned investors (the "Investors"), and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., a Colorado trust company, as Escrow Agent hereunder (the "Escrow Agent").

 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, Pacere and each of the Investors have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which the Company shall, upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreements, issue to Pacere and the Investors a total of 1,240,000 shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Preferred Shares"), in exchange for a purchase price of $2.50 per share, or a total of (i) $2,950,000.00 in cash and (ii) advice and assistance services with respect to the sale of 1,000,000 of the Preferred Shares, which services were valued at $150,000.  The Securities Purchase Agreements provide that the Investors shall deposit their respective purchase price amounts in a segregated escrow account to be held by Escrow Agent in order to effectuate a disbursement to the Company at a closing to be held a s set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreements (the "Closing").

 

WHEREAS, Escrow Agent has agreed to accept, hold and disburse the funds deposited with Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, in order to establish the escrow of funds and to effect the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreements, the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves, their successors and assigns, hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

Definitions.  The following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein:

 

"Escrow Account" shall mean the non-interest bearing account entitled "Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as Escrow Agent for Good Times Restaurants Inc." established by the Escrow Agent with a bank.

 

"Escrow Funds" shall mean the funds deposited with Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

 

"Escrow Period" shall begin on the date that the Escrow Account is established pursuant to this Agreement and shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of the following dates:

 

(i)  The expiration of three (3) business days from the date that all conditions to the Closing of the Securities Purchase Agreements have been satisfied (unless extended by mutual written agreement among the Company, Pacere and the Investors, with a copy of such extension furnished to the Escrow Agent); or

 

(ii) February 10, 2005 (unless extended by mutual written agreement among the Company, Pacere and the Investors, with a copy of such extension furnished to the Escrow Agent) (the "Expiration Date").

 

During the Escrow Period, the Company, Pacere and the Investors are aware that they are not entitled to any funds received into escrow and no amounts deposited in the Escrow Account shall become the property of the Company, Pacere or the Investors or any other person, or be subject to the debts of the Company, Pacere or the Investors or any other person.

 

"Joint Written Direction" shall mean a written direction executed by Pacere, the Investors and the Company directing Escrow Agent to disburse all or a portion of the Escrow Funds or to take or refrain from taking any action pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Appointment of and Acceptance by Escrow Agent.  The Company, Pacere and the Investors hereby appoint Escrow Agent to serve as Escrow Agent hereunder.  Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and upon receipt of the Escrow Funds in accordance with this Agreement, agrees to hold, invest and disburse the Escrow Funds in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Establishment of Escrow Account and Payments of Escrow Funds to Escrow Agent.  As soon as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement by the parties, the parties shall establish an Escrow Account with the Escrow Agent for the deposit of the Escrow Funds.  The Investors shall make checks (in the amounts of their respective purchase price amounts for the Preferred Shares) for the Escrow Funds payable to "Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as Escrow Agent for Good Times Restaurants Inc."  Any check received that is made payable to a party other than Escrow Agent shall be returned to the person who submitted the check.  Each of the Investors, except for Eric Reinhard (who has provided services for his respective purchase price amount for the Preferred Shares), agrees that such Investor shall, on or before January 3, 2005, deliver all monies for the payment of such Investor's Preferred Shares to Escrow Agent for deposit in the Escrow Account.

 

Deposits Into the Escrow Account.  Escrow Agent agrees to deposit into the Escrow Account, upon the receipt thereof, any and all Escrow Funds, including all checks payable to Escrow Agent as escrow agent therefor.  Escrow Agent is hereby authorized to forward each check for collection, and upon collection of the proceeds of each check deposit the collected proceeds into the Escrow Account.

 

ALL FUNDS SO DEPOSITED SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE INVESTORS ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE INTERESTS AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY LIEN OR CHARGE BY ESCROW AGENT OR BY JUDGMENT OR CREDITORS' CLAIMS AGAINST THE COMPANY UNTIL RELEASED TO THE COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6 HEREOF.

 

Any check returned unpaid to Escrow Agent shall be returned to the particular Investor who submitted the unpaid check.  In such cases, Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Company of such return.

 

Investment of Escrow Funds.  Prior to the disbursement of Escrow Funds pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, Escrow Agent shall deposit and invest the Escrow Funds in a non-interest bearing account.  The Escrow Agent may be subsequently provided with a Joint Written Direction with specific written instructions directing that the Escrow Funds be invested in other investment accounts, provided that the parties provide such other instruments that the Escrow Agent may reasonably require to make such other investments.  With respect to any funds received by Escrow Agent for deposit into the Escrow Account or any Joint Written Direction received by Escrow Agent with respect to investment of any funds in the Escrow Account after 10:00 a.m., Colorado time, on any given business day, Escrow Agent shall not be required to invest such funds or to effect such investment instructions until the next day upon which banks in Colorado are open for business.

 

Disbursements From the Escrow Account.

 

The Escrow Agent will continue to hold the Escrow Funds until all of the Investors, Pacere and the Company execute a Joint Written Direction directing the Escrow Agent to disburse the Escrow Funds pursuant to the Joint Written Direction signed by all of the Investors, Pacere and the Company.  In the event that the Escrow Funds are to be disbursed to the Company, such Joint Written Direction shall specify that all of the conditions to the Closing of all of the Securities Purchase Agreements have been satisfied.  In disbursing such funds, Escrow Agent is authorized to rely upon such Joint Written Direction from the Investors, Pacere and the Company and may accept signatures from the Investors, Pacere and the Company that the Escrow Agent already has on file and any signatory from the Investors, Pacer and from the Company listed on the signature page to this Agreement.

 

In the event Escrow Agent does not receive a total of $2,950,000.00 in Escrow Funds from the Investors or does not receive a Joint Written Direction for the disbursement of the Escrow Funds to the Company by the Expiration Date, Escrow Agent shall notify the Company and shall, within five (5) business days after such date and without any further instruction or direction from the parties, return to each Investor, by bank check and by first class mail, the amount received from each Investor and deposited into the Escrow Funds, without interest and without deduction, penalty or expense to the Investor.  The amount returned to each Investor shall be free and clear of any and all claims of the Company or any of its creditors.

 

In making disbursements of Escrow Funds under this Section 6, Escrow Agent shall only disburse such amounts that have been received by Escrow Agent in collected funds.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term "collected funds" shall mean all funds received by Escrow Agent which have cleared normal banking channels and are in the form of cash.

 

Suspension of Performance; Disbursement into Court.  If at any time there shall exist any dispute among the Company, Pacere, the Investors, Escrow Agent or any other person with respect to the holding or disposition of any portion of the Escrow Funds or any other obligations of Escrow Agent hereunder, or if at any time Escrow Agent is unable to determine, to Escrow Agent's sole satisfaction, the proper disposition of any portion of the Escrow Funds or Escrow Agent's proper actions with respect to its obligations hereunder, or if the parties have not within thirty (30) days of the furnishing by Escrow Agent of a notice of resignation pursuant to Section 8 hereof, appointed a successor Escrow Agent to act hereunder, then Escrow Agent may, in its sole discretion, take either or both of the following actions:

 

Suspend the performance of any of Escrow Agent's obligations (including without limitation any disbursement obligations) under this Agreement until such dispute or uncertainty shall be resolved to the sole satisfaction of Escrow Agent or until a successor Escrow Agent shall have been appointed (as the case may be); provided however, Escrow Agent shall continue to invest the Escrow Funds in accordance with Section 5 hereof; and/or

 

Petition (by means of an interpleader action or any other appropriate method) any court of competent jurisdiction in Denver, Colorado for instructions with respect to such dispute or uncertainty, and to the extent required by law, pay into such court, for holding and disposition in accordance with the instructions of such court, all funds held by Escrow Agent in the Escrow Account.  In determining the resolution of such dispute or uncertainty, such court shall apply the laws of the State of Colorado.

 

Escrow Agent shall have no liability to the Company, Pacere, any of the Investors or any other person with respect to any such suspension of performance or disbursement into court, specifically including any liability or claimed liability that may arise, or be alleged to have arisen, out of or as a result of any delay in the disbursement of funds held in the Escrow Account or any delay in or with respect to any other action required or requested of Escrow Agent.

 

Resignation and Removal of Escrow Agent.  Escrow Agent may resign from the performance of its duties hereunder at any time by giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the parties or may be removed, with or without cause, by the parties, acting jointly, by furnishing a Joint Written Direction to Escrow Agent, at any time by the giving of ten (10) days' prior written notice to Escrow Agent as provided herein below.  Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Escrow Agent as provided herein below.  Upon any such notice of resignation or removal, the Investors, Pacere and the Company, acting jointly, shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent hereunder.  If the parties shall fail to appoint a successor Escrow Agent within thirty (30) days after such notice of resignation or removal, the Escrow Agent shall have the right to deposit the Escrow Funds to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Escrow Agent.  Upon the acceptance in writing by a successor Escrow Agent of any appointment as Escrow Agent hereunder, such successor Escrow Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with and subject to all the rights, powers, privileges, duties and obligations of the former Escrow Agent, and the former Escrow Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement, but shall not be discharged from any liability for actions taken as Escrow Agent hereunder prior to such succession.  After any former Escrow Agent's resignation or removal, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Escrow Agent under this Agreement.  The former Escrow Agent shall transmit all records pertaining to the Escrow Funds and shall pay all Escrow Funds held by it in the Escrow Account to the successor Escrow Agent, after making copies of such records as the former Escrow Agent deems advisable.

Liability of Escrow Agent.

 

Escrow Agent shall have no liability or obligation with respect to the Escrow Funds other than as set forth in this Agreement, except for any liability which may result from Escrow Agent's willful misconduct or gross negligence.   Escrow Agent's sole responsibility shall be for the safekeeping, investment and disbursement of the Escrow Funds in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Escrow Agent shall have no implied duties or obligations and shall not be charged with knowledge or notice of any fact or circumstance not specifically set forth herein.  Escrow Agent may rely upon any instrument, whether bearing original, conformed or facsimile signatures, not only as to its due execution, validity and effectiveness, but also as to the truth and accuracy of any information contained therein, which Escrow Agent shall in good faith believe to be genuine, to have been signed or presented by the person or parties purporting to sign the same, and to conform to the provisions of this Agre ement.  In no event shall Escrow Agent be liable for incidental, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages.  Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to take any legal action or commence any proceeding in connection with the Escrow Funds, any account in which Escrow Funds are deposited, this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreements, or to appear in, prosecute or defend any such legal action or proceeding.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for or required to enforce any of the terms or conditions of any Securities Purchase Agreement between or among the Company, Pacere and an Investor or any other agreement between or among the Company, Pacere and/or an Investor.  Escrow Agent shall not be responsible or liable in any manner for the performance by the Company, Pacere or any Investor of their respective obligations under any Securities Purchase Agreement nor shall Escrow Agent be responsible or liable in any manner for the failure of the Company, Pacere, any Investor or any third party to honor any of the provisions of this Agreement.  Escrow Agent may consult legal counsel selected by it in the event of any dispute or question as to the construction of any of the provisions hereof or of any other agreement or of its duties hereunder, or relating to any dispute involving any party hereto, and shall incur no liability and shall be fully indemnified from any liability whatsoever in acting in accordance with the opinion or instructions of such counsel.  The Company shall promptly pay, upon demand, the reasonable fees and expenses of any such counsel.

 

Escrow Agent is hereby authorized, in its sole discretion, to comply with orders issued or process entered by any court with respect to the Escrow Funds, without determination by Escrow Agent of such court's jurisdiction in the matter.  If any portion of the Escrow Funds is at any time attached, garnished or levied upon under any court order, or in case the payment, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any such property shall be stayed or enjoined by any court order, or in case any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court affecting such property or any part thereof, then and in any such event, Escrow Agent is authorized, in its sole discretion, to rely upon and comply with any such order, writ, judgment or decree which it is advised by legal counsel selected by it that is binding upon it without the need for appeal or other action; and if Escrow Agent complies with any such order, writ, judgment or decree, it shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity by reason of such compliance even though such order, writ, judgment or decree may be subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated.

 

Indemnification of Escrow Agent.  From and at all times after the date of this Agreement, the parties, jointly and severally, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law and to the extent provided herein, indemnify and hold harmless Escrow Agent and each officer, director, employee, attorney, agent and affiliate of Escrow Agent (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against any and all actions, claims (whether or not valid), losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever (including without limitation reasonable attorney fees, costs and expenses) incurred by or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties from and after the date hereof, whether direct, indirect or consequential, as a result of or arising from or in any way relating to any claim, demand, suit, action or proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) by any person, including without limitation the parties to this Agreement, whether threatened or initiated, asserting a claim for any legal o r equitable remedy against any person under any statute or regulation, including, but not limited to, any federal or state securities laws, or under any common law or equitable cause or otherwise, arising from or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, performance or failure of performance of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein, whether or not any such Indemnified Party is a party to any such action or proceeding, suit or the target of any such inquiry or investigation; provided, however, that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder for any liability finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, subject to no further appeal, to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party.  If any such action or claim shall be brought or asserted against any Indemnified Party, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Company, Pacere and the Investors hereunder in writing, and the Company, Pac ere and the Investors shall promptly assume and enter an appropriate defense for such Indemnified Party, including the employment of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party) and the payment of all expenses.  Such Indemnified Party shall, in its sole discretion, have the right to employ separate counsel (who may be selected by such Indemnified Party in its sole discretion) in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid by such Indemnified Party, except that the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors shall be liable for and shall be required to pay all such fees and expenses if (a) the Company, Pacere or the Investors agree to pay such fees and expenses, (b) the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors shall fail to assume the defense of such action or proceeding or shall fail, in the reasonable discretion of such Indemnified Party, to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party in any such ac tion or proceeding, (c) the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors are the plaintiff in any such action or proceeding or (d) the named or potential parties to any such action or proceeding (including any potentially impleaded parties) include both the Indemnified Party and the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors, and the Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors.  The Company, Pacere and the Investors shall be jointly and severally liable to pay fees and expenses of counsel pursuant to the preceding sentence, except that any obligation to pay under clause (a) shall apply only to the party so agreeing.  All such fees and expenses payable by the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall be paid from time to time as incurred, both in advance of and after the final disposition of su ch action or claim.  The obligations of the parties under this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement or any resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent, and shall be independent of any obligation of Escrow Agent.

 

The parties agree that neither payment by the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors of any claim by Escrow Agent for indemnification hereunder shall impair, limit, modify or affect, as among the Company, Pacere and/or the Investors, the respective rights and obligations of Pacere and the Investors on the one hand, and the Company on the other hand.

Compensation to and Payment of Expenses of Escrow Agent.

Fees.  The Company shall pay to Escrow Agent the fees set forth in the Escrow Agent Fee Schedule attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B.

 

Expenses.  The Company shall reimburse Escrow Agent for all of Escrow Agent's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including attorney fees, travel expenses, telephone and facsimile transmission costs, postage (including express mail and overnight delivery charges), copying charges and the like.  All of the compensation and reimbursement obligations set forth in this section shall be payable by the Company upon demand by Escrow Agent.  The obligations of the Company under this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of Escrow Agent.

 

No Disbursements from Escrow Funds to Pay Escrow Agent or Other Parties. Escrow Agent is not authorized to disburse to itself or any other person from the Escrow Funds (i) any amounts due to Escrow Agent or any other party under this section or (ii) any amount Escrow Agent or any Indemnified Party is entitled to seek pursuant to Section 10 hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Escrow Agent may hold Escrow Funds until its fees are paid by the Company.

 

Representations and Warranties.

 

The Company makes the following representations and warranties to the Escrow Agent:

 

The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

This Agreement has been duly approved by all necessary corporate action of the Company, including any necessary stockholder approval, has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights).

 

The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement is in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreements and will not violate, conflict with or cause a default under the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, any applicable law or regulation, any court order or administrative ruling or decree to which the Company is a party or any of its property is subject, or any agreement, contract, indenture or other binding arrangement, including without limitation the Securities Purchase Agreements, to which the Company is a party or any of its property is subject.

 

Boyd E. Hoback has been duly appointed to act as the representative of the Company hereunder and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to execute and deliver any Joint Written Direction, to amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement and to take all other actions as the Company's representative under this Agreement, all without further consent or direction from, or notice to, the Company or any other party.

 

The Company hereby acknowledges that the status of Escrow Agent is that of agent only for the limited purposes set forth herein, and hereby represents and covenants that no representation or implication shall be made that Escrow Agent has investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Preferred Shares or has approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the investment therein and that the name of Escrow Agent has not and shall not be used in any manner in connection with the offer or sale of the Preferred Shares other than to state that Escrow Agent has agreed to serve as Escrow Agent for the limited purposes set forth herein.

 

All of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and complete as of the date hereof and will be true and complete at the time of any deposits to or disbursements from the Escrow Funds.

 

Pacere makes the following representations and warranties to Escrow Agent:

 

Pacere is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

This Agreement has been duly approved by all necessary company action of Pacere, including any necessary member approval, has been executed by a duly authorized member, manager or officer of Pacere, and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Pacere, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights).

 

The execution, delivery and performance of Pacere of this Agreement will not violate, conflict with or cause a default under the articles of organization or operating agreement of Pacere, any applicable law or regulation, any court order or administrative ruling or decree to which Pacere is a party or any of its property is subject, or any agreement, contract, indenture or other binding arrangement, including without limitation the Securities Purchase Agreement, to which Pacere is a party or any of its property is subject.

 

Eric W. Reinhard has been duly appointed to act as the representative of Pacere hereunder and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to execute and deliver any Joint Written Direction, to amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement, and to take any and all other actions as Pacere's representative under this Agreement, all without further consent or direction from, or notice to, Pacere or any other party.

 

Pacere hereby acknowledges that the status of Escrow Agent is that of agent only for the limited purposes set forth herein, and hereby represents and covenants that no representation or implication shall be made that Escrow Agent has investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Preferred Shares or has approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the investment therein and that the name of Escrow Agent has not and shall not be used in any manner in connection with the offer or sale of the Preferred Shares other than to state that Escrow Agent has agreed to serve as Escrow Agent for the limited purposes set forth herein.

 

All of the representations and warranties of Pacere contained herein are true and complete as of the date hereof and will be true and complete at the time of any deposits to or disbursements from the Escrow Funds.

 

Each of the Investors makes the following representations and warranties to Escrow Agent:

 

The Investor has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the Investor's obligations hereunder.

 

This Agreement has been duly approved by any necessary entity action of the Investor, including any necessary entity owner approval, has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the Investor, and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights).

 

The execution, delivery and performance of the Investor of this Agreement will not violate, conflict with, or cause a default under any organizational or entity governance documents of the Investor, any applicable law or regulation, any court order or administrative ruling or decree to which the Investor is a party or any of its property is subject, or any agreement, contract, indenture or other binding arrangement, including without limitation the Securities Purchase Agreement, to which the Investor is a party or any of the Investor's property is subject.

 

Eric W. Reinhard has been duly appointed to act as the representative of the Investor hereunder and has full power and authority to execute and deliver any Joint Written Direction, to amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement, and to take any and all other actions as the Investor's representative under this Agreement, all without further consent or direction from, or notice to, the Investor or any other party.

 

The Investor hereby acknowledges that the status of Escrow Agent is that of agent only for the limited purposes set forth herein, and hereby represents and covenants that no representation or implication shall be made that Escrow Agent has investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Preferred Shares or has approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the investment therein and that the name of Escrow Agent has not and shall not be used in any manner in connection with the offer or sale of the Preferred Shares other than to state that Escrow Agent has agreed to serve as Escrow Agent for the limited purposes set forth herein.

 

All of the representations and warranties of the Investor contained herein are true and complete as of the date hereof and will be true and complete at the time of any deposits to or disbursements from the Escrow Funds.

 

Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue.  In the event that any party hereto commences a lawsuit or other proceeding relating to or arising from this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that the United States District Court for the District of Colorado shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction over any such proceeding.  If such court lacks federal subject matter jurisdiction, the parties agree that the District Court for the State of Colorado located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction.  Any of these courts shall be proper venue for any such lawsuit or judicial proceeding and the parties hereto waive any objection to such venue.  The parties hereto consent to and agree to submit to the jurisdiction of any of the courts specified herein and agree to accept the service of process to vest personal jurisdiction over them in any of these courts.

 

Notice.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given or delivered five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, by certified mail with return receipt requested and postage prepaid, when delivered personally, one (1) day after delivery to any nationally recognized overnight courier, or when transmitted by facsimile transmission and upon confirmation of receipt and addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

 

If to Pacere or an Investor, to:     The Address of Pacere or

   the Investor set forth on the signature page of the

   Securities Purchase Agreement

 

If to the Company, to:  Good Times Restaurants Inc.

                   601 Corporate Circle

                   Golden, Colorado  80401

       Attention:  Boyd E. Hoback, President

                   and Chief Executive Officer

                   Telephone:  (303) 384-1400

                   Facsimile:   (303) 273-0177

 

With a copy to:    Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

                   1225 17th Street, Suite 2300

                   Denver, Colorado  80202

       Attention:  Roger C. Cohen, Esq.

                   Dwight R. Landes, Esq.

                   Telephone:  (303) 292-2400

                   Facsimile:  (303) 296-3956

 

If to Escrow Agent, to:   Computershare Trust Company, Inc.

                          350 Indiana Street, Suite 800

                          Golden, Colorado  80401

                          Attention:  Corporate Trust

                          Facsimile:   (303) 262-0700

 

or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.

 

Amendments or Waiver.  This Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by a writing signed by all of the parties hereto.  No delay or omission by any party in exercising any right with respect hereto shall operate as a waiver.  A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to, or waiver of, any right or remedy on any future occasion.

 

Severability.  To the extent any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the acceptance, collection, deposit, holding, investment and disbursement of the Escrow Funds and sets forth in its entirety the obligations and duties of the Escrow Agent with respect to the Escrow Funds.

 

Assignability.  This Agreement shall not be assignable without the written consent of all of the parties hereto.

 

Binding Effect.  All of the terms of this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns of the Investors, Pacere, the Company or the Escrow Agent.

 

Execution in Counterparts.  This Agreement and any Joint Written Direction may be executed in two or more counterparts, which when so executed shall constitute one and the same agreement or direction.

 

Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time by a written document signed by all of the parties hereto.  Upon the first to occur of (a) the disbursement of all amounts in the Escrow Funds pursuant to Section 6 hereof or (b) the disbursement of all amounts in the Escrow Funds into a court pursuant to Section 7 hereof, this Agreement shall terminate and Escrow Agent shall have no further obligation or liability whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or the Escrow Funds.

 

Dealings.  Escrow Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of Escrow Agent may buy, sell and deal in any of the securities of the Company and become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, and contract and lend money to the Company and otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Escrow Agent under this Agreement.  Nothing herein shall preclude Escrow Agent from acting in any other capacity for Pacere, any Investor or any other person or entity.

 

Signatures by Facsimile.  Any facsimile signature of any party hereto shall constitute a legal, valid and binding execution hereof by such party.

 

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

THE COMPANY:

 

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS INC.,

a Nevada corporation

 

By: _____________________________________

       Boyd E. Hoback

       President and Chief Executive Officer

 

ESCROW AGENT:

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, INC.,

a Colorado trust company, as Escrow Agent

 

By: _____________________________________

Name: ___________________________________

Title: __________________________________

 

By: _____________________________________

Name: ___________________________________

Title: __________________________________

 

PACERE:

 

PACERE INVESTMENTS, LLC,

a Colorado limited liability company

 

By: _____________________________________

       Eric W. Reinhard

       Title: ___________________________

 

INVESTORS:

 

________________________________________

Printed name: __________________________

 

________________________________________

Printed name: __________________________

 

________________________________________

Printed name: __________________________

 

________________________________________

Printed name: __________________________


EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 


EXHIBIT B

 

ESCROW AGENT FEE SCHEDULE

 

EX-99 10 pressreleasepipefor8ka.htm ST

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                News

December 30, 2004                                   Nasdaq SmallCap - GTIM

 

 

GOOD TIMES RESTAURANTS AGREES TO SELL SHARES OF SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

GOLDEN, CO - (Nasdaq: GTIM) Good Times Restaurants Inc. announced today that it has entered into agreements to sell to certain accredited investors in a private placement a total of 1,240,000 shares of new Series B Convertible Preferred Stock for $2.50 per share, in exchange for cash in the total amount of $2,950,000 and advice and assistance services with respect to the sale of 1,000,000 of the preferred shares, which services were valued at $150,000.  The Bailey Company, LLLP, a significant stockholder of Good Times since 1996, has agreed to purchase 180,000 of the preferred shares.

 

The shares of preferred stock will be convertible at the option of the holders into a total of 1,240,000 shares of common stock, subject to certain antidilution provisions.  Good Times currently has 2,343,732 shares of common stock outstanding.  The preferred shares will accrue dividends at the rate of 6% per annum beginning on the first anniversary of the issuance of the shares, and will be subject to certain mandatory redemption provisions and transfer restrictions.

 

Completion of the private placement is subject to approval by the stockholders of Good Times.  The private placement is currently expected to close in early February 2005.  Good Times intends to use the net proceeds of the private placement primarily to fund its current plans to develop additional company-owned Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard restaurants in Colorado and to refurbish existing restaurants.

 

This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933.  This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities.

 

The shares of preferred stock and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the preferred stock have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and were offered only to accredited investors in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.  Unless so registered, the shares of preferred stock and the shares of common stock issued upon conversion of the preferred stock may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws.

 

This press release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws.  The word "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements.  These statements involve known and unknown risks, which may cause Good Times' actual results to differ materially from results expressed or implied by the forward looking statements.  These risks include such factors as the pending nature of the announced financing transaction and the ability to complete the transaction, the uncertain nature of current restaurant development plans and the ability to implement those plans, delays in developing and opening new restaurants because of weather, local permitting or other reasons, increased competition, cost increases or shortages in raw food products, and other matters discussed under the "Risk Factors" section of Good Times' Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 filed with the SEC.  Although Good Times may fro m time to time voluntarily update its forward looking statements, it disclaims any commitment to do so except as required by securities laws.

 

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACTS:

Good Times Restaurants Inc.

Boyd E. Hoback, President and CEO, 303/384-1411

Christi Pennington, Executive Assistant, 303/384-1440

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