-----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, MmgCtvS80szA2wNUzdMX6fQLTredrxItgsc1CXnMrAV6vrcNJovjkW0b4LZy1Yfd 0YnBTDnn5Lb0iwgaVHLYwQ== 0001193125-10-229552.txt : 20101014 0001193125-10-229552.hdr.sgml : 20101014 20101014164526 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-229552 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101011 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101014 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101014 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000885074 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 141673067 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20190 FILM NUMBER: 101124159 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CONNELL CORPORATE CENTER STREET 2: 300 CONNELL DRIVE, 5TH FLOOR CITY: BERKELEY HEIGHTS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07922 BUSINESS PHONE: 9087871700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CONNELL CORPORATE CENTER STREET 2: 300 CONNELL DRIVE, 5TH FLOOR CITY: BERKELEY HEIGHTS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07922 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BITWISE DESIGNS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): October 11, 2010

 

 

AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-20190

 

DELAWARE   14-1673067

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Connell Corporate Center

300 Connell Drive, 5th Floor

Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922

(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

(908) 787-1700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX BELOW IF THE FORM 8-K FILING IS INTENDED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY SATISFY THE FILING OBLIGATION OF THE REGISTRANT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:

 

¨ 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.

Securities Purchase Agreement

On October 12, 2010, Authentidate Holding Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with selected institutional and accredited investors (the “Investors”) to sell and issue $5.0 million of units of its securities in a private placement under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder (the “Private Placement”). In the aggregate, the Company agreed to sell 1,250,000 units of securities, at a price of $4.00 per unit, with the units consisting of a total of 7,500,000 shares of common stock, 1,250,000 shares of Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”), and warrants to purchase an additional 6,250,000 shares of common stock (the “Warrants”). Each individual unit consists of six shares of common stock, one share of preferred stock and five warrants. The transaction closed on October 13, 2010. The Company received net proceeds at the closing of the Private Placement of approximately $4.5 million after the deduction of offering expenses.

The Preferred Stock

The Company issued a total of 1,250,000 shares of Preferred Stock. Each share of Preferred Stock has a stated value of $1.60 per share, and, subject to the rights of the Company’s senior securities, has the following rights: (i) to receive dividends which accrue at the rate of 15% per annum payable in shares of Common Stock upon conversion or in cash upon redemption; (ii) to convert into shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the stated value, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, by the Conversion Price, which is initially $0.40; (iii) to receive a liquidation preference equal to the sum of the stated value of each share of Preferred Stock, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends; and (iv) unless converted, to be redeemed by the Company 18 months from the date of issuance at a redemption price equal to the 102.5% of the stated value of the Preferred Stock, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends. Conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock is subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. If the Company’s shareholders approve the conversion, the aggregate stated value of the shares of Preferred Stock will automatically convert into 5,000,000 shares of common stock.

The Warrants

Commencing on the six month anniversary of the closing, the Warrants will be exercisable for shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.70 per share for a period of 54 months and will be exercisable for cash or by net exercise in the event that there is no effective registration statement covering the resale of the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants. No Investor is permitted to exercise a Warrant, or part thereof, if, upon such exercise, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor would exceed 19.99% of the number of shares of common stock then issued and outstanding, unless the Company’s shareholders have approved such issuance.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investors. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) within 45 days from closing to register the resale of the shares of Common Stock to be issued at closing and the shares of common stock underlying the Preferred Stock and the Warrants (collectively the “Registrable Securities”). The Company also agreed to use its best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event within 90 days from the filing date.

In the event (i) the registration statement has not been filed by the agreed upon filing date, (ii) an acceleration request has not been filed within five trading days of the date which the Company is notified that the registration statement will not be reviewed by the Commission staff or is not subject to further review and comment by the Commission staff, (iii) the registration statement has not been declared effective by required effectiveness date, or (iv) it ceases to remain continuously effective as required by the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event, a “Registration Default”), then the Company has agreed to pay each Investor as liquidated damages an amount equal to 1.0% of the purchase price paid by each such Investor with respect to any Registrable Securities then held and not registered pursuant to an effective registration statement, per 30-day period or portion thereof during which the Registration Default remains uncured

 

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thereafter, subject to a limitation of 6% per Registration Default. In addition, the Company agreed to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective until the earlier to occur of (i) the date after which all of the Registrable Shares registered thereunder shall have been sold and (ii) the date on which 100% of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

The Company has granted the Investors customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement. The Investors have also granted the Company customary indemnification rights in connection with the registration statement.

The Company retained C.K. Cooper & Co., Inc. (“CKCC”) to act as the sole placement agent on a “best efforts” basis with respect to this Private Placement. Under the terms of the Company’s engagement letter with CKCC, the Company agreed to pay CKCC an aggregate fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the securities in the Private Placement, provided that if any securities are issued and sold to certain investors previously identified by us, then they shall rebate back to us an aggregate of 5.0% of its commission with respect to securities sold to those particular investors. We also agreed to reimburse the placement agent for the expenses incurred by it in connection with this offering, with such reimbursement not to exceed $75,000 in the aggregate.

The foregoing summaries of the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrant and Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights and Number of Shares of Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of Common Warrant and Certificate of Designation, which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information set forth in “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” regarding the Private Placement is incorporated herein by reference.

Based in part upon the representations of the Investors in the Purchase Agreement, the shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock and the Warrants were offered and sold in a private placement to institutional and accredited investors without registration under the Securities Act, and the securities laws of certain states, in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. The securities sold in the Private Placement may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On October 11, 2010, in connection with the Private Placement, the Company filed the Certificate of Designation with the Delaware Secretary of State for the Preferred Stock, which authorizes the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock to be issued in the Private Placement. The information contained in “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” regarding the Preferred Stock is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On October 13, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing the Private Placement. The full text of the press release issued in connection with this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Statements in this Form 8-K that are not strictly historical are forward-looking statements regarding the Private Placement. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include any event that would cause the Company or the investors to breach any of their representations and warranties under the purchase agreement. Additional risk factors are identified in the Company’s SEC filings, including the Forms 10-Q and 10-K and in other SEC filings. The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  4.1    Form of Warrant
  4.2    Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights and Number of Shares of Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock
10.1    Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 12, 2010 by and among Authentidate Holding Corp. and the Investors named therein
10.2    Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated October 12, 2010 by and among Authentidate Holding Corp. and the Investors named therein
99.1    Press Release of Authentidate Holding Corp.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

    AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.
    By:  

/s/ O’Connell Benjamin

    Name:   O’Connell Benjamin
    Title:   President
Date: October 14, 2010      

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  4.1    Form of Warrant
  4.2    Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights and Number of Shares of Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock
10.1    Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 12, 2010 by and among Authentidate Holding Corp. and the Investors named therein
10.2    Form of Registration Rights Agreement dated October 12, 2010 by and among Authentidate Holding Corp. and the Investors named therein
99.1    Press Release of Authentidate Holding Corp.

 

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EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm FORM OF WARRANT Form of Warrant

Exhibit 4.1

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR ANY OF THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS DEFINED BELOW), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT (II) UNLESS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED TO A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THESE SECURITIES.

AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.

COMMON STOCK WARRANT

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, the Holder is entitled to purchase, and Authentidate Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises and agrees to sell and issue to the Holder, at any time, or from time to time, during the Exercise Period, up to              shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, at the Exercise Price, subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. This Warrant is one of the Unit Warrants issued in the Offering.

1. Definitions of Certain Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Business Day” means a day on which banks are open for business in the city of New York.

(b) “Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

(c) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d) “Exercise Price” means the price at which the Holder may purchase one share of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as determined from time to time pursuant to the provisions hereof. The initial Exercise Price is $0.70 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(e) “Expiration Date” means the 54-month anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date.

(f) “Holder” means a record holder of the Warrant or shares of Common Stock obtained or obtainable upon exercise of the Warrant, as applicable. The initial Holder is [                    ].


(g) “Initial Exercise Date” means the six-month anniversary of the Issue Date.

(h) “Issue Date” means                          , 2010.

(i) “Offering” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement and is incorporated herein by this reference.

(j) “Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company.

(k) “Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, between the Company and the purchasers of Units specified therein.

(l) “Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, between the Company and the purchasers of the Units specified therein.

(m) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(n) “Unit” means a unit consisting of (i) six (6) shares of Common Stock, (ii) one (1) share of Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, and (iii) a warrant to purchase five (5) shares of Common Stock, issued pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

(o) “Unit Warrants” means, collectively, the warrants issued to the investors in the Offering, as more fully described in the Purchase Agreement.

(p) “Warrant” means this warrant and any warrant or warrants hereafter issued as a consequence of the exercise or transfer of this warrant in whole or in part.

2. Exercise of Warrant.

(a) Manner of Exercise.

(i) Cash Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, during the period commencing as of 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, on the Initial Exercise Date and ending as of 5:30 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (the “Exercise Period”), for              fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”), for an exercise price per share equal to the Exercise Price, by delivery to the Company at its headquarters, or at such other place as is designated in writing by the Company, of:

(1) a duly executed Notice of Exercise, substantially in the form of Attachment I attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein;

(2) this Warrant; and

(3) subject to Section 2(a)(ii) below, payment of an amount in cash equal to the product of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased upon such exercise, with such payment being in the form of a wire transfer of funds to an account designated in writing by the Company.

 

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The date on which the Company receives the Notice of Exercise, this Warrant, and the Exercise Price payable with respect to the Warrant Shares being purchased shall be deemed to be the date of exercise (the “Date of Exercise”).

(ii) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2(a)(i)(3) above (requiring payment by wire transfer), the Company agrees that, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, if at the time of exercise hereof there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of the Warrant Shares to the Holder or all of the Warrant Shares are not then registered for resale by Holder into the market at market prices from time to time on an effective registration statement for use on a continuous basis (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use), then Holder shall have the right at such time to exercise this Warrant in full or in part on a cashless basis, computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A - B)
      A

Where:

X = The number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder pursuant to this cashless exercise;

Y = The number of Warrant Shares in respect of which the net issue election is made;

A = The Fair Market Value (as defined below) of one Warrant Share at the time the cashless exercise election is made; and

B = The Exercise Price then in effect at the time of such exercise.

The term “Fair Market Value” shall mean, on any given day: (A) if the class of Warrant Shares is exchange-traded, the average of the closing sales prices per share of the class of Warrant Shares for the ten (10) consecutive trading days ending on the day that is two (2) trading days prior to the applicable date of determination of Fair Market Value; or (B) if the class of Warrant Shares is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange but is regularly traded in any over-the-counter market, then the average of the bid and ask prices per share of the class of Warrant Shares for the ten (10) consecutive trading days ending on the day that is two (2) trading days prior to the applicable date of determination of Fair Market Value; or (C) if the class of Warrant Shares is not traded as described in clauses (A) or (B), then the per share fair market value of the class of Warrant Shares as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

(b) Delivery of Certificates. Subject to the provisions below, upon receipt of the Notice of Exercise, the Company shall immediately instruct its transfer agent to prepare certificates for the Warrant Shares to be received by the Holder upon such exercise. The Company shall, at its own cost and expense, cause the transfer agent to deliver such certificates

 

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to the Holder (or to such other nominee as may be designated by the Holder) within three Business Days following the Date of Exercise (the “Delivery Period”). The Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised as of the Date of Exercise, irrespective of the date such certificates are actually delivered by the transfer agent to the Holder or are credited to the Holder’s Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) account, as the case may be. If fewer than all of the Warrant Shares purchasable under the Warrant are purchased, the Company will, upon such partial exercise, execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (dated as of the Issue Date), in the same form and tenor as this Warrant, evidencing that portion of the Warrant not exercised.

(c) Delivery of Electronic Shares. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise (provided that the transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer program and provided further that the Holder provides the transfer agent with information required in order to issue such Warrant Shares to the Holder electronically), upon the request of the Holder as set forth in the Notice of Exercise, but only if the Warrant Shares may be issued without restrictive legends, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to electronically transmit, within the Delivery Period, the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise to the Holder by crediting Holder’s account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system. Any delivery not effected by electronic transmission shall be effected by delivery of physical certificates.

(d) No Fractional Shares. If a fractional share of Warrant Shares would, but for the provisions of this Section 2(d), be issuable upon exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, the Company shall (i) round a half share or greater to be delivered to Holder up to the next whole share and (ii) round a less-than-half share to be delivered to Holder down to the nearest whole share.

(e) Buy-In. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained herein, in addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the applicable Warrant Shares purchased upon exercise hereof or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC, as applicable, on or before the end of the Delivery Period (other than a failure caused by any incorrect or incomplete information provided by Holder to the Company hereunder), and if after such date the Holder purchases shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Warrant Shares that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company upon exercise of this Warrant (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three Business Days after the Holder’s request, (1) pay cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue, by (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored, or deliver to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations

 

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and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing the Securities as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

(f) No Charge to Holder Upon Issuance. The issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to Holder for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the Company in connection with such exercise and the related issuance of Warrant Shares (other than any transfer taxes resulting from the issuance of Warrant Shares to any person other than Holder).

(g) Reservation of Shares. During the Exercise Period, the Company shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock such number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the full exercise of this Warrant. All Warrant Shares which are so issuable shall, when issued and upon the payment of the applicable Exercise Price, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges and not subject to the pre-emptive rights of any holder of Common Stock or any other class or series of stock of the Company. During the Exercise Period, the Company shall not take any action which would cause the number of authorized but unissued Common Stock to be less than the number of such shares required to be reserved hereunder for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant.

(h) Limitations on Exercises.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant, this Warrant shall not be exercisable by the Holder hereof to the extent (but only to the extent) that the Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 9.98% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether this Warrant shall be exercisable (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates) and of which such securities shall be exercisable (as among all such securities owned by the Holder) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. For the purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor Holder of this Warrant. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock. The provisions of this Section 2(h)(i) may be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, and the provisions of this Section 2(h)(i) shall continue to apply until such 61st day (or such later date, as determined by such Holder, as may be specified in such notice of waiver).

 

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(ii) Notwithstanding anything else set forth herein, in no event shall this Warrant be exercisable by the Holder to the extent that the Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 19.99% of the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding as of the Issue Date unless any issuances in excess of the foregoing limitation are approved by the Company’s common stockholders.

3. Adjustments in Certain Events. The number, class, and price of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant may be exercised are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events as follows:

(a) Subdivisions, Combinations and Other Issuances. If the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock are divided into a greater number of shares, by forward stock split or otherwise, or a dividend in stock is paid on the Common Stock, then the number of shares of Warrant Shares for which the Warrant is then exercisable will be proportionately increased and the Exercise Price will be proportionately reduced. Conversely, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock are combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, by reverse stock split or otherwise, then the number of Warrant Shares for which the Warrant is then exercisable will be proportionately reduced and the Exercise Price will be proportionately increased. The increases and reductions provided for in this Section 3(a) will be made with the intent and, as nearly as practicable, the effect that neither the percentage of the total equity of the Company obtainable on exercise of the Warrants nor the price payable for such percentage upon such exercise will be affected by any event described in this Section 3(a).

(b) Merger, Consolidation, Reclassification, Reorganization, Etc. In case of any change in the Common Stock through merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, purchase of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, or other change in the capital structure of the Company, then, as a condition of such change, lawful and adequate provision will be made so that the Holder will have the right thereafter to receive upon the exercise of the Warrant the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property to which he would have been entitled if, immediately prior to such event, he had held the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon the exercise of the Warrant. In any such case, appropriate adjustment will be made in the application of the provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and interest thereafter of the Holder, to the end that the provisions set forth herein will thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares of stock or other property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrant. The Company will not permit any change in its capital structure to occur unless the issuer of the shares of stock or other securities to be received by the Holder, if not the Company, agrees to be bound by and comply with the provisions of this Warrant.

(c) Notice of Record Date, Etc. In the event the Company shall propose to take any action of the types requiring an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3 or a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company shall be proposed, the Company shall give notice to Holder as provided in Section 6 below, which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the date on which such action is to take place. Such notice shall also set forth such facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect of such action (to the extent such effect may be known at the date of such notice) on the Exercise Price and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall be

 

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deliverable or purchasable upon the occurrence of such action or deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrant. In the case of any action which will require the fixing of a record date, unless otherwise provided in this Warrant, such notice shall be given at least twenty (20) days prior to the date so fixed, and in case of all other action, such notice shall be given at least thirty (30) days prior to the taking of such proposed action.

(d) If securities of the Company or securities of any subsidiary of the Company are distributed pro rata to holders of Common Stock, such number of securities will be distributed to the Holder or its assignee upon exercise of its rights hereunder as such Holder or assignee would have been entitled to if this Warrant had been exercised prior to the record date for such distribution. The provisions with respect to adjustment of the Common Stock provided in this Section 3 will also apply to the securities to which the Holder or its assignee is entitled under this Section 3(d).

4. No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Holder will not, by virtue of ownership of the Warrant, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company but will, upon written request to the Company, be entitled to receive such quarterly or annual reports as the Company distributes to its stockholders.

5. Restrictions on Transfer; Legends.

(a) Registration or Exemption Required. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Holder contained in the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant has been issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by virtue of Regulation D and exempt from state registration or qualification under applicable state laws. Neither this Warrant nor the Warrant Shares may be pledged, transferred, sold or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption to the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8) promulgated under the Securities Act or a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.

(b) Restrictive Legend. The Holder understands that until such time as the Warrant Shares have been registered under the Securities Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, this Warrant and the Warrant Shares, as applicable, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the form set forth on the cover page of this Warrant (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such securities).

 

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(c) Removal of Restrictive Legends. The certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend restricting the transfer thereof: (A) while a registration statement (including a Registration Statement, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the sale or resale of the Warrant Shares is effective under the Securities Act, or (B) following any sale of such Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (C) if such Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(b)(1), or (D) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) and the Company shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Holder in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to such effect (collectively, the “Unrestricted Conditions”). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to its transfer agent if required by the transfer agent to effect the issuance of the Warrant Shares, as applicable, without a restrictive legend or removal of the legend hereunder. The Company agrees that at such time as the Unrestricted Conditions are met, it will, no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by the Holder to the Company or the transfer agent of a certificate representing Warrant Shares, issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder a certificate (or electronic transfer) representing such Warrant Shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends.

6. Notices; Adjustments.

(i) All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not, then on the next business day; (iii) two (2) Business Days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the Company or to Holder, as applicable, at the respective addresses set forth on the signature page to the Purchase Agreement or at such other address(es) as they may designate, respectively, by ten (10) days advance written notice to the other party hereto.

(ii) Upon the occurrence of any adjustments pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Company at its expense shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than 10 days thereafter, compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to Holder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based.

7. Non-Circumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be reasonably required to protect the rights of the Holder.

 

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8. Governing Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles, and notwithstanding the fact that one or more counterparts hereof may be executed outside of the state, or one or more of the obligations of the parties hereunder are to be performed outside of the state.

9. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft, or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and, if mutilated, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will execute and deliver a new Warrant, having terms and conditions identical to this Warrant, in lieu hereof.

10. Modification and Waiver. The Warrant and any provision hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holder of the Warrant.

11. Successors. This Warrant shall be binding and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns hereunder; provided that this Warrant may be assigned by Holder only in compliance with the conditions specified in and in accordance with all of the terms of this Warrant. This Warrant does not create and shall not be construed as creating any rights enforceable by any other person or corporation.

12. Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

13. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal holiday in the State of New York, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday.

14. Severability. If any provision of this Warrant shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Warrant.

15. Execution and Counterparts. This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and such counterparts together shall constitute only one instrument. Any one of such counterparts shall be sufficient for the purpose of proving the existence and terms of this Warrant, and no party shall be required to produce an original or all of such counterparts in making such proof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed and delivered as of the Issue Date by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 


ATTACHMENT I

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.

Attention:                     

The undersigned hereby elects to purchase, pursuant to the provisions of the Common Stock Warrant issued by Authentidate Holding Corp. as of                     , 2010, and held by the undersigned, the original of which is attached hereto, and (check the applicable box):

 

¨ Tenders herewith payment of the Exercise Price in the form of cash, via wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the amount of $             for              shares of Common Stock.

 

¨ Elects the cashless exercise option pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii) of the Warrant, and accordingly requests delivery of              shares of Common Stock, net, pursuant to the following calculation:

X = Y (A-B)/A

(        ) = (        ) [(        ) - (        )]/(        )

Where

 

  X = The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder pursuant to this cashless exercise;

 

  Y = The number of shares of Common Stock in respect of which the net issue election is made;

 

  A = The Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock, as calculated per the terms of the Warrant; and

 

  B = The Exercise Price then in effect as of the date of exercise.

 

¨ If this box is checked, as long as the Company’s transfer agent participates in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer program (“FAST”), and except as otherwise provided in the next following sentence, the Company shall effect delivery of the shares of Common Stock to the Holder by crediting to the account of the Holder or its nominee at DTC (as specified in this Exercise Notice) with the number of shares of Common Stock required to be delivered. In the event that the Company’s transfer agent is not a participant in FAST, or if the shares of Common Stock are not otherwise eligible for delivery through FAST, the Company shall effect delivery of the shares of Common Stock by delivering to Holder or its nominee physical certificates representing such shares.


Information for Delivery of uncertificated Shares by DWAC:

 

Account Number:   

 

     
Account Name:   

 

     
DTC Number:   

 

     

 

HOLDER:

 

Name:  
Title:  
Date:  

 

 

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EX-4.2 3 dex42.htm CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS AND NUMBER OF SHARES Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights and Number of Shares

Exhibit 4.2

AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND

RIGHTS AND NUMBER OF SHARES OF

SERIES C 15% CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

Pursuant to Section 151 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law

The undersigned President of AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certify that pursuant to authority granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the corporation by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, its Board of Directors has duly adopted the following resolutions creating the Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock:

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, a series of preferred stock of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, created out of the 4,972,000 shares of authorized but unissued shares of the preferred stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Corporation, such series to be designated Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), to consist of 1,250,000 shares, par value $.10 per share, of which the rights, preferences and privileges, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, shall be (in addition to those set forth in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation) as follows:

 

  1. Certain Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1 shall have, for all purposes of this resolution, the meanings herein specified.

Affiliate” means, as to any Person (the “subject Person”), any other Person (a) that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls or is controlled by, or is under direct or indirect common control with, the subject Person, (b) that directly or indirectly beneficially owns or holds ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting equity of the subject Person, or (c) ten percent (10%) or more of the voting equity of which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned or held by the subject Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, through representation on such Person’s board of directors or other management committee or group, by contract or otherwise.

Board of Directors” or “Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors, as constituted from time to time.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or commercial banks located in New York City are authorized or permitted by law to close.

Certificate of Designation” means this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights and Number of Shares of Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock.


Common Stock” means all shares now or hereafter authorized of any class of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Corporation, and any other stock of the Corporation, howsoever designated, authorized after the Original Issue Date, which has the right (subject always to prior rights of any class or series of preferred stock) to participate in the distribution of the assets and earnings of the Corporation without limit as to per share amount.

Conversion Rate” means the rate at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon the conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock, which shall be initially $0.40, subject to the adjustment in accordance with Section 6 of this Certificate of Designation.

Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the Holders upon conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.

Holder(s)” means the holder(s) of the outstanding share(s) of Series C Preferred Stock.

Liquidation Payment” means the amount paid in cash for each share of Series C Preferred Stock equal to the sum of: (i) the Stated Value of such share of Series C Preferred Stock and (ii) all accrued but unpaid dividends on such share of Series C Preferred Stock to the date fixed for liquidation.

Majority Holders” means the Holders of a majority of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of such determination.

Mandatory Conversion” shall have the meaning ascribed to such phrase in Section 6(a) of this Certificate of Designations.

Maturity Date” means the date that is the 18 month anniversary of the Original Issue Date.

Original Issue Date” means the date a share of Series C Preferred Stock was first issued by the Corporation.

Person” means any individual, corporation, trust, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability corporation, joint stock corporation, governmental authority or other person or entity.

Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement dated as of the date of this Certificate of Designation between the Corporation and the initial Holders of the Corporation’s Series C Preferred Stock.

Redemption Date” means any date set by the Corporation for redemption of all or a part of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 5 hereof, which date shall be not more than 5 Business Days after the Maturity Date.

Redemption Price” means, with respect to each share of Series C Preferred Stock, the sum of: (1)(A) the Stated Value of such share of Series C Preferred Stock being redeemed multiplied by (B) 1.025, plus (2) the accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to such share of Series C Preferred Stock, as of the Redemption Date.

Shareholder Approval” means the vote by the stockholders of the Corporation, as contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, to approve the conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock into the Conversion Shares.

 

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Stated Value” means the initial per share sale price of each share of Series C Preferred Stock of $1.60.

Subsidiary” means any corporation of which shares of stock possessing at least a majority of the general voting power in electing the board of directors are, at the time as of which any determination is being made, owned by the Corporation, whether directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries.

Except as explicitly stated, all definitions contained in this Certificate of Designation are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import referring to this Certificate of Designation refer to this Certificate of Designation as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Certificate of Designation.

 

  2. Rank

The Series C Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution, rank (a) junior to the Corporation’s Series B Preferred Stock and any other series of preferred stock hereafter established by the Board of Directors and, as required by Section 8, approved by the affirmative vote of the Majority Holders (collectively referred to herein as the “Senior Securities”); (b) on a parity with any other series of preferred stock established by the Board of Directors and, as required by Section 8, approved by the affirmative vote of the Majority Holders, the terms of which shall specifically provide that such series shall rank on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock (the Series C Preferred Stock and any such other securities are referred to herein collectively as the “Parity Securities”), and (c) prior to any other equity securities of the Corporation, including the Common Stock, all of such equity securities of the Corporation to which the Series C Preferred Stock ranks prior, including the Common Stock, are referred to herein collectively as the “Junior Securities”.

 

  3. Dividends

(a) Subject to the limitations described below, Holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive out of funds of the Corporation legally available for payment, dividends in cash, or in the event of a Mandatory Conversion, in additional shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, at a rate of 15% of the Stated Value per annum, payable on the first to occur of either (i) the date upon which Mandatory Conversion occurs or (ii) the Maturity Date. Dividends will be cumulative from the Original Issue Date and will be payable to holders of record as they appear on the stock books of the Corporation on the tenth business day prior to the dividend payment date. If any dividend payment date is not a business day, such dividend payment date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

(b) All dividends paid with respect to shares of the Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be paid pro rata to the Holders entitled thereto.

(c) Dividends to be paid in cash shall be paid to the account of a Holder in U.S. funds and delivered to the registered Holder of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the address of such Holder appearing in the Corporation’s records or such other address as the Holder provides to the Corporation pursuant to a written notice delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 14 of this Certificate of Designation. Dividends to be paid in shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (“Dividend Shares”) shall be issued to the registered Holder of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the address of such Holder appearing in the Corporation’s records or such other address as the Holder provides to the Corporation pursuant to a written notice delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 14 of this Certificate of Designation.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no dividends on shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, the Parity Securities or the Junior Securities shall be declared by the Board of Directors or paid or set apart for payment by the Corporation (i) unless all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Senior Securities for all prior periods and the current period have been paid or declared and set apart for payment; and (ii) at any time that the terms or provisions of any indenture or agreement of the Corporation, including any agreement relating to its indebtedness, specifically prohibits such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment or that such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment would constitute (after notice or lapse of time or otherwise) a breach of or a default under any such indenture or agreement; provided, however, than nothing herein contained shall in any way or under any circumstances be construed or deemed to require the Board of Directors to declare or the Corporation to pay or set apart for payment any cash dividends at any time, whether permitted by any of such agreements or not.

(e) (i) No dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Parity Securities for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment on the Series C Preferred Stock for all dividend payment periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative dividends. If any dividends are not paid in full, as aforesaid, upon the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock and any other Parity Securities, all dividends declared upon shares of the Series C Preferred Stock and any other Parity Securities shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on the Series C Preferred Stock and such other Parity Securities shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series C Preferred Stock and such other Parity Securities bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series C Preferred Stock or any other Parity Securities which may be in arrears.

(ii) Any dividend not paid pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof or this Section 3(e) shall be fully cumulative and shall accrue (whether or not declared), without interest, as set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

(f) (i) The Holders shall be entitled to receive the dividends provided for in Section 3(a) hereof in preference to and in priority over any dividends upon any of the Junior Securities. The Corporation shall not declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividend on any Junior Securities or make any payment on account of, or set apart for payment money for a sinking or other similar fund for, the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any Junior Securities or any warrants, rights, calls or options exercisable for or convertible into any Junior Securities, or make any distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, and whether in cash, obligations or shares of the Corporation, or other property, to the holders thereof, and shall not permit any corporation or other entity directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation to purchase or redeem any of the Junior Securities or any warrants, rights, calls or options exercisable for or convertible into any of the Junior Securities, unless prior to or concurrently with such declaration, payment, setting apart for payment, purchase or distribution, as the case may be, all accrued and unpaid dividends on shares of any Series C Preferred Stock shall have been or be duly paid in full and all redemption payments which have become due with respect to such Series C Preferred Stock shall have been or be duly discharged.

(ii) Subject to the forgoing provisions of this Section 3, the Board of Directors may declare, and the Corporation may pay or set apart for payment, dividends and other distributions on

 

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any of the Junior Securities, and may purchase or otherwise redeem any of the Junior Securities or any warrants, rights or options exercisable for or convertible into any of the Junior Securities, and the Holders shall not be entitled to share therein.

(g) All payments of dividends pursuant to this Section by the Corporation shall be made with deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon such payment by the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.

 

  4. Distributions Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up

(a) (i) In the event of any Liquidation Event, subject to the rights, preferences and privileges of any Senior Securities, the Holders shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Payment for each share of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders of any of the Junior Securities. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Payments payable to the Holders or any other Parity Securities, then the holders of all such shares shall share ratably in such distribution of assets in accordance with the amount which would be payable on such distribution if the amounts to which the Holders and the holders of outstanding shares of such other Parity Securities are entitled were paid in full.

(ii) The Holders will not be entitled to receive the Liquidation Payment of such shares until the liquidation payments of the Corporation’s Senior Securities now existing or hereafter issued has been paid in full (including liquidation payments that would be due regardless if such Liquidation Event triggered a payment to such holders).

(b) The Liquidation Payment with respect to each fractional share of the Series C Preferred Stock outstanding shall be equal to a ratably proportionate amount of the Liquidation Payment with respect to each outstanding share of Series C Preferred Stock.

(c) For the purposes of this Section 4, a “Liquidation Event” means (i) a voluntary sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or their consideration) of all or substantially all the property or assets of the Corporation or the merger, consolidation, combination, reorganization, or recapitalization, or other similar transaction, of the Corporation, with one or more other corporations, in which the Corporation is not the surviving entity or in which the Corporation’s shareholders prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the Corporation’s capital stock after giving effect to such transaction; or (ii) any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

  5. Redemption

The shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Corporation as follows:

(a) If the Corporation has not obtained Shareholder Approval on or before the Maturity Date, all shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Corporation on the Maturity Date in exchange for the payment of the Redemption Price by the Corporation; provided, however, that if any shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding at such time, the Corporation shall first redeem such shares in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights and Number of Shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock on or prior to the Maturity Date.

 

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(b) The Corporation shall deliver to each record holder of Series C Preferred Stock notice of its intention to redeem all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Redemption Notice”). The Redemption Notice shall state the Redemption Date, which date shall be a Business Day. The Redemption Notice shall be mailed (by United States first class mail) at least 10 days but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of record of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed at the address shown on the stock books of the Corporation. Each Holder shall, prior to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the Redemption Date, return any and all original share certificates representing Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed to the Corporation (or such other place at set forth in the Redemption Notice) and such certificates shall be duly endorsed or assigned either to the Corporation or in blank. From and after such Redemption Date, unless there shall have been a default in payment of the Redemption Price or the Corporation is unable to pay the Redemption Price due to not having sufficient legally available funds, all rights of the Holder of such shares as holder of Series C Preferred Stock (except the right to receive the Redemption Price without interest upon surrender of their certificates), shall cease and terminate with respect to such shares; provided that in the event that shares of Series C Preferred Stock are not redeemed due to a default in payment by the Corporation or because the Corporation does not have sufficient legally available funds, such shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding and shall be entitled to all of the rights and preferences provided herein until redeemed. All shares of Series C Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to this Section 5 will be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, without designation as to series, and may thereafter be issued, but not as shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

 

  6. Conversion Rights

The Series C Preferred Stock shall be convertible into Common Stock as follows:

(a) Mandatory Conversion. Upon the effective date of Shareholder Approval, all of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall, immediately upon the occurrence of such Shareholder Approval, automatically be converted into shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock without any notice required on the part of the Corporation or the Holder other than as set forth in this Section 6 (the “Mandatory Conversion”), and the Corporation shall instruct the transfer agent for its Common Stock to issue to each Holder, following such Holder’s compliance with the procedures described herein, the number of shares of Common Stock determined in accordance with Section 6(b), below. The Corporation agrees that it shall in good faith, promptly take any and all such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary, upon the effectiveness of the Mandatory Conversion, to expeditiously effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock to shares of Common Stock. The Holder agrees to comply with the applicable procedures for effectuating a Mandatory Conversion, as specified herein or in separate written instructions delivered by the Corporation or its transfer agent. Each Holder shall be deemed to be, and treated as, a holder of such number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as to which each Holder’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock are convertible into at the close of business on the date of Shareholder Approval. As of the date on which Shareholder Approval occurs, each certificate representing shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall solely represent the right to receive that number of Conversion Shares into which the shares of Series C Preferred Stock are convertible. Each certificate representing shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be cancelled upon issuance of the certificates representing the Conversion Shares into which the Series C Preferred Stock was converted.

(b) Number of Conversion Shares. The number of Conversion Shares to be delivered by the Corporation pursuant to the Mandatory Conversion shall be determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the aggregate Stated Value of all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted plus (y) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, if any by (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect on the date of the Mandatory Conversion.

 

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(c) Conversion Procedures. The Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to issue or cause its transfer agent to issue the Conversion Shares issuable upon the Mandatory Conversion as soon as reasonably practicable following Shareholder Approval and the Holder’s compliance with any applicable procedural requirements adopted by the Corporation in connection with the issuance of the Conversion Shares, including without limitation, the Holder surrendering to the Corporation, or its agent, the original of the Holder’s certificate(s) representing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock subject to the Mandatory Conversion. The Corporation shall bear the cost associated with the issuance of the Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion. If required in the reasonable judgment of the Corporation, the Conversion Shares issuable upon Mandatory Conversion shall be issued with a restrictive legend indicating that it was issued in a transaction which is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that it cannot be transferred unless it is so registered, or an exemption from registration is available, in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation. The Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion shall be issued in the same name as the Person who is the then-current Holder of the Series C Preferred Stock unless, following a written request by a Holder to have such Conversion Shares issued in a different name, in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, a change of name and such transfer can be made in compliance with applicable securities laws. Unless the shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name in which such share of Series C Preferred Stock is registered, each share surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the Holder or such Holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax. If any Holder is entitled to receive a fractional Conversion Share, such fractional Conversion Share shall be disregarded and the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon such Mandatory Conversion, in the aggregate, shall be the next closest whole number of Conversion Shares. No cash or property shall be issued in lieu of fractional Conversion Shares upon Mandatory Conversion.

(d) Conversion Rate Adjustments. The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

(i) Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations. If the Corporation shall (A) subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or (B) combine or reclassify the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Rate in effect at the time of the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Holder of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion after such date shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock which the Holder would have owned or been entitled to receive had such Series C Preferred Stock been converted immediately prior to such date. Successive adjustments in the Conversion Rate shall be made whenever any event specified above shall occur.

(ii) Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance. In case of any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with any other corporation or entity (other than a wholly owned subsidiary), or in case of sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or in the case of any share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities or property, the Corporation will be required to make appropriate provision so that each Holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding will have the right thereafter to convert such share of Series C Preferred Stock into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series C Preferred Stock was convertible immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange.

 

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(iv) Timing of Issuance of Additional Common Stock Upon Certain Adjustments. In any case in which the provisions of this subparagraph (d) shall require that any adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Corporation may defer until the occurrence of such event and the occurrence of Shareholder Approval, issuing to the Holder of any share of Series C Preferred Stock converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment, provided that the Corporation upon request shall deliver to such Holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder’s right to receive such additional shares, or other property, upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

(v) Adjustments. No adjustment of the Conversion Rate will be made for cash distributions or cash dividends paid out of funds legally available therefor. All calculations under this Section 6(d) shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.

(e) Statement Regarding Adjustments. Whenever the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as provided in Section 6(d), the Corporation shall forthwith file, at the office of any transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock and at the principal office of the Corporation, a statement showing in detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Conversion Rate that shall be in effect after such adjustment, and the Corporation shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to each Holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock at its address appearing on the Corporation’s records. Where appropriate, such copy may be given in advance and may be included as part of a notice required to be mailed under the provisions of subparagraph 7(f).

(f) Notice to Holders. In the event the Corporation shall propose to take any action of the type described in Section 6(d) (but only if the action would result in an adjustment in the Conversion Rate), the Corporation shall give notice to each Holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, in the manner set forth in this Certificate of Designation, which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to take place. Such notice shall also set forth such facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect of such action (to the extent such effect may be known at the date of such notice) on the Conversion Rate and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall be deliverable upon conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock. In the case of any action which would require the fixing of a record date, such notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the date so fixed, and in case of all other action, such notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the taking of such proposed action. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, affect the legality or validity of any such action.

(g) Costs. The Corporation shall pay all documentary, stamp, transfer or other transactional taxes attributable to the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock; provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificate for such shares in a name other than that of the Holder of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock in respect of which such shares are being issued.

 

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(h) Reservation of Shares. The Corporation shall reserve at all times so long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding, free from preemptive rights, out of its treasury stock (if applicable) or its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, or both, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock, sufficient shares of Common Stock to provide for the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

(i) Valid Issuance. All shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock will upon issuance by the Corporation be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof, and the Corporation shall take no action which will cause a contrary result (including, without limitation, any action which would cause the Conversion Rate to be less than the par value, if any, of the Common Stock).

 

  7. Conversion Limitation

The Holder shall not have the right to convert any share of Series C Preferred Stock, to the extent that, upon the conversion of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 7, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this paragraph applies (and without limiting any rights the Corporation may otherwise have), the Corporation may rely on the Holder’s determination of whether shares of Series C Preferred Stock are convertible pursuant to the terms hereof, the Corporation having no obligation whatsoever to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination, and the submission of a conversion notice by the Holder shall be deemed to be the Holder’s representation that the shares of Series C Preferred Stock specified therein are convertible pursuant to the terms hereof. For purposes of this Section 7, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Corporation or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 19.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding as of the Original Issuance Date, unless any issuances in excess of the foregoing limitation are approved by the Corporation’s common stockholders.

 

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  8. Voting Rights

The Holders of record of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any voting rights except as follows:

(a) so long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be outstanding and unless the consent or approval of a greater number of shares shall then be required under the Delaware General Corporation Law, without first obtaining the approval of at least the Majority Holders, given in person or by proxy either by written consent or at a meeting at which the Holders shall be entitled to vote separately as a class, the Corporation shall not (i) amend, alter or repeal any provisions of the Series C Preferred Stock or Certificate of Incorporation so as to materially adversely affect any of the preferences, rights, powers or privileges of the Series C Preferred Stock or the holders thereof, (ii) create, authorize or issue any other class or series of preferred stock on a parity with, or having greater or preferential rights than, the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to liquidation or dividends, (iii) directly or indirectly, redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire for value, or set aside for payment or make available for a sinking fund for the purchase or redemption of, any stock ranking junior to on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock, or (iv) enter into any agreement which would prohibit or restrict the Corporation’s right to pay dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock; and

(b) as otherwise provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

  9. Exclusion of Other Rights

Except as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, other than those specifically set forth in this resolution (as such resolution may be amended from time to time) and in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

 

  10. Headings of Subdivisions

The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

 

  11. Severability of Provisions

If any right, preference or limitation of the Series C Preferred Stock set forth in this Certificate of Designation (as such may be amended from time to time) is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other rights, preferences and limitations set forth in this resolution (as so amended) which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable right, preference or limitation shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no right, preference or limitation herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such right, preference or limitation unless so expressed herein.

 

  12. Transfer of Series C Preferred Stock

Upon notice to the Corporation, a Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the shares of Series C Preferred Shares to any person or entity as long as such transaction is the subject of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or, in the opinion of counsel acceptable to the Corporation, is exempt from registration. From and after the date of any such sale or transfer, the transferee thereof shall be deemed to be a Holder. Upon any such sale or transfer, the Corporation shall, promptly following the return of the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock that are the subject of such sale or transfer, issue and deliver to such transferee a new certificate in the name of such transferee.

 

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  13. Status of Reacquired Shares

Shares of Series C Preferred Stock which have been issued and reacquired in any manner or converted shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware) shall not be reissued as Series C Preferred Stock, but shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock issuable in series undesignated as to series and may be redesignated and reissued.

 

  14. Notices

Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given by the Corporation or a Holder pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (immediately followed by written confirmation delivered according to another mechanism provided by this section), unless such delivery is made on a day that is not a Business Day, in which case such delivery will be deemed to be made on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to an overnight courier and (iii) on the third Business Day following the date of dispatch, if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid), addressed, if to the Corporation:

Authentidate Holding Corp.

300 Connell Drive, 5th Floor

Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922

Attention: President

and if to any Holder, at the address indicated in the stock register of the Corporation.

 

  15. Lost or Stolen Certificates

Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a certificate representing a Holder’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, and upon surrender and cancellation of such certificate if mutilated, the Corporation shall execute and deliver to such Holder a new certificate identical in all respects to the original certificate.

 

  16. Failure or Delay not Waiver

No failure or delay on the part of the Corporation or a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

  17. Inclusion in Certificate of Incorporation.

The statements contained herein creating and designating the Series C Preferred Stock and fixing the number, powers, preferences and relative, optional, participating, and other special rights and the qualifications, limitations, restrictions, and other distinguishing characteristics thereof shall, upon the effective date of said series, be deemed to be included in and be a part of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate of Designation of the Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and hereunto affixed the seal of the Corporation on this 11th day of October, 2010.

 

/s/ O’Connell Benjamin
President

 

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EX-10.1 4 dex101.htm FORM OF SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT Form of Securities Purchase Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 12, 2010, among Authentidate Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, the number of units (the “Units”) set forth beneath such Purchaser’s name on the signature pages hereof, with each unit consisting of (i) six (6) shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) one (1) share of Series C 15% convertible redeemable preferred stock, par value $0.10 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”), and (iii) a warrant to purchase five (5) shares of Common Stock (each, a “Warrant”), as more fully described in this Agreement (the “Offering”); and

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchaser agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement (including in the preamble and recitals above), for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Units pursuant to Section 2.1.

Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the securities comprising the Units, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.

 

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Common Stock Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.

Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Excluded Securities” means any Common Stock issued or issuable (i) by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock; (ii) pursuant to Options or restricted stock grants issued to employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company; (iii) upon exercise or conversion of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date hereof to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (except as a result of anti-dilution provisions therein); (iv) directly to a counterparty, its affiliates or their respective stockholders in connection with any bona fide acquisitions, mergers, asset acquisitions and similar transactions approved by the Company’s Board of Directors the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital; (v) in connection with transactions with lenders, customers, vendors or other commercial or strategic partners, the terms of which are approved by the Board of Directors, in each case, the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital; and (vi) pursuant to this Agreement or upon the exercise of the Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement or upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement.

Liens” means any lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction, other than restrictions imposed by securities laws.

Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

Per Unit Purchase Price” equals $4.00.

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

Subscription Amount” means the aggregate amount to be paid for the Units purchased hereunder as specified beneath each Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.

 

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Trading Day” means a day on which the Principal Market (as defined in Section 3.1(f) below) is open for trading.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, the Registration Rights Agreement and the schedules and exhibits attached thereto, the Warrants, the Series C Certificate of Designation, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and any other agreement, instrument, and other document executed and delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1 Authorization of Securities; Closing.

(a) The Company has duly authorized the issuance and sale at the Closing of (i) 1,250,000 Units at the Per Unit Purchase Price for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000,000, (ii) 1,250,000 shares of the Company’s Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Shares”), having the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designation for such Series C Preferred Shares attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Series C Certificate of Designation”), (iii) 7,500,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be issued as part of the Units (the “Common Shares”), (iv) 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Shares, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Series C Certificate of Designation (the “Conversion Shares”), (v) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (each, a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants”), and (vi) 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the “Warrant Shares”, and together with the Series C Preferred Shares, the Common Shares, the Conversion Shares and the Warrants, the “Securities”).

(b) On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company shall sell, and each Purchaser shall purchase, the number of Units specified beneath each such Purchaser’s name on the signature pages hereto. At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth beneath such Purchaser’s name on the signature page hereto, and the Company shall deliver to such Purchaser the securities represented by the Units so purchased, and the Company and the Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall occur at the offices of the Company or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

2.2 Deliveries.

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:

(i) This Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

 

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(ii) A duly executed stock certificate representing the Common Shares purchased hereunder;

(iii) A duly executed stock certificated representing the Series C Preferred Shares purchased hereunder;

(iv) The Warrants purchased hereunder, duly executed by the Company;

(v) The Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;

(vi) Each executive officer of the Company and each member of the Board of Directors of the Company shall enter into a “lock up” agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D attached hereto;

(vii) A legal opinion of Becker & Poliakoff, LLP, substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto;

(viii) Evidence of the filing and acceptance of the Certificate of Designation from the Secretary of State of Delaware;

(ix) A copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent;

(x) A certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying (i) the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents, and the issuance of the Securities to be issued at the Closing, and that such resolutions remain in full force and effect, (b) certifying the current versions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation (including the Series C Certificate of Designation) and bylaws, each as amended, (c) certifying as to the signatures and authority of Persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company, (d) a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as of a date within five (5) Trading Days of the Closing Date, and (e) a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by each state where the Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, as of a date within five (5) Trading Days of the Closing Date;

(xi) A certificate, executed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the matters set forth in Section 2.3(b)(i) below; and

(xii) Such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Purchasers or their counsel may reasonably request.

(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

(i) This Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

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(ii) The Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company;

(iii) The Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser; and

(iv) a fully completed and duly executed Selling Securityholder Questionnaire, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.

2.3 Closing Conditions.

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met by each Purchaser or waived by the Company:

(i) each of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein shall be true and correct in all respects (in the case of any representation or warranty containing a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) or in all material respects (in the case of any representation or warranty not containing a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) at the Closing Date as if made on and as of such date, and all covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on the part of the Purchasers and all conditions contained herein to be fulfilled or complied with by the Purchasers at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been duly performed, fulfilled or complied with; and

(ii) the delivery by the Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.

(b) The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met by the Company or waived by such Purchaser:

(i) each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all respects (in the case of any representation or warranty containing a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) or in all material respects (in the case of any representation or warranty not containing a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) at the Closing Date as if made on and as of such date, and all covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on the part of the Company and all conditions contained herein to be fulfilled or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been duly performed, fulfilled or complied with, unless such conditions have been waived;

(ii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;

(iii) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;

 

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(iv) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Principal Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or in the over-the-counter market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchasers, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing;

(v) there shall have been deposited in the account specified in Section 2.2(b)(ii) of this Agreement Subscription Amounts in the aggregate amount of $4,800,000; and

(vi) no action shall have been taken and no law, statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Units or result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Units or result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Purchasers as follows:

(a) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and authority (corporate and otherwise) to own its properties and conduct its business as is now being conducted and is proposed to be conducted, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Company has the full corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents (as defined below) and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and, other than with respect

 

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to the Required Actions, no further consent or action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its shareholders. Each of the Transaction Documents has been (or upon delivery will be) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable (x) general equitable principles and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws in effect which affect creditors’ rights generally, or (y) laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies or (z) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents in effect as of the date of execution of this Agreement, or (ii) subject to carrying out the Required Actions, conflict with, breach, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any Permit (as defined below) agreement, mortgage, indenture, credit facility, indebtedness or other instrument (evidencing a Company indebtedness or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) immediately above, such as could not, individually or in the aggregate: (a) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Documents, (b) could reasonably be expected to have or result in a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, management, operations or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (c) adversely impair the Company’s ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (any of foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c), a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(c) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents in effect as of the date of execution of this Agreement or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any agreement, mortgage, indenture, credit facility, indebtedness or other instrument (evidencing a Company indebtedness or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected, except, with respect to clause (ii) immediately above, as could not, individually or in aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) The Company is not required to obtain any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, or qualification of, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company

 

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of the Transaction Documents, other than (i) the filing of a Form 8-K disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the notification for the listing of the Common Shares, Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares by the Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Principal Market”) for trading thereon in the manner required thereby, (iii) applicable state securities filings, (iv) such approval as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Market (or any successor entity) from the stockholders of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Securities in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock on the Closing Date (the “Stockholder Approval”), and (v) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the actions and/or approvals specified in subclauses (i)-(v) immediately above are referred to herein as the “Required Actions”).

(e) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is, and at all times in the last three years has been, in full compliance with all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, or guidance applicable to the conduct of the Company’s business, taken as a whole, except where such noncompliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, its subsidiaries, or agents operating on its behalf have received any notice or claim from any third party alleging that the Company’s actions violate any applicable laws governing the privacy, storage, distribution or solicitation of personal information, including, without limitation, under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(f) All agreements required to be filed as exhibits to all reports required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and Exchange Act since the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K under Item 601 of Regulation S-K to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, have been filed by Company as exhibits to such reports (the “Material Contracts”). The Material Contracts have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or its subsidiaries, constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company or its subsidiaries (as applicable) and are enforceable against the Company or its subsidiaries (as applicable) in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) general equitable principles and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws in effect which affect creditors’ rights generally, (ii) laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law, and, to the Company’s knowledge, such Material Contracts are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms by the Company or its subsidiaries (as applicable) against the other parties thereto, except as such enforceability may be limited by (x) general equitable principles and bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws in effect which affect creditors’ rights generally, (y) laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (z) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law, and such contracts are in full force and effect on the date hereof other than those which have expired in accordance with their terms. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto, is in breach of or default under any of such Material Contracts, except for such breaches or defaults that will not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(g) As of September 30, 2010, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which (A) 38,451,088 shares are issued and outstanding (excluding 25,000 restricted shares of common stock issued pursuant to a terminated underlease agreement which are eligible for cancellation in accordance with the terms of such agreement); (B) 4,368,477 shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options outstanding under the Company’s equity compensation plans; (C) 820,000 shares are reserved for issuance upon exercise of common stock purchase warrants granted prior to the date of this Agreement; and (D) such additional stock options and shares of Common Stock which may be issued from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Company’s equity compensation plans in existence as of the date of this Agreement; and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.10 par value per share, 28,000 shares of which are issued and outstanding and designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and which shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible into an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,250,000 shares of which shall be designated as Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and none of which are issued and outstanding prior to the date hereof. All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws. The Company is current in its obligations for the payment of dividends on the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock. As of September 30, 2010, the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are redeemable by the Company at an aggregate redemption price equal to $700,000, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends as of such date. All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company included on Exhibit 21 to the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and are owned directly by the Company or by another wholly owned subsidiary of the Company free and clear of any Liens, except as described in the Commission Reports. Except as disclosed in this Agreement or in the Commission Reports, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has outstanding any options or warrants to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such options, warrants, rights, convertible securities or obligations. The description of the Company’s equity compensation plans and the options or other rights granted and exercised thereunder set forth in the Commission Reports accurately and fairly presents in all material respects the information required by the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable, to be shown with respect to such plans, options and rights.

(h) Except as disclosed in the Commission Reports, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or of which property owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject, or related to environmental or discrimination matters, which actions, suits or proceedings, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would

 

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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party or subject to the provisions of any material injunction, judgment, decree or order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) Except as described in the Commission Reports, each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or has the valid right to use all Intellectual Property (as defined below) necessary for the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries as now conducted or proposed to be conducted. Except as described in the Commission Reports, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, no third party has infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated in any material respect any Intellectual Property rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and no claims for any of the foregoing have been brought against any third party by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company or its subsidiaries have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding, investigation or claim challenging the validity, enforceability, scope, issuance/registration, use or ownership of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates, dilutes or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property of others, and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of any such claim, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has taken commercially reasonable steps, consistent with industry standards, to maintain and protect all Intellectual Property that is material to the conduct of its business; and (v) to the knowledge of the Company, no current or former employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in or has ever been in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as applicable. The term “Intellectual Property” as used herein means all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade dress, domain names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, software, systems, know-how and other intellectual property and proprietary rights.

(j) The Company does not own any real property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all tangible properties and assets described in the Commission Reports as owned by it, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or are described in the Commission Reports. Any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

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(k) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, clearances, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate governmental or regulatory agencies or authorities (collectively, “Permits”) that are necessary to enable them to own, lease and operate their respective properties and to carry on their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to possess such licenses, certificates, authorization or permits would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received notice of any revocation or modification of any such Permits and has no reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course. The Company has not received any Form 483 notice of adverse finding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from FDA or any other governmental or regulatory authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any applicable laws or any Permits. The Company has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any applicable laws or Permits and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct on the date filed in all material respects (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission).

(l) Except as disclosed in the Commission Reports and except as occurs in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, none of the Company or it subsidiaries has granted rights to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products to any other Person and neither the Company nor it subsidiaries are bound by any agreement that adversely affects the exclusive right of the Company to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products.

(m) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries carries, or is covered by, insurance from insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. All policies of insurance of the Company and its subsidiaries are in full force and effect; each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects; and none of the Company or its subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance; there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and none of the Company or its subsidiaries has any 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 could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) is in compliance in all material respects with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received and is in compliance with all Permits required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and (iii) has not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except where such

 

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non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required Permits, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business. The Company has not been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

(o) (i) Each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each a “Plan”) has been maintained in all material respects in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA and the Code; (ii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (a) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (b) no “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (c) the fair market value of the assets under each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) and (d) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and (iii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(p) The Company has filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and has paid all taxes due thereon, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiencies that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending dispute with any taxing authority relating to the Company’s payment of taxes in any material amount except which the Company is contesting in good faith and the Company has no knowledge of any proposed liability for any tax in any material amount to be imposed upon the properties or assets of the Company for which there is not an adequate reserve reflected in the Company’s financial statements included in the Commission Reports.

(q) All corporate action required to be taken by the Company for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities has been duly and validly taken. When the Common Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares, and the Warrant Shares have been issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, in the Series C Certificate of Designation and in the Warrant, as the case may be, such securities when so issued and sold will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the Purchaser or other persons in whose names such securities are registered will acquire good and valid title to such securities, in each case free and clear of all Liens. Subject to receipt of Stockholder Approval, no further approval or authority of the stockholders or the Board of Directors of the Company will be required for the issuance and sale of any of the

 

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Securities. The Warrants have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and upon delivery to the Purchasers at the Closing Date will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally or subject to general principles of equity.

(r) Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Purchaser or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Purchaser harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged C. K. Cooper & Company as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.

(s) None of the Company, its subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, or any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise. None of the Company, its subsidiaries, their Affiliates or any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would (i) require registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act, (ii) cause the Offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings in violation of the Securities Act or (iii) cause the sale and issuance of the Securities to be subject to any stockholder approval requirement, except for the Stockholder Approval.

(t) The Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under its certificate of incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware which is or could become applicable to any Purchaser as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Purchaser’s ownership of the Securities. The Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.

(u) The Company is currently eligible to register the Common Shares, Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares for resale by the Purchaser using Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.

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under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.

(w) Except as disclosed in the Commission Reports, the Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Principal Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the Principal Market. Except as described in the Commission Reports, the Company has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be in compliance or regain compliance in a timely manner, as the case may be, with all such listing and maintenance requirements. Other than the failure to provide the Principal Market 15 days advance notice of the issuance of the Securities, the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Market. The Common Stock has been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is currently listed on the Principal Market.

(x) The Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials, all exhibits thereto, and all documents, reports and information incorporated therein by reference are collectively referred to herein as the “Commission Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such Commission Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. Purchasers acknowledge that the Company has filed a Form 12b-25 with respect to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. As of their respective dates, the Commission Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations, and none of the Commission Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(y) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, applicable to it, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by all government and regulatory authorities and agencies. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect thereto. The Company has established and maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act). The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the

 

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effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and the Company presented in its Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year the conclusions of the Company’s certifying officers about the effectiveness of such disclosure controls and procedures.

(z) The financial statements of the Company, together with the related schedules and the notes thereto, included in the Commission Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. EisnerAmper LLP, who has audited certain financial statements of the Company, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act and Exchange Act and have been appointed by the Company’s audit committee (if so empowered by the Board of Directors) comprised only of independent directors, or by the Board of Directors, as the case may be.

(aa) Since the date of the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, but except as disclosed in the Commission Reports: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or could result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) other than with respect to the Company’s outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing equity compensation plans of the Company. Except as disclosed in the Commission Reports, the Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

(bb) Except as described in the Commission Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), 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

 

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from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case as would be required to be disclosed pursuant to the requirements of Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

(cc) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Person acting for or on behalf of the Company including, without limitation, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses, or received or retained any funds, relating to political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment from corporate funds to, or received or retained any unlawful funds from, foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to or from foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any other unlawful payment or received or retained any other unlawful funds.

(dd) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee) Except as set forth in the Commission Reports, neither the Company, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty, or any criminal statute during the term of such director or officer’s tenure with the Company, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, prior to such tenure that is of a nature that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 103 of Regulation S-K with regard to the Company or Item 401 of Regulation S-K with regard to the Company’s officers or directors. During the last three years, there has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company, other than the receipt of comment letters on the Commission Reports or filings under the Securities Act in the ordinary course of business and none of which are currently unresolved. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

(ff) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds

 

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to any affiliate, joint venture partner or other person or entity, which, to the Company’s knowledge, will use such proceeds for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(gg) Other than fees due to the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any Person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the Placement Agent for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Units.

(hh) The Company is not an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

(ii) The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than for the Placement Agent’s placement of the Units), or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

(jj) Except for the holders of warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Common Stock and the holder of 6,666 shares of Common Stock, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company, or to include securities held by them in a registration statement filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, other than each of the Purchasers executing this Agreement.

Each of the Purchasers acknowledges and agrees that the Company does not make and has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those representations and warranties specifically set forth in this Agreement.

3.2 Representations and Warranties of each Purchaser. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to only itself, as of the Closing Date, that:

(a) The Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by such Transaction Documents, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of the Purchaser. Each of the Transaction Documents to which the Purchaser is a party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of such Transaction Document, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable

 

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principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by each such Transaction Document, do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Purchaser’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Purchaser is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Purchaser is bound or affected.

(c) The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Units in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting the Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities or any part thereof in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

(d) Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with the Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that the Purchaser first became aware of the proposed transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of the Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Units covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement and its Affiliates and their respective investment advisors, agents, counsel and other advisors, the Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future.

(e) At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the

 

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Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

(f) Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities.

(g) Such Purchaser and its advisors, if any, have been 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 that have been requested by such Purchaser. Such Purchaser and its advisors, if any, in acquiring the Securities, have relied solely on their independent investigation of the Company and have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Purchaser or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. Such Purchaser understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

(h) Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

(i) Such Purchaser is a resident of that jurisdiction specified beneath the Purchaser’s name on the signature pages hereto.

(j) Such Purchaser understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, must be held indefinitely and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Purchaser provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the 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

 

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Securities Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Purchaser effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined below).

(k) Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and that the certificates or other instruments representing the Securities shall, until such time as the resale of the Common Shares, Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares have been registered under the Securities Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, shall bear any applicable legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN] [THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT (II) UNLESS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED TO A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

(l) Such Purchaser acknowledges to the Placement Agent that the Placement Agent is acting as placement agent for the Units being offered hereby and will be compensated by the Company for acting in such capacity. Such Purchaser further acknowledges that the Placement Agent has acted solely as placement agent in connection with the offering of the Units by the Company, that the information and data provided to such Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have not been subjected to independent verification or investigation by the Placement Agent, and that the Placement Agent makes no representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy or completeness of such information, data or other related disclosure material, nor shall the Placement Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees, representatives, controlling persons or agents be liable for any loss or damages of any kind resulting from the use of such information, data or related disclosure material except as set forth below. Such Purchaser further acknowledges that in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and purchase the Units, it has not relied on information provided by the Placement

 

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Agent but has conducted its own investigation and has relied on its own examination of the Company and the terms of, and consequences, of holding the Securities. Such Purchaser further acknowledges that the provisions of this Section 3.2(l) are for the benefit of, and may be enforced by, and only by, the Placement Agent.

(m) Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

(n) Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, since the earlier to occur of (1) the time that such Purchaser was first contacted by the Company or any other Person regarding this investment in the Company and (2) the tenth (10th) day prior to the date of this Agreement, neither such Purchaser nor any Affiliate of such Purchaser which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Purchaser’s investments or trading or information concerning such Purchaser’s investments, including in respect of the Securities, and (z) is subject to such Purchaser’s review or input concerning such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced, other than as provided in Section 4.9 and provided such Short Sales are conducted in compliance with applicable law (including federal securities laws).

(o) Such Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency, or similar agency of any other country, has reviewed, approved, passed upon, or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Company or the purchase of the Securities.

(p) Such Purchaser has no present intent to effect a “change of control” of the Company as such term is understood under the rules promulgated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser does not make or has not made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.

ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

4.1 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Trading Day immediately following the date

 

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hereof, file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and including the form of this Agreement as an exhibit thereto. From and after the issuance of such press release and Form 8-K, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any Purchaser by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company and the Purchasers shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor the Purchasers shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any of the Purchasers, or without the prior consent of the Purchasers, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.

4.2 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which will subsequently become public information in accordance with Section 4.1, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto each of the Purchasers shall have executed a written agreement with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

4.3 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Units hereunder for general business and working capital purposes, including the rollout of its telehealth products and services. The Company shall not use such proceeds for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, including the shares of Series C Preferred Shares.

4.4 Indemnification of Purchaser. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.4 and to the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold the Purchaser, its Affiliates, and their respective directors, managers, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls the Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, managers, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation (“Damages”) that any Purchaser Party may suffer or incur due to a claim by a third party as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or (b) any action instituted against a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any shareholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of the Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except to the extent such Damages are based upon a breach of the Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under this Agreement or any agreements or understandings the Purchaser

 

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may have with any such shareholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by the Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against the Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. The Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of the Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel (together with any necessary local counsel). The Company will not be liable to the Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to the Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchaser Party in this Agreement. The Company will not settle any such claim, action or proceeding without the prior written consent of the Purchaser Party, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that such consent shall not be required if the settlement includes a full and unconditional release satisfactory to the Purchaser Party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim or proceeding and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of the Purchaser Party.

4.5 Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of any Liens, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue shares of Common Stock issued (i) as part of the Units purchased pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Shares, and (ii) upon the exercise of the Warrants issued as part of the Units purchased pursuant to this Agreement.

4.6 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the Principal Market, and as soon as reasonably practicable (but not later than the Closing Date), to list all of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable as part of the Units or upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Shares or upon exercise of the Warrants on such Principal Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other securities exchange, it will include in such application all of such shares of Common Stock, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of such shares of Common Stock to be listed on such other securities exchange as promptly as possible. The Company will take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on such other securities exchange and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such securities exchange.

4.7 Reporting Status. Until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Purchaser shall have sold all of the Securities and (ii) the date on which the Purchaser may sell all of the Securities without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Reporting Period”), the

 

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Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination.

4.8 Equal Treatment of Purchaser. The sale and purchase of the Units to a Purchaser under this Agreement is, and shall be, on the same terms and conditions offered all other Purchasers of the Units in the Offering. If the Company offers better terms to any other purchaser of Units in the Offering than are being offered to the Purchasers under this Agreement, including, without limitation, by amendment or modification to this Agreement or otherwise, then the Company shall offer to sell the Units to the Purchaser on the same terms.

4.9 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.1. Each Purchaser covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.1, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that unless a Purchaser possesses material, non-public information with respect to the Company or has entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Company, (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.1, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.1 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality to the Company or its subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of the Purchaser’s assets, the covenants and agreements set forth in the first two sentences of this Section 4.9 shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

4.10 Right of First Refusal. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4.10, if the Company proposes to offer or sell any newly issued shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents in a transaction the principal purpose of which is to raise equity capital (collectively, “New Securities”), the Company shall first offer such New Securities to the Purchasers (the “Offer”) subject to each Purchaser’s pro rata equity investment in the Offering.

(a) The Company shall give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to the Purchasers, stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (ii) the number of such New Securities to be offered, and (iii) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities.

 

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(b) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, a Purchaser must deliver a written notice (“Notice of Acceptance”) to the Company prior to the end of the tenth (10th) day after such Purchaser’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the amount of New Securities that such Purchaser elects to purchase or otherwise acquire (at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice), which amount can be up to that portion of the New Securities equal to the Purchaser’s pro rata equity investment in the Offering (provided, for purposes of this Section 4.10, the Purchaser’s “pro rata equity investment in the Offering” shall mean the ratio of (i) the total number of shares of Units held by the Purchaser to (ii) the total number of Units sold by the Company in the Offering).

(c) The Company shall have 60 days after expiration of the Offer Period to sell or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of New Securities covered thereby shall be closed, if at all, within 30 days from the date of said agreement) to sell all or any part of such New Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by a Purchaser (the “Refused Securities”), but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice.

(d) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, a Purchaser shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to such Purchaser, the number or amount of New Securities specified in the Notice of Acceptance, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by a Purchaser of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and such Purchaser of a purchase agreement relating to such New Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company and such Purchaser.

(e) In the event that all of the Purchasers executing this Agreement elect, in the aggregate, to tender a Notice of Acceptance with respect to all of the New Securities described in an Offer Notice, then the Company and each such Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the purchase and sale of such New Securities as expeditiously as possible, but in no event later than 30 days following the expiration of the Offer Period.

(f) The right of first refusal in this Section 4.10 shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities.

(g) The obligations of the Company under this Section 4.10 shall terminate on the earlier to occur of the following: (i) a sale, merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company; or (ii) the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date.

(h) The right of first refusal set forth in this Section 4.10 is nonassignable, except that (a) such right is assignable by a Purchaser to any Affiliate of the Purchaser, (b) upon the death of any individual Purchaser, such right shall pass to the beneficiaries under the

 

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deceased Purchaser’s last will and testament or to the distributees of the deceased Purchaser’s estate, and (c) such right is assignable by a partnership or limited liability company to its partners or members, as applicable.

4.11 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities to the Purchasers in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the stockholder approval requirements, of the Principal Market.

4.12 Stockholder Approval. The Company shall, at its next regularly scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders, but in no event later than May 19, 2011 (which period may be reasonably extended in the case of Commission review of the Company’s proxy statement), hold a meeting of its stockholders for the purpose of obtaining the Stockholder Approval, with the recommendation of the Board of Directors that such proposal be approved, and the Company shall solicit proxies from its stockholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. If the Company does not obtain Stockholder Approval at the first meeting, the Company shall call a meeting every 120 days thereafter to seek Stockholder Approval until the earlier of the date that Stockholder Approval is obtained or the Series C Preferred Shares are no longer outstanding. Each Purchaser further agrees that it shall not be entitled to vote the shares of Common Stock of the Company issued to it pursuant to the Transaction Documents at any meeting of the Company’s stockholders convened to vote on a proposal to enable the Company to issue the shares of Common Stock underlying the Securities in excess of 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company on the Closing Date. In addition, each Purchaser agrees that it shall not acquire beneficial ownership of any other shares of the Company’s Common Stock at any time prior to obtaining the Stockholder Approval, or take any other action, to the extent that such acquisition, or other actions, would result in the inability of the Company to convert the Series C Preferred Shares following Stockholder Approval in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable to a “Mandatory Conversion” as specified in the Series C Certificate of Designation.

4.13 Principal Market Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to the contrary, subject to receipt of Stockholder Approval, the Company shall not issue, and no Purchaser shall be permitted to purchase (whether hereunder, upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Shares or upon exercise of any Warrants) any shares of Common Stock if and to the extent that the purchase and issuance of such shares of Common Stock would cause the Company to exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue or be deemed to have issued without breaching the Company’s obligations under the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Market (including, without limitation, Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) or such other exchange on which the Company’s shares of Common Stock or then listed or quoted for trading (the “Exchange Cap”). In the absence of Stockholder Approval, in no event shall Purchaser be permitted to acquire shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Units issued to the Purchaser hereunder on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the total number of Units issued to all purchasers in the Offering on the Closing Date (with respect to each purchaser, the “Exchange Cap Allocation”). In the event that Purchaser shall sell or otherwise transfer any of the securities comprising the Units, the transferee thereof shall be allocated a pro rata portion of Purchaser’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such transferee.

 

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4.14 Transfer Restrictions. The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, to the Company or to an affiliate of a Purchaser or to an entity managed by a Purchaser (provided, in such case the prospective transferee agrees in all such instances in writing to be subject to the terms hereof to the same extent as if he or she were an original Purchaser hereunder), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before October 13, 2010; provided, however, that such termination will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).

5.2 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. At the Closing, the Company has agreed to pay to Berenbaum Weinshienk, PC, counsel to the lead investor, the sum of $10,000, in payment for legal fees incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents and the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the next Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

 

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5.5 Amendments; Waivers. Prior to Closing, no provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers obligated to purchase at least 50% of the Units or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. After the Closing, no provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least 50% of the outstanding Securities or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

5.6 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets). A Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom the Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of this Agreement that apply to the “Purchasers.”

5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and the Purchaser Parties (with respect to Section 4.4) and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

5.9 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or

 

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proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

5.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

5.11 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

5.12 Replacement of Certificates. If any certificate evidencing the securities issued or issuable hereunder is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity or security, if requested. The applicant for a new certificate under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement certificates.

5.13 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under this Agreement. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in this Agreement and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

5.14 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise this Agreement and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement or any amendments hereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of capital stock in this Agreement shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

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5.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

5.16 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations and warranties made by the Company and each of the Purchasers herein will survive the execution of this Agreement, the Closing and the delivery to the Purchasers of the Units being purchased and the payment therefor until the first anniversary of the Closing Date, except for those representations and warranties which speak as of a specific date. All covenants and other agreements set forth in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for the respective periods set forth therein and if no such period is specified until the first anniversary of the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Sections 4.1, 4.4, and 5.5 shall survive for the applicable statute of limitations.

5.17 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, Purchasers and their respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through K&L Gates LLP. K&L Gates LLP does not represent any of the Purchasers, but rather only the Placement Agent.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.     Address for Notice:
       

Connell Corporate Center

300 Connell Drive, 5th Floor

Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922

Attn: President

By:  

 

    Fax:
  Name:      
  Title:      
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):    

Becker & Poliakoff, LLP

45 Broadway

11th Floor

New York, NY 10006

Attn: Michael Goldstein

Fax: 212-557-0295

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser:  

 

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:  

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:  

 

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:  

 

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:  

 

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:  

 

 

Address for Notices to Purchaser:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address for Delivery of certificated Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for notices):

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Subscription Amount: $                                        

No. of Units Purchased:                     , comprised of:

 

No. of Common Shares:

 

 

 

No. of Series C Preferred Shares:

 

 

 

No. of Common Stock Warrants:

 

 

 

EIN Number:                                         

 

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Exhibit A

Registration Rights Agreement

 

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Exhibit B

Series C Certificate of Designation

 

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Exhibit C

Form of Warrant

 

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Exhibit D

Form of Lock Up Agreement

 

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Exhibit E

Form of Legal Opinion

 

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Exhibit F

Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

 

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Exhibit G

Form of Selling Securityholder Questionnaire

 

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EX-10.2 5 dex102.htm FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Form of Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 12, 2010 by and among Authentidate Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the “Purchasers” named in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

The parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value, and any securities into which such shares may hereinafter be reclassified.

Purchasers” means the Purchasers identified in the Purchase Agreement and any Affiliate or permitted transferee of any Purchaser who is a subsequent holder of any Warrants or Registrable Securities.

Prospectus” means (i) the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

Register,” “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration made by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the 1933 Act (as defined below), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement or document.

Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Shares, (ii) the Conversion Shares, (iii) the Warrant Shares and (iv) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for Registrable Securities, whether by merger, charter amendment or otherwise; provided, that, a security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon (A) sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or (B) such security becoming eligible for sale without restriction by the Purchasers pursuant to Rule 144.

Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

Required Purchasers” means the Purchasers holding a majority of the Registrable Securities.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

2. Registration.

(a) Registration Statements. Promptly following the closing of the purchase and sale of the securities contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”) but no later than forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC one Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company, on such form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of the Registrable Securities), covering the resale of the Registrable Securities. Subject to any SEC comments, such Registration Statement shall include the plan of distribution attached hereto as Exhibit A; provided, however, that no Purchaser shall be named as an “underwriter” in the Registration Statement without the Purchaser’s prior written consent. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the Registrable Securities. Such Registration Statement shall not include any shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of any other holder without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers except with respect to security holders of the Company that possess registration rights granted by the Company prior to the date hereof. The Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Purchasers and their counsel prior to its filing or other submission. If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company will make pro rata payments to each Purchaser, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount invested by such Purchaser for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities. The filing of the Registration Statement shall terminate the existence of any event giving rise to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to the foregoing sentence. Such payments shall constitute the Purchasers’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Purchasers to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to each Purchaser in cash no later than ten (10) days after the end of each 30-day period.

(b) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses associated with each registration, including filing and printing fees, the Company’s counsel and accounting fees and expenses, costs associated with clearing the Registrable Securities for sale under applicable state securities laws, and listing fees. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any discounts, commissions, fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals with respect to the Registrable Securities being sold, or any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

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(c) Effectiveness.

(i) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable. The Company shall notify the Purchasers by facsimile or e-mail as promptly as practicable, and in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours, after any Registration Statement is declared effective and shall simultaneously provide the Purchasers with copies of any related Prospectus to be used in connection with the sale or other disposition of the securities covered thereby. If (A) a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the SEC prior to the earlier of (i) five (5) Business Days after the SEC shall have informed the Company that no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments on the Registration Statement or (ii) the 90th day after the filing date, or (B) after a Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, sales cannot be made pursuant to such Registration Statement for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), but excluding any Allowed Delay (as defined below) or the inability of any Purchaser to sell the Registrable Securities covered thereby due to market conditions, then the Company will make pro rata payments to each Purchaser, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount invested by such Purchaser for each 30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which such Registration Statement should have been effective (the “Blackout Period”). Such payments shall constitute the Purchasers’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Purchasers to seek injunctive relief. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid monthly within ten (10) days of the last day of each month following the commencement of the Blackout Period until the termination of the Blackout Period. The Blackout Period shall expire upon the declaration of effectiveness by the SEC of the Registration Statement (if the Blackout Period is covered by clause (A) of this Section 2(c)(i)) or the date on which sales pursuant to the Registration Statement may resume (if the Blackout Period is covered by clause (B) of this Section 2(c)(i)). Such payments shall be made to each Purchaser in cash.

(ii) For not more than twenty (20) consecutive days or for a total of not more than forty-five (45) days in any twelve (12) month period, the Company may suspend the use of any Prospectus included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Section in the event that the Company determines in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company or (B) amend or supplement the affected Registration Statement or the related Prospectus so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (a) notify each Purchaser in writing of the commencement of and the reasons for an Allowed Delay, but shall not (without the prior written consent of a Purchaser) disclose to such Purchaser any material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (b) advise the Purchasers in writing to cease all sales under the Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as practicable.

 

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(d) Rule 415; Cutback If at any time the SEC takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or requires any Purchaser to be named as an “underwriter”, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to persuade the SEC that the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement is a valid secondary offering and not an offering “by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule 415 and that none of the Purchasers is an “underwriter”. The Purchasers shall have the right to participate or have their counsel participate in any meetings or discussions with the SEC regarding the SEC’s position and to comment or have their counsel comment on any written submission made to the SEC with respect thereto. No such written submission shall be made to the SEC to which the Purchasers’ counsel reasonably objects. In the event that, despite the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 2(d), the SEC refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such portion of the Registrable Securities (the “Cut Back Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities as the SEC may require to assure the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule 415 (collectively, the “SEC Restrictions”); provided, however, that the Company shall not agree to name any Purchaser as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Purchaser. Any cut-back imposed on the Purchasers pursuant to this Section 2(d) shall be allocated among the Purchasers on a pro rata basis and shall be applied first to any Conversion Shares, unless the SEC Restrictions otherwise require or provide or the Purchasers otherwise agree. No liquidated damages shall accrue as to any Cut Back Shares until such date as the Company is able to effect the registration of such Cut Back Shares in accordance with any SEC Restrictions (such date, the “Restriction Termination Date”) of such Cut Back Shares. From and after the Restriction Termination Date applicable to any Cut Back Shares, all of the provisions of this Section 2 (including the liquidated damages provisions) shall again be applicable to such Cut Back Shares; provided, however, that (i) the Filing Deadline for the Registration Statement including such Cut Back Shares shall be thirty (30) days after such Restriction Termination Date, and (ii) the date by which the Company is required to obtain effectiveness with respect to such Cut Back Shares under Section 2(c) shall be the 90th day immediately after the Restriction Termination Date.

(e) If an event occurs resulting in the Company being required to make payments to a Purchaser pursuant to the liquidated damages provisions of Section 2(a) or 2(c) (a “Registration Event”), the Company’s maximum liability under Section 2(a) and 2(c) shall be to make payments up to 6% of the aggregate amount invested by the Purchasers; provided, however, if a Registration Event occurs (or is continuing) on a date more than six months after the Purchaser acquired the Registrable Securities (and thus the six month holding period under Rule 144(d) has elapsed), liquidated damages shall be paid only with respect to that portion of the Purchaser’s Registrable Securities that cannot then be immediately resold in reliance on Rule 144. Further, amounts payable as liquidated damages to each Purchaser hereunder with respect to each share of Registrable Securities shall cease when the Purchaser no longer holds such shares of Registrable Securities. No Registration Event shall be deemed to occur or continue if such Registration Event is caused by delays which are solely attributable to (i) the failure of a Purchaser to timely advise the Company of any information regarding such Purchaser for inclusion in the Registration Statement, or (ii) the resolution of comments from the SEC pertaining to the Purchasers.

 

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3. Company Obligations. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement as amended from time to time, have been sold, and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (the “Effectiveness Period”) and advise the Purchasers in writing when the Effectiveness Period has expired;

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and to comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act with respect to the distribution of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby;

(c) provide copies to and permit counsel designated by the Purchasers to review each Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto no fewer than five (5) days prior to their filing with the SEC and not file any document to which such counsel reasonably objects;

(d) furnish to the Purchasers and their legal counsel (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or received by the Company (but not later than two (2) Business Days after the filing date, receipt date or sending date, as the case may be) one (1) copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, and each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) such number of copies of a Prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as each Purchaser may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Purchaser that are covered by the related Registration Statement;

(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness and, (ii) if such order is issued, obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment;

(f) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Purchasers and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions requested by the Purchasers and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the distribution in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by

 

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the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (i) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(f), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject but for this Section 3(f), or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(g) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(h) immediately notify the Purchasers, at any time prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly prepare, file with the SEC and furnish to such holder a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus as may be necessary so that such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; and

(i) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the 1933 Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, promptly inform the Purchasers in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Purchasers are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of this subsection 3(i), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter).

(j) With a view to making available to the Purchasers the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Purchasers to sell shares of Common Stock to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (A) six months after such date as all of the Registrable Securities may be sold without restriction by the holders thereof pursuant to Rule 144 or any other rule of similar effect or (B) such date as all of the Registrable Securities shall have been resold; (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other

 

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documents required of the Company under the 1934 Act; and (iii) furnish to each Purchaser upon request, as long as such Purchaser owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Purchaser of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

4. Due Diligence Review; Information. The Company shall make available, during normal business hours, for inspection and review by the Purchasers, advisors to and representatives of the Purchasers (who may or may not be affiliated with the Purchasers and who are reasonably acceptable to the Company), all financial and other records, all SEC Filings (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and other filings with the SEC, and all other corporate documents and properties of the Company as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such review, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees, within a reasonable time period, to supply all such information reasonably requested by the Purchasers or any such representative, advisor or underwriter in connection with such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, in response to all questions and other inquiries reasonably made or submitted by any of them), prior to and from time to time after the filing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement for the sole purpose of enabling the Purchasers and such representatives, advisors and underwriters and their respective accountants and attorneys to conduct initial and ongoing due diligence with respect to the Company and the accuracy of such Registration Statement.

The Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to the Purchasers, or to advisors to or representatives of the Purchasers, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides the Purchasers, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material nonpublic information for review and any Purchaser wishing to obtain such information enters into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.

5. Obligations of the Purchasers.

(a) Each Purchaser shall furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Purchaser of the information the Company requires from such Purchaser if such Purchaser elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. A Purchaser shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if such Purchaser elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. The Company shall not be required to include the Registrable Securities of a Holder in a Registration Statement and shall not be required to pay any liquidated or other damages under Sections 2(a) and 2(c) hereof to such Holder who fails to furnish to the Company a fully completed selling holder questionnaire at least two Business Days prior to the Filing Date.

 

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(b) Each Purchaser, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Purchaser has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

(c) Each Purchaser agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii) or (ii) the happening of an event pursuant to Section 3(h) hereof, such Purchaser will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until the Purchaser is advised by the Company that such dispositions may again be made.

6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and its officers, directors, members, partners, employees and agents, successors and assigns, and each other person, if any, who controls such Purchaser within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus or final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof; (ii) any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company specifically for that purpose or based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all of the Registrable Securities under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information herein called a “Blue Sky Application”); (iii) the omission or alleged omission to state in a Blue Sky Application a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) any violation by the Company or its agents of any rule or regulation promulgated under the 1933 Act applicable to the Company or its agents and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with such registration; or (v) any failure to register or qualify the Registrable Securities included in any such Registration Statement in any state where the Company or its agents has affirmatively undertaken or agreed in writing that the Company will undertake such registration or qualification on a Purchaser’s behalf and will reimburse such Purchaser, and each such officer, director or member and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon (i) a Purchaser’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act, (ii) the use by a Purchaser of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Purchase in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective, or (iii) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Purchaser or any such controlling person in writing specifically for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Blue Sky Application.

 

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(b) Indemnification by the Purchasers. Each Purchaser agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees, stockholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from (i) such Purchaser’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act; (ii) the use by such Purchaser of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Purchase in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective; or (iii) any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or in any Blue Sky Application or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (A) to the extent, but only to the extent that (1) such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Purchaser to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or Blue Sky Application or (2)such information relates to such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Purchaser expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Purchaser has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a Purchaser be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expense paid by such Purchaser in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Purchaser upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation, except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Purchaser.

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person unless (a) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees or expenses, or (b) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or (c) in the reasonable judgment of any such person, based upon written advice of its counsel, a conflict of interest exists between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such person); and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that such failure to give notice shall materially adversely affect the indemnifying party in the defense of any such claim or litigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any

 

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proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties. No indemnifying party will, except with the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of an indemnified party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the indemnified party, as incurred; provided, that the indemnified party shall promptly reimburse the indemnifying party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which it is finally judicially determined (not subject to appeal) such indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(d) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs (a) and (b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient to hold it harmless, other than as expressly specified therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act shall be entitled to contribution from any person not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such holder.

7. Miscellaneous.

(a) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Company and the Required Purchasers. The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Purchasers.

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made as set forth in Section 5.4 of the Purchase Agreement.

(c) Assignments and Transfers by Purchasers. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Purchasers and their respective successors and assigns. A Purchaser may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more persons its rights hereunder in connection with the transfer of Registrable

 

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Securities by such Purchaser to such person, provided that such Purchaser complies with all laws applicable thereto and provides written notice of assignment to the Company promptly after such assignment is effected.

(d) Assignments and Transfers by the Company. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers, provided, however, that in the event that the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar business combination transaction in which the Common Stock is converted into the equity securities of another Person, from and after the effective time of such transaction, such Person shall, by virtue of such transaction, be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Company hereunder, the term “Company” shall be deemed to refer to such Person and the term “Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to include the securities received by the Purchasers in connection with such transaction unless such securities are otherwise freely tradable by the Purchasers after giving effect to such transaction.

(e) Restriction on Other Registration Statements. The Company shall not file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act (other than the Registration Statement) or a prospectus supplement relating to the resale of the Company’s securities held by third parties, other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or in connection with an acquisition on Form S-4, until the earlier of (i) the date that is thirty (30) days after the Registration Statement contemplated in Section 2(a) of this Agreement is declared effective and (ii) the date that all Registrable Securities are eligible for resale by non-affiliates without volume or manner of sale restrictions under Rule 144 and without the requirement for the company to be in compliance with the current public information requirements under Rule 144. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be prohibited from filing a registration statement under the Securities Act, or amendments or prospectus supplements to registration statements, relating to a public offering of the Company’s securities, whether by the Company or a placement agent for the Company’s account, or an underwriter of the Company’s securities.

(f) Benefits of the Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

(g) Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

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(h) Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

(j) Further Assurances. The parties shall execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents and take all such other actions as may reasonably be required to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and to evidence the fulfillment of the agreements herein contained.

(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

(l) Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the

 

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prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

(m) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

The Company:   AUTHENTIDATE HOLDING CORP.
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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The Purchasers:  

 

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Exhibit A

Plan of Distribution

The selling stockholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.

The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:

 

   

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

   

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

   

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

   

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

   

privately negotiated transactions;

 

   

short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC;

 

   

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

   

broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

   

a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

   

any other method permitted by applicable law.

The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this


prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

The aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholders from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering. Upon any exercise of the warrants by payment of cash, however, we will receive the exercise price of the warrants.

The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of that rule.

The selling stockholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the common stock or interests therein may be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

Each selling stockholder has advised us that they have not entered into any written or oral agreements, understandings or arrangements with any underwriter or broker-dealer regarding the sale of the resale shares. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the selling stockholders.

To the extent required, the shares of our common stock to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

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In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.

We have advised the selling stockholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, to the extent applicable we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.

We have agreed with the selling stockholders to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of (1) such time as all of the shares covered by this prospectus have been disposed of pursuant to and in accordance with the registration statement or (2) the date on which the shares may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

 

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EX-99.1 6 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

LOGO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For: Authentidate Holding Corp.

Investor Contacts:

Robert Schatz

Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Assoc. LLC

(212) 370-4500; (212) 370-4505 fax

Authentidate Holding Corp. Announces

Private Placement of $5.0 Million

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - October 13, 2010 — Authentidate Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: ADAT), a worldwide provider of secure health information exchange, workflow management services and telehealth solutions, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for the purchase of $5.0 million of units of its securities in a private placement financing with a select group of institutional and accredited investors. In the aggregate, the company will sell 1,250,000 units consisting of a total of 7,500,000 shares of common stock, 1,250,000 shares of Series C 15% Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, and warrants to purchase an additional 6,250,000 shares of common stock at a price of $4.00 per unit. Each unit consists of six shares of common stock, one share of Preferred Stock and five warrants.

The shares of Preferred Stock have a cumulative dividend of 15% and will automatically convert into approximately 5,000,000 shares of common stock at the initial rate of $0.40 per share immediately upon the company’s stockholders’ approval of such conversion under applicable NASDAQ Listing Rules. If the shares of Preferred Stock are not converted into common stock on or prior to the 18 month anniversary of the closing date, the company is required to redeem all of the shares of Preferred Stock for an aggregate amount of $2,050,000, plus accrued but unpaid dividends. The warrants will be exercisable for a period of 54 months following the six month anniversary date of the closing at an initial exercise price of $0.70 per share.

“Concerns over access to capital have impacted the implementation of our business strategy during the last fiscal year so the importance of this financing cannot be underestimated,” said O’Connell Benjamin, President of Authentidate. “We believe that this transaction provides the company with sufficient capital to continue our business plans for at least the next 12 months.”

The company expects net proceeds at closing of approximately $4.5 million after the deduction of offering expenses. Funding from the financing will be used for general corporate purposes and working capital, including the rollout of its telehealth products and services. The transaction is expected to close on or about October 13, 2010, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions.

C.K. Cooper & Company acted as the sole placement agent for this transaction.

The securities sold in this private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws, and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws. The company has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the resale of the shares of common stock issued in this private placement and the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrants and conversion of the Preferred Stock issued in the private placement.

 

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This release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state. Any offering of the securities under the resale registration statement will only be by means of a prospectus.

About Authentidate Holding Corp.

Authentidate Holding Corp. is a worldwide provider of secure health information exchange, workflow management services and telehealth solutions. The company’s software and web-based services enable healthcare organizations and other enterprises to increase revenues, reduce costs and enhance patient care by eliminating paper and manual work steps from clinical and administrative processes. The web-based services are delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), and only require that customers have an Internet connection and web browser. The company’s healthcare customers and users include leading homecare companies, health systems and physician groups. These organizations utilize the company’s products and services to coordinate care for patients outside of acute-care.

The company has offices in the United States and Germany. In the United States, Authentidate offers its patent pending content authentication technology in the form of the United States Postal Service® Electronic Postmark® (USPS EPM®).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.authentidate.com.

About ExpressMD Solutions

ExpressMD Solutions is a joint venture formed by Authentidate Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: ADAT) and Encountercare Solutions (ECSL) to provide web-based telehealth services and home healthcare equipment dedicated to the advancement of in-home patient health care and improved chronic condition outcomes.

The complete ExpressMD telehealth solution combines Electronic House Call, an FDA 510(k) market clearance approved, in-home patient vital signs monitoring system with a web application that streamlines the practitioner’s job anywhere they have Internet or a Windows mobile communication device.

For more information about ExpressMD Solutions, visit www.expressmdsolutions.com

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. When used in this release, the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “think,” “intend,” “plan,” “will be,” “expect,” and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements regarding future events and/or the future financial performance of the company are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual events or the actual future results of the company to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the availability of any needed financing, the company’s ability to implement its business plan for various applications of its technologies, related decisions by the USPS, the impact of competition, the management of growth, and the other risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in the company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the company or any other person that the objectives and plans of the company will be achieved.

 

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Authentidate and Inscrybe are registered trademarks of Authentidate Holding Corp. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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