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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2005

Registration No. 333-            

 


U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

StockerYale, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Massachusetts   04-2114473

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I. R. S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

32 Hampshire Road

Salem, New Hampshire 03079

(603) 893-8778

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

Richard P. Lindsay

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

StockerYale, Inc.

32 Hampshire Road

Salem, New Hampshire 03079

(603) 893-8778

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

With a copy to:

 

Thomas B. Rosedale, Esq.

BRL Law Group LLC

31 St. James Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(617) 399-6931

 



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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as possible after the registration statement becomes effective.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.     ¨

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.     x

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.     ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.     ¨

 

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box.     ¨

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


TITLE OF SHARES

TO BE

REGISTERED

   AMOUNT TO
BE
REGISTERED
  PROPOSED
MAXIMUM
OFFERING
PRICE
PER SHARE(2)
   PROPOSED
MAXIMUM
AGGREGATE
OFFERING
PRICE(2)
   AMOUNT
OF REGISTRATION
FEE

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

   4,411,518(1)   $0.93    $4,102,712    $483

 

(1) The Registrant has completed a series of transactions in which it issued shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, and Warrants to purchase shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock. The Registrant is registering for resale: (i) 3,095,906 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, and (ii) 1,315,612 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions affecting the shares to be offered by the selling stockholders.

 

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on October 14, 2005 in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 



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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and the selling stockholders are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion, dated October 17, 2005

 

PROSPECTUS

 

StockerYale, Inc.

 

4,411,518 Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value

per share

 


 

This prospectus relates to resales from time to time of:

 

    3,095,906 shares of our Common Stock issued and sold by the Company to the selling stockholders; and

 

    1,315,612 shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued by the Company to the selling stockholders.

 

All of the shares being offered by this prospectus are being offered by the selling stockholders named in this prospectus. This offering is not being underwritten. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of our Common Stock in this offering. Upon any exercise of the warrants by payment of cash, however, we will receive the exercise price of the warrants, which ranges from $0.80 to $1.17 per share. The selling stockholders identified in this prospectus, or their pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest, may offer the shares of Common Stock or interests therein from time to time through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices.

 

Our Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “STKR.” On October 14, 2005, the closing sale price of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market was $0.91 per share. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Common Stock.

 


 

INVESTING IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE “ RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 4.

 


 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 


 

The date of this prospectus is                     , 2005.


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Prospectus Summary

  1

Risk Factors

  4

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

  9

Use Of Proceeds

  9

Selling Stockholders

  10

Plan Of Distribution

  12

Legal Matters

  14

Experts

  14

Where You Can Find More Information

  14

Incorporation Of Certain Documents By Reference

  14

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained in this prospectus in connection with the offering made hereby, and if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by StockerYale or any of the selling stockholders. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since the date hereof or that the information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security other than the securities covered by this prospectus, nor does it constitute an offer to, or solicitation of, any person in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation may not lawfully be made.


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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

Our Business

 

This summary highlights important features of this offering and the information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our Common Stock. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in our Common Stock discussed under “Risk Factors.”

 

Overview

 

StockerYale, Inc. was incorporated on March 27, 1951 under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In December 1995, we completed the registration of our Common Stock with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and our Common Stock now trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the trading symbol “STKR”.

 

We are an independent designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, light emitting diodes, fiber optic, and fluorescent illumination technologies as well as specialty optical fiber, phase masks and advanced optical sub-components. We operate within two segments, illumination products and optical components. Illumination products include structured light lasers, specialized fiber optic, fluorescent and light-emitting diode products for the machine vision, industrial inspection and defense and security industries. The optical components segment includes specialty optical fiber and diffractive optics/phase masks for the telecommunications, defense and medical industries.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 32 Hampshire Road, Salem, New Hampshire 03079 and our telephone number is (603) 893-8778. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “StockerYale”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to StockerYale, Inc.

 

The Offering

 

Common Stock

offered by the

selling stockholders

   3,095,906 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) issued and sold by the Company to the selling stockholders; and
     1,315,612 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of certain warrants issued by the Company to the selling stockholders.
     The warrants and shares of Common Stock were issued in the transactions described below under “The Transactions.”
Use of Proceeds    We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering. Upon any exercise of the warrants by payment of cash, however, we will receive the exercise price of the warrants, which is $0.80 per share for 168,621 shares of Common Stock subject to the warrants, $0.90 per share for 250,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the warrants and $1.17 per share for 896,991 shares of Common Stock subject to the warrants. To the extent we receive cash upon any exercise of the warrants, we expect to use that cash for general working capital purposes.

Nasdaq National Market

symbol for the Common Stock

   STKR

 

All of the shares being offered by this prospectus are being offered by the selling stockholders listed herein under “Selling Stockholders” below. The selling stockholders identified in this prospectus, or their pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest, may offer the shares or interests therein from time to time through public or private transactions at fixed prices that may be changed, at market prices

 

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prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at prices otherwise negotiated, as described in greater detail under “Plan of Distribution” below.

 

The Transactions

 

Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement

 

On August 12, 2005 and August 16, 2005, pursuant to the terms of separate Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreements, the Company issued and sold in a private placement (the “August 2005 Financing”) (i) 2,222,222 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited (“Eureka”) at a per share price of $0.90 and a warrant (the “Eureka Warrant”) to purchase an aggregate of 740,741 shares of Common Stock at a per share exercise price of $1.17, and (ii) 625,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to Van Wagoner Crossover Fund (“Van Wagoner”) at a per share price of $0.80 and a warrant (the “Van Wagoner Warrant”) to purchase an aggregate of 156,250 shares of Common Stock at a per share price of $1.17. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $2,500,000 in the private placement. The Eureka Warrant and the Van Wagoner Warrant expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance. The shares of Common Stock, the Eureka Warrant and the Van Wagoner Warrant were issued pursuant to the exemption from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 under Section 4(2) thereof.

 

Amendment and Waiver of Principal Payments Under Notes

 

On July 13, 2005, the Company entered into a separate Amendment and Waiver (the “July 2005 Amendments”) with each of Laurus Master Fund, LTD (“Laurus”) and Smithfield Fiduciary LLC (“Smithfield”) pursuant to which Laurus and Smithfield agreed to defer the payment of principal amounts due and payable by the Company in July 2005 under promissory notes issued by the Company to Laurus and Smithfield in February, June and December 2004 until the respective maturity dates of the promissory notes. In connection with the July 2005 Amendments, the Company issued (i) a warrant to Laurus to purchase 150,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a per share price of $0.80 (the “Laurus Warrant”), and (ii) a warrant to Smithfield to purchase 18,621 shares of the Company’s common stock at a per share price of $0.80 (the “Smithfield Warrant”). The Laurus Warrant and the Smithfield Warrant expire on the seventh anniversary of the date of issuance. The Laurus Warrant and the Smithfield Warrant were issued pursuant to the exemption from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 under Section 4(2) thereof.

 

On August 10, 2005, the Company entered into a separate Amendment and Waiver (the “August 2005 Amendments”) with each of Laurus and Smithfield. Under the terms of the August 2005 Amendments, Laurus and Smithfield agreed to defer the payment of principal amounts due and payable by the Company in August and September 2005 under promissory notes issued by the Company to Laurus and Smithfield in February, June and December 2004 until the respective maturity dates of the notes. In connection with the August 2005 Amendments, the Company issued 225,000 shares of Common Stock to Laurus and 23,684 shares of Common Stock to Smithfield. The shares of Common Stock were issued pursuant to the exemption from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 under Section 4(2) thereof.

 

Issuance of Convertible Note and Warrant

 

On May 12, 2005, the Company issued a Senior Promissory Note to Eureka (the “Eureka May 2005 Financing”) in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (the “Eureka Note”). In connection with the issuance of the Eureka Note, on May 12, 2005, the Company issued a Common Stock Purchase Warrant to Eureka (the “Eureka May Warrant”) to purchase 250,000 shares of Common Stock at a per share price of $0.90. The Eureka May Warrant expires on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance. The Eureka Note and Eureka May Warrant were issued pursuant to the exemption from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 under Section 4(2) thereof.

 

The Eureka Warrant, the Van Wagoner Warrant, the Laurus Warrant, the Smithfield Warrant and the Eureka May Warrant are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the “Warrants.”

 

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We are registering the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus in order to fulfill our contractual obligations to the selling stockholders contained in the agreements relating to the August 2005 Financing, the August 2005 Amendments, the July 2005 Amendments and the Eureka May 2005 Financing. Registration of the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus does not necessarily mean that all or any portion of such shares will be offered for sale by the selling stockholders.

 

Recent Developments

 

Extension of Maturity Date

 

On August 25, 2005, the Company entered into an amendment to the Eureka Note pursuant to which the maturity date of the Company’s obligations under the Eureka Note was extended from September 12, 2005 to December 15, 2005.

 

Nasdaq Confirmation of Compliance

 

On October 12, 2005, we received a notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market confirming that we regained compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(5) because our common stock had closed at or above the minimum $1.00 per share for 10 consecutive business days.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

You should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. Our business could be harmed by any of these risks. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment. In assessing these risks, you should also refer to the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes.

 

We have a history of losses and may never achieve or sustain profitability and may not continue as a going concern.

 

We have experienced operating losses over the last several years and may continue to incur losses and negative operating cash flows. We cannot predict the size or duration of any future losses. We have historically financed our operations with proceeds from debt financings and the sale of equity securities. The audit report from Vitale, Caturano & Company Ltd., our independent registered public accounting firm, regarding our 2004 financial statements contains Vitale Caturano’s opinion that our recurring losses from operations and our need to obtain additional financing raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We anticipate that we will continue to incur net losses in the future. As a result, we can give no assurance that we will achieve profitability or be capable of sustaining profitable operations. If we are unable to reach and sustain profitability, we risk depleting our working capital balances and our business may not continue as a going concern.

 

Our ability to continue as a going concern may be dependent on raising additional capital, which we may not be able to do on favorable terms, or at all.

 

As of June 30, 2005, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $815,000. In August 2005, we completed the sale in a private placement of 2,847,222 shares of our Common Stock to The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited and to Van Wagoner Crossover Fund for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,500,000. We need to raise additional capital and such capital may not be available on favorable terms or at all. If we do not raise additional capital, our business may not continue as a going concern. We are currently pursuing several financing options, including the possible sale of additional equity securities, debt financings and the sale of real estate. Even if we do find outside funding sources, we may be required to issue securities with greater rights than those currently possessed by holders of our common stock. We may also be required to take other actions that may lessen the value of our common stock or dilute our common stockholders, including borrowing money on terms that are not favorable to us or issuing additional equity securities. If we experience difficulties raising money in the future, our business and liquidity will be materially adversely affected.

 

Failure to comply with credit facility covenants may result in an acceleration of substantial indebtedness.

 

Our financing agreements with National Bank of Canada and Laurus Master Fund require us to comply with various financial and other operating covenants, such as maintaining a certain level of working capital and net worth, limiting our capital expenditures and meeting certain financial coverage ratios and maximum inventory levels. If we breach our financing agreements with National Bank of Canada and Laurus Master Fund, a default could result. A default, if not waived, could result in, among other things, all or a portion of our outstanding amounts becoming due and payable on an accelerated basis, which would adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to manage our business.

 

Securities we issue to fund our operations could dilute or otherwise adversely affect our shareholders.

 

We will likely need to raise additional funds through public or private debt or equity financings to fund our operations. If we raise funds by issuing equity securities, or if we issue additional equity securities to acquire assets, a business or another company, the percentage ownership of current shareholders will be reduced. If we raise funds by issuing debt securities, we may be required to agree to covenants that substantially restrict our ability to operate our business. We may not obtain sufficient financing on terms

 

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that are favorable to investors or us. We may delay, limit or eliminate some or all of our proposed operations if adequate funds are not available.

 

In addition, upon issuance of the shares of common stock upon exercise of outstanding warrants or other convertible or derivative securities, the percentage ownership of current shareholders will be diluted substantially.

 

We may be unable to fund the initiatives required to achieve our business strategy.

 

In 2002, we began to focus our resources on opportunities that would result in near-term revenue and simultaneously reduced our operating expenses by 40% on an annualized basis. In 2003 and 2004, we continued to reduce costs and we are currently evaluating the restructuring of our product lines. While we believe these efforts will assist us in improving our financial condition, we can give no assurances as to whether our cost reduction and product restructuring efforts will be successful. If our cost reduction strategies are unsuccessful, we may be unable to fund our operations.

 

We face risks related to securities litigation that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Beginning in May 2005, three putative securities class action complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire against us and several of our current and former directors and officers, purportedly on behalf of certain of the Company’s shareholders. The complaints, which assert claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, allege that certain disclosures made by us in press releases dated April 19, 2004 and April 21, 2004 were materially false or misleading. The complaints seek unspecified damages, as well as interest, costs, and attorneys fees. It is possible that one or more additional complaints making substantially similar allegations may follow. The three complaints were consolidated into one action and assigned to one federal judge. The Court appointed a group of lead plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ counsel, who we expect will soon file a consolidated amended complaint, which would supercede the previously filed complaints.

 

Additionally, on June 17, 2005, a purported shareholder derivative action was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire against us (as a nominal defendant) and several of our current and former directors and officers. The plaintiff derivatively claims breaches of fiduciary duty by the defendant directors and officers in connection with the disclosures made by us in press releases dated April 19, 2004 and April 21, 2004, the awarding of executive bonuses, and trading in Company common stock while allegedly in possession of material, non-public information. Plaintiff did not make pre-suit demand on the Board of Directors prior to commencing this derivative action. Upon the joint motion of the parties to the derivative action, the court has stayed the derivative action indefinitely. However, the derivative action may be revived upon the motion of any party.

 

We intend to vigorously contest the allegations in the securities and derivative complaints. However, due to the preliminary nature of these cases, we are not able to predict the outcome of this litigation or the application of, or coverage provided by, our insurance carriers. There is no assurance we and our current and former directors and officers will prevail in defending these actions or that our insurance policies will cover all or any expenses or financial obligations arising from the lawsuits. If our defenses are ultimately unsuccessful, or if we are unable to achieve a favorable settlement or coverage from our insurance carriers, we could be liable for large damage awards that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

A small number of affiliated stockholders control more than 10% of our stock.

 

Our executive officers and directors as a group own or control approximately thirteen percent (13%) of our common stock. Accordingly, these shareholders, if they act together, will be able to influence our management and affairs and all matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. In addition, this concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

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The unpredictability of our quarterly results may cause the trading price of our common stock to fluctuate or decline.

 

Our operating results have varied on a quarterly basis during our operating history and are likely to continue to vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter and period-to-period as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control and any one of which may cause our stock price to fluctuate.

 

Such factors include the implementation of our new business strategy, which makes prediction of future revenues difficult. Our ability to accurately forecast revenues from sales of our products is further limited by the development and sales cycles related to our products, which make it difficult to predict the quarter in which sales will occur. In addition, our expense levels are based, in part, on our expectations regarding future revenues, and our expenses are generally fixed, particularly in the short term. We may be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected revenue shortfall. Any significant shortfall of revenues in relation to our expectations could cause significant declines in our quarterly operating results.

 

Due to the above factors, we believe that quarter-to-quarter or period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be a good indicator of our future performance. Our operating results for any particular quarter may fall short of our expectations or those of stockholders or securities analysts. In this event, the trading price of our common stock would likely fall.

 

Our stock price has been volatile and may fluctuate in the future.

 

Our Common Stock has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations in recent years. Since January 2002, our common stock has closed as low as $.52 per share and as high as $11.06 per share. These fluctuations often have no direct relationship to our operating performance. The market price for our common stock may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors, some of which are beyond our control. Some of these factors include:

 

    the results and affects of litigation;

 

    our performance and prospects;

 

    sales by selling stockholders of shares issued and issuable in connection with our private placements;

 

    changes in earnings estimates or buy/sell recommendations by analysts;

 

    general financial and other market conditions; and

 

    domestic and international economic conditions.

 

In addition, some companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been the subject of securities class action litigation or other litigation or investigations. In May 2005, the Company and certain of its current and former directors and officers were sued in several purported class action lawsuits. Such litigation often results in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources and could harm our business, prospects, results of operations, or financial condition.

 

Our common stock price may be negatively impacted if it is delisted from the NASDAQ National Market.

 

Our common stock is currently listed for trading on the NASDAQ National Market. We must continue to satisfy NASDAQ’s continued listing requirements, including a minimum bid price for our common stock of $1.00 per share, or risk delisting which would have a material adverse affect on our business. A delisting of our common stock from the NASDAQ National Market could materially reduce the liquidity of our common stock and result in a corresponding material reduction in the price of our common stock. In addition, any such delisting could harm our ability to raise capital through alternative financing sources on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and may result in the potential loss of confidence by investors, suppliers, customers and employees.

 

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On May 25, 2005, we received a notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market indicating that we were not in compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(5) (the “Minimum Bid Price Rule”) because, for 30 consecutive business days, the bid price of our common stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share. In order to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule, our common stock had to close at or above $1.00 for 10 consecutive business days. As of October 4, 2005, our common stock had closed at or above the minimum $1.00 per share for 10 consecutive business days. On October 12, 2005, we received a notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market confirming that we regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule. However, there is no assurance that we will continue to comply with the Minimum Bid Price Rule, and, if we do not comply, we will likely receive another notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market indicating that we are not in compliance, and our common stock may ultimately be delisted from the NASDAQ National Market.

 

An impairment of goodwill and/or long-lived assets could affect net income.

 

We record goodwill on our balance sheet as a result of business combinations consummated in prior years. We have also made a significant investment in long-lived assets. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, we periodically assess the value of both goodwill and long-lived assets in light of current circumstances to determine whether impairment has occurred. If an impairment should occur, we would reduce the carrying amount to our fair market value and record an amount of that reduction as a non-cash charge to income, which could adversely affect our net income reported in that quarter in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We recorded a $1,905,000 impairment charge in 2003 and $173,000 in 2004. In addition, during the Company’s second quarter of 2005, we recorded a non-cash asset impairment charge of $618,000. We cannot definitively determine whether impairment will occur in the future, and if impairment does occur, what the timing or the extent of any such impairment would be.

 

The loss of key personnel or the inability to recruit additional personnel may harm our business.

 

Our success depends to a significant extent on the continued service of our executive officers, our senior and middle management and our technical and research personnel. In particular, the loss of Mark W. Blodgett, our President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, or other key personnel, could harm us significantly. Hiring qualified management and technical personnel will be difficult due to the limited number of qualified professionals in the work force in general and the intense competition for these types of employees. The loss of key management personnel or an inability to attract and retain sufficient numbers of qualified management personnel could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition or future prospects.

 

We depend on a limited number of suppliers and may not be able to ship products on time if we are unable to obtain an adequate supply of raw materials and equipment on a timely basis.

 

We depend on a limited number of suppliers for raw materials and equipment used to manufacture our products. We depend on our suppliers to supply critical components in adequate quantities, consistent quality and at reasonable costs. If our suppliers are unable to meet our demand for critical components at reasonable costs, and if we are unable to obtain an alternative source, or the price for an alternative source is prohibitive, our ability to maintain timely and cost-effective production of our products would be harmed. We generally rely on purchase orders rather than long-term agreements with our suppliers; therefore, our suppliers may stop supplying materials and equipment to us at any time. If we are unable to obtain components in adequate quantities we may incur delays in shipment or be unable to meet demand for our products, which could harm our revenues and damage our relationships with customers and prospective customers.

 

We have many competitors in our field and our technologies may not remain competitive.

 

We participate in a rapidly evolving field in which technological developments are expected to continue at a rapid pace. We have many competitors in the United States and abroad, including various fiber optic component manufacturers, universities and other private and public research institutions. The Company has five primary competitors in the fiber optic illumination market. The most established segment of this market relates to illumination for microscopes. Within that market, Volpi Manufacturing USA, Inc. and Dolan-Jenner Industries, Inc. compete directly with the Company’s products. Both of these

 

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companies have been producing fiber optic products for more than thirty years and offer a complete line of fiber optic illumination systems for microscopy applications. A third company, Cuda Products, Inc., also supplies fiber optic lighting for microscopy; however, its primary market is medical. The value-oriented segment of the microscopy market is dominated by Chiu Technical Corp, which offers an inexpensive, “no-frills”, fiber optic lighting system. A newer segment in the fiber optic lighting market relates to automated imaging and inspection equipment for machine vision. Schott-Fostec, Inc. is the leading provider of fiber optic lighting for the machine vision industry. In the industrial fluorescent lighting market, the Company has two primary competitors. MicroLite markets a product similar in appearance to the Company’s circular fluorescent microscope illuminator. Techni-Quip Corporation offers industrial fluorescent lighting as part of its product line but as a whole, its lighting product line is limited and represents a small percentage of that company’s total business.

 

Our major competitors in the specialty fiber optic market segment are Furukawa OFS, Fiberforce, and Corning. In the laser market, we compete against Power Technology, Inc. in the United States, Schafter GMBH and Kirchoff GMBH in Europe and several other smaller laser manufacturers.

 

Our success depends upon our ability to develop and maintain a competitive position in the product categories and technologies on which we focus. To be successful in the illumination and optical components industries, we will need to keep pace with rapid changes in technology, customer expectations, new product introductions by competitors and evolving industry standards, any of which could render our existing products obsolete if we fail to respond in a timely manner. We could experience delays in introduction of new products. If others develop innovative proprietary illumination products or optical components that are superior to ours, or if we fail to accurately anticipate technology and market trends and respond on a timely basis with our own innovations, our competitive position may be harmed and we may not achieve sufficient growth in our revenues to attain or sustain profitability.

 

Many of our competitors have greater capabilities and experience and greater financial, marketing and operational resources than us. Competition is intense and is expected to increase as new products enter the market and new technologies become available. To the extent that competition in our markets intensifies, we may be required to reduce our prices in order to remain competitive. If we do not compete effectively, or if we reduce our prices without making commensurate reductions in our costs, our revenues and profitability, and our future prospects for success, may be harmed.

 

Our customers are not obligated to buy material amounts of our products and may cancel or defer purchases on short notice.

 

Our customers typically purchase our products under individual purchase orders rather than pursuant to long-term contracts or contracts with minimum purchase requirements. Therefore, our customers may cancel, reduce or defer purchases on short notice without significant penalty. Accordingly, sales in a particular period are difficult to predict. Decreases in purchases, cancellations of purchase orders or deferrals of purchases may have a material adverse effect on us, particularly if we do not anticipate them. There can be no assurance that our revenue from key customers will not decline in future periods.

 

Our products could contain defects, which could result in reduced sales of those products or in claims against us.

 

Despite testing both by the Company and its customers, errors have been found and may be found in the future in our existing or future products. These defects may cause us to incur significant warranty, support and repair costs, divert the attention of our technical personnel from our product development efforts and harm our relationship with our customers. Defects, integration issues or other performance problems in our illumination and optical products could result in personal injury or financial or other damages to our customers or could damage market acceptance of our products. Our customers could also seek damages from us for their losses. A product liability claim brought against us, even if unsuccessful, would likely be time consuming and costly to defend.

 

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We are subject to risks of operating internationally.

 

We distribute and sell some of our products internationally, and our success depends in part on our ability to manage our international operations. Sales outside the United States accounted for 49% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2004 and 49% in the first half of 2005. We are subject to risks associated with operating in foreign countries, including:

 

    foreign currency risks;

 

    costs of customizing products for foreign countries;

 

    imposition of limitations on conversion of foreign currencies into dollars;

 

    imposition or increase of withholding and other taxes on remittances and other payments on foreign subsidiaries;

 

    hyperinflation and imposition or increase of investment and other restrictions by foreign governments;

 

    compliance with multiple, conflicting and changing governmental laws and regulations;

 

    longer sales cycles and problems collecting accounts receivable;

 

    labor practices, difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations, political instability and potentially adverse tax consequence; and

 

    import and export restrictions and tariffs.

 

If we are unable to manage these risks, we may face significant liability, our international sales may decline and our financial results may be adversely affected.

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

This prospectus includes and incorporates forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or incorporated in this prospectus regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We cannot guarantee that we actually will achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included or incorporated in this prospectus, particularly under the heading “Risk Factors,” that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make. Except as otherwise required by law, we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of any shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus. The selling stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from any sales of such shares. The selling stockholders will pay any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses incurred by the selling stockholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in disposing of such shares. We will bear all other costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the shares covered by this prospectus, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, Nasdaq listing fees and filing fees, and fees and expenses of our counsel and our accountants.

 

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A portion of the shares covered by this prospectus are, prior to their resale pursuant to this prospectus, issuable upon exercise of warrants. The exercise price for the warrants may be paid by means of an exchange of the warrants, shares of Common Sock and/or shares of Common Stock receivable upon exercise of the warrants, each also known as a “cashless exercise.” However, the exercise price for the warrants may also be paid in cash, in which case, we will receive such cash remitted in payment of the exercise price, which exercise price is $0.80 per share for 168,621 shares of Common Stock subject to the warrants, $0.90 per share for 250,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the warrants and $1.17 per share for 896,991 shares of Common Stock subject to the warrants. To the extent we receive cash upon any exercise of the warrants, we expect to use that cash for general working capital purposes.

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

The shares of Common Stock that may be offered for sale from time to time by the selling stockholders listed below consist of 4,411,518 shares of Common Stock, of which 1,315,612 shares are issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued pursuant to the August 2005 Financing, the August 2005 Amendments, the July 2005 Amendments and the Eureka May 2005 Financing.

 

The actual number of shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus, and included in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, includes additional shares of Common Stock that may be issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations, combinations or similar events.

 

We entered into a Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement”) with each of Eureka and Van Wagoner in connection with the August 2005 Financing. In the Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, we undertook to file the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part to register the shares of Common Stock issued in the August 2005 Financing and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued in the August 2005 Financing. In addition, pursuant to the agreements we entered into in connection with the August 2005 Amendments, the July 2005 Amendments and the Eureka May 2005 Financing, we have agreed to register the shares of Common Stock issued in those transactions and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued in those transactions. Pursuant to the Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement entered into with Eureka and Van Wagoner, we have also agreed to use efforts to keep the registration statement continuously in effect under the Securities Act until the earliest of (i) the date upon which all shares covered by this prospectus have been sold, (ii) the date upon which all shares covered by this prospectus may be sold without registration under the Securities Act, or (iii) the second anniversary of the closing of the August 2005 Financing. The Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement includes indemnification arrangements with Eureka and Van Wagoner.

 

Based on information provided to us by the selling stockholders, the following table sets forth certain information regarding the selling stockholders named below as of October 14, 2005, including: (i) the name of each selling stockholder, (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each selling stockholder, (iii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which the selling stockholders can sell pursuant to this prospectus, and (iv) the number and percentage of shares of Common Stock that the selling stockholders would own if they sold all their shares which they may sell pursuant to this prospectus. The percentage ownership shown in the table is based on a total of 27,619,465 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 7, 2005. Unless otherwise indicated below, to our knowledge, each selling stockholder named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock shown below as beneficially owned by such stockholder. The inclusion of any shares in this table does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership by the selling stockholders named below.

 

For purposes of the following table, beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rules, shares of our Common Stock issuable under warrants or other convertible securities that are currently exercisable or convertible, or exercisable or convertible within 60 days after October 14, 2005 (“Presently Exercisable Securities”), are deemed

 

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outstanding and are included in the number of shares beneficially owned by a party named in the table and are used to compute the percentage ownership of that party.

 

To our knowledge, none of the selling stockholders, nor any of their respective affiliates, has held any position or office or has had any material relationship with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates during the three years prior to the date of this prospectus other than being an existing investor in debt and equity securities of the Company at the time of the transactions consummated in connection with the August 2005 Financing, the August 2005 Amendments, the July 2005 Amendments and the Eureka May 2005 Financing. The selling stockholders have previously participated in the private placement of the Company’s securities, including the private placement of convertible promissory notes, warrants and shares of common stock.

 

Name of Selling Stockholder


  

Number of

Shares of

Common Stock

Beneficially

Owned Prior to

Offering


   

Number of Shares of

Common Stock Being

Offered


  

Shares of Common Stock

Beneficially Owned After the

Offering(6)


 
        Number

   Percent

 

Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.

   6,050,365 (1)(2)   375,000    5,675,365    17.1 %

Smithfield Fiduciary, LLC

   1,028,126 (1)(3)   42,305    985,821    3.5 %

The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited

   4,162,963 (4)   3,212,963    950,000    3.4 %

Van Wagoner Capital Management, Inc.

   3,767,513 (5)   781,250    2,986,263    10.6 %

(1) Does not include shares potentially issuable to such selling stockholder as a result of the conversion of accrued interest on the convertible promissory notes.

 

(2) Includes (i) 4,005,365 shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding convertible promissory notes, and (ii) 1,820,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants.

 

(3) Includes (i) 579,082 shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding convertible promissory notes, and (ii) 207,969 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants.

 

(4) Based on information provided by the selling stockholder to the SEC on October 14, 2005. Includes 990,741 shares subject to warrants. Marshall Wace LLP serves as investment manager or adviser to The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited. Mr. Ian Wace and Mr. Mark Hawtin are each equity owners of Marshall Wace LLP, and as such they are each responsible for the investment decisions of Marshall Wace LLP. Accordingly, Marshall Wace LLP and Messrs. Wace and Hawtin share voting and investment power with respect to the shares and warrants held by The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited, and they each may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities held by The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited.

 

(5) Includes (i) 948,763 shares, and 562,500 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants, held by Van Wagoner Private Opportunities Fund, L.P., (ii) 156,250 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants held by Van Wagoner Crossover Fund, and (iii) 1,475,000 shares held by Van Wagoner Funds, Inc. We believe that Van Wagoner Capital Management, Inc. has or shares voting and/or investment power with respect to the warrants held by Van Wagoner Private Opportunities Fund, L.P., the warrants held by Van Wagoner Crossover Fund and the shares held by Van Wagoner Funds, Inc. As such, Van Wagoner Capital Management, Inc. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities held by such parties.

 

(6) We do not know when or in what amounts a selling stockholder may dispose of the shares or interests therein. The selling stockholders may choose not to dispose of any or all of the shares offered by this prospectus. Because the selling stockholders may offer all or some of the shares or interests therein pursuant to this offering, and because, to our knowledge, there are currently no agreements, arrangements or understandings with respect to the sale of any of the shares, we cannot estimate the number of shares that will be held by the selling stockholders after completion of the offering. However, for purposes of this table, we have assumed that, after completion of the offering, none of the shares covered by this prospectus will be held by the selling stockholders.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering 3,095,906 shares of Common Stock and 1,315,612 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued and sold by the Company in connection with the August 2005 Financing, the August 2005 Amendments, the July 2005 Amendments and the Eureka May 2005 Financing on behalf of the selling stockholders for sale from time to time by the selling stockholders for their own accounts. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of such shares of Common Stock by the selling stockholders.

 

Persons who are pledgees, donees, transferees, or any successors in interest of the selling stockholders who receive the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, distribution or other non-sale related transfer after the date of this prospectus may also use this prospectus and are included when we refer to “selling stockholders” in this prospectus. From time to time, one or more of the selling stockholders may pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus that are owned by them. The pledgees, secured parties or persons to whom such shares have been hypothecated will, upon foreclosure in the event of default, be deemed to be selling stockholders. The number of a selling stockholder’s shares offered under this prospectus will decrease as and when it makes such non-sale related transfer or upon such a foreclosure. The plan of distribution for that selling stockholder’s shares will otherwise remain unchanged. In addition, a selling stockholder may, from time to time, sell the shares short, and, in those instances, this prospectus may be delivered in connection with the short sales and the shares offered under this prospectus may be used to cover short sales.

 

Sales by selling stockholders may be effected on the Nasdaq National Market, any other stock exchange or automated interdealer quotation system on which the securities are listed or in the over-the-counter market. The shares offered by each selling stockholder may be sold at fixed prices that may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at prices otherwise negotiated. Each selling stockholder may sell the securities by one or more of the following methods, without limitation:

 

    block trades in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

    purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by the broker or dealer for its own account pursuant to this prospectus;

 

    an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange on which the securities are listed;

 

    ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchases;

 

    privately negotiated transactions;

 

    through the writing of options on the securities, whether the options are listed on an options exchange;

 

    through the distribution of the securities by any selling stockholder to its partners, members or stockholders;

 

    one or more underwritten offerings on a firm commitment or best efforts basis; and

 

    through other means.

 

The selling stockholders may engage brokers and dealers, and any such brokers or dealers may arrange for other brokers or dealers to participate in effecting sales of the shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus. These brokers, dealers or underwriters may act as principals, or as an agent of a selling stockholder. Broker-dealers may agree with a selling stockholder to sell a specified number of shares at a stipulated price per share. If the broker-dealer is unable to sell the shares acting as agent for a selling

 

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stockholder, it may purchase as principal any unsold shares at the stipulated price. Broker-dealers who acquire shares as principals may thereafter resell the shares from time to time in transactions in any stock exchange or automated interdealer quotation system on which the shares are then listed, at prices and on terms then prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the then-current market price or in negotiated transactions. Broker-dealers may use block transactions and sales to and through broker-dealers, including transactions of the nature described above. The selling stockholders may also sell the shares in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of Rule 144, rather than pursuant to this prospectus, regardless of whether the shares are covered by this prospectus.

 

The selling stockholders may be, and any underwriters, brokers, dealers or agents that participate in the distribution of the shares are, deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any discounts, concessions, commissions or fees received by them and any profit on the resale of the shares sold by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

A selling stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers and the broker-dealers may engage in short sales of the shares in the course of hedging the positions they assume with that selling stockholder, including, without limitation, in connection with distributions of the shares by those broker-dealers. A selling stockholder may enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers that involve the delivery of the shares offered hereby to the broker-dealers, who may then resell or otherwise transfer those shares. A selling stockholder may also loan or pledge the shares offered hereby to a broker-dealer and the broker-dealer may sell the shares offered hereby so loaned or upon a default may sell or otherwise transfer the pledged shares offered hereby.

 

The selling stockholders and other persons participating in the sale or distribution of the shares will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the related rules and regulations adopted by the SEC, including Regulation M. This regulation may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares by the selling stockholders and any other person. The anti-manipulation rules under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares to engage in market-making activities with respect to the particular shares being distributed for a period of up to five business days before the distribution. These restrictions may affect the marketability of the shares and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares.

 

We cannot assure you that the selling stockholders will sell all or any portion of the shares offered hereby. We will supply the selling stockholders and any stock exchange upon which the shares are listed with reasonable quantities of copies of this prospectus. To the extent required by the Securities Act in connection with any resale or redistribution by a selling stockholder, we will file a prospectus supplement setting forth:

 

    the aggregate number of shares to be sold;

 

    the purchase price;

 

    the public offering price;

 

    if applicable, the names of any underwriter, agent or broker-dealer; and

 

    any applicable commissions, discounts, concessions, fees or other items constituting compensation to underwriters, agents or broker-dealers with respect to the particular transaction (which may exceed customary commissions or compensation).

 

If a selling stockholder notifies us that a material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of shares through a block trade, special offering, exchange, distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, the prospectus supplement will include any other facts that are material to the transaction. If applicable, this may include a statement to the effect that the participating

 

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broker-dealers did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

The selling stockholders may agree to indemnify any agent, dealer or broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving sales of the shares against liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act. We have agreed to indemnify the certain selling stockholders and certain selling stockholders have agreed to indemnify us against certain liabilities in connection with the offering of the shares, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

 

The selling stockholders will pay any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses incurred for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in disposing of the shares. We will bear all other reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the shares covered by this prospectus, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, all national shares exchange or automated quotation system application and filing fees, blue sky registration and filing fees, and fees and expenses of our counsel and our accountants.

 

Computershare Investor Services serves as transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the shares offered hereby has been passed upon by BRL Law Group LLC.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules in Item 15a(2) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from StockerYale’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed on March 31, 2005 for the year ended December 31, 2004, have been audited by Vitale, Caturano & Co., Ltd., an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the substantial doubt with respect to StockerYale’s ability to continue as a going concern), which is incorporated herein by reference, and has been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and other reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy any document we file at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s public reference room located at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of such public reference room. You also can request copies of such documents, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the Securities and Exchange Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding our company. The address of this website is http://www.sec.gov.

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement contains more information than this prospectus regarding us and our Common Stock, including certain exhibits and schedules. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission at the address listed above or from the SEC’s Internet site.

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission requires us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus certain information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information we incorporate herein by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus and information that we file later with the Securities and Exchange Commission automatically will update and supersede such information. We incorporate herein by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission

 

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under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the termination of the offering of the securities covered by this prospectus, as amended:

 

  (1) Our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 as filed on March 31, 2005;

 

  (2) Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005;

 

  (3) Our Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated December 7, 2004 (filed on January 14, 2005), our Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 8, 2005, April 6, 2005 and April 15, 2005, our Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated April 15, 2005 (filed April 20, 2005), our Current Reports on Form 8-K dated May 12, 2005, May 23, 2005, May 24, 2005, May 27, 2005, July 11, 2005, August 1, 2005, August 16, 2005, September 13, 2005 and October 13, 2005;

 

  (4) The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description; and

 

  (5) All of our filings pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of filing the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement.

 

We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to StockerYale, Inc., 32 Hampshire Road, Salem, New Hampshire 03079, Attention: Investor Relations. The Investor Relations Department can be reached via telephone at (603) 870-8229 or via email at fpilon@stockeryale.com.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, including information incorporated by reference as described above, or any prospectus supplement or that we have specifically referred you to. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents or that any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than its filing date. You should not consider this prospectus to be an offer or solicitation relating to the securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation relating to the securities is not authorized. Furthermore, you should not consider this prospectus to be an offer or solicitation relating to the securities if the person making the offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or if it is unlawful for you to receive such an offer or solicitation.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

 

The following table sets forth the various expenses to be incurred in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, all of which will be borne by the Company (except any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses incurred by the selling stockholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in disposing of the shares). All amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration fee.

 

Item


   Amount

Filing Fee – Securities and Exchange Commission

   $ 483

Legal fees and expenses

     7,500

Accounting fees and expenses

     5,000

Miscellaneous fees and expenses

     1,017

Total

     14,000

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 8.52 of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding. Section 8.51 of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation may indemnify a director against liability if:

 

(1)    (i) he conducted himself in good faith; and

 

  (ii) he reasonably believed that his conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or that his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and

 

  (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; or

 

(2) he engaged in conduct for which he shall not be liable under a provision of the corporation’s articles of organization authorized by Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws.

 

Section 8.56 of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he is an officer of the corporation:

 

(1) to the same extent as a director; and

 

(2) if he is an officer but not a director, to such further extent as may be provided by the articles of organization, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors, or contract except for liability arising out of acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.

 

Section 8.56 also provides that an officer of a corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 8.52, and that the officer may apply to a court for indemnification or an advance for expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may be entitled to indemnification or advance under those provisions.

 

Section 8.57 of the Massachusetts General Laws also affords a Massachusetts corporation the power to obtain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against liabilities incurred by them in these capacities.

 

The Company’s By-laws provide that directors and officers of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company against liabilities and expenses arising out of service as a director or officer of the Company. Our By-laws provide that such indemnification shall not be provided if (i) it is adjudicated or determined that the action giving rise to the liability was not taken in good faith and in the reasonable belief that the action was in the best interests of the Company, or (ii) in a criminal matter, it is adjudicated or determined that the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. No indemnification shall be provided for any director or officer with respect to any proceeding by or in the right of the Company or alleging that a director or officer received an improper personal benefit if he is adjudged liable to the Company in such proceeding. The By-laws provide that the indemnification provision in the By-laws does not limit any other right to indemnification existing independently of the By-laws. The By-laws also provide that the right of directors and officers to indemnification is a contract right. The Company’s Restated Articles of Organization (the “Restated Articles”) contain the same provisions regarding indemnification of officers and directors as those contained in the By-laws described in this paragraph.

 

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by the person indemnified to repay such payment if he shall be adjudicated or determined to be not entitled to such indemnification under the Company’s Restated Articles and By-laws, which undertaking may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of such person to make repayment. Any such indemnification may be provided even if the person to be indemnified is no longer an officer, director, or employee of the Company.

 

The Company’s Restated Articles and By-laws provide that the Company is authorized to purchase and maintain liability insurance on behalf of any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, whether or not it would have power to indemnify him against liability or cost incurred by them in such capacities or arising out of their status as such. The Company currently carries a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy covering its directors and officers.

 

Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that the articles of organization of a corporation may include a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided, however, that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omission not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) for improper distributions to shareholders, or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Company has included such a provision in its Restated Articles.


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Item 16. (a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number


 

Description of Document


      4.1   Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2000 (File No. 000-27372).
      4.2   Amendment to the Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2001 (File No. 000-27372).
      4.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed on March 31, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    *5.1   Opinion of BRL Law Group LLC.
    10.1   Senior Promissory Note, dated May 12, 2005, issued to The Eureka Interactive Fund, Limited is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.2   Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated May 12, 2005, issued to The Eureka Interactive Fund, Limited is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.3   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.4   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.5   Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Registrant to Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.6   Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Registrant to Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.7   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, dated as of August 10, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.8   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., dated as of August 10, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.9   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated August 12, 2005, by and between the Registrant and The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.10   Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated August 12, 2005, issued by the Registrant to The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
*10.11   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated August 16, 2005, by and between the Registrant and Van Wagoner Crossover Fund.
*10.12   Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated August 16, 2005, issued by the Registrant to Van Wagoner Crossover Fund.
*23.1   Consent of Vitale Caturano & Co., Ltd.
*23.2   Consent of BRL Law Group LLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).

 

* Included herewith.


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Item 17. Undertakings

 

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events, arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or any decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

  (iii) To include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution.

 

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (3) To file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.

 

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Salem and State of New Hampshire on the 17th day of October 2005.

 

StockerYale, Inc.

By:

  /s/    RICHARD P. LINDSAY        
    Richard P. Lindsay
    Chief Financial Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each of the undersigned officers and directors of StockerYale, Inc. hereby severally constitutes each of Mark W. Blodgett and Richard P. Lindsay, with full power of substitution, his or her true and lawful attorney with full power to him, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her name in the capacity indicated below, the registration statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including amendments pursuant to Rule 462), and generally to do all such things in his or her name and in his or her capacity as an officer or director to enable StockerYale, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming his or her signature as it may be signed by his or her said attorney, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    MARK W. BLODGETT        


Mark W. Blodgett

   President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)   October 17, 2005

/s/    RICHARD P. LINDSAY        


Richard P. Lindsay

   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   October 17, 2005

/s/    PATRICK J. ZILVITIS        


Patrick J. Zilvitis

   Director   October 17, 2005

/s/    STEVEN E. KAROL        


Steven E. Karol

   Director   October 17, 2005

/s/    RAYMOND J. OGLETHORPE        


Raymond J. Oglethorpe

   Director   October 17, 2005

/s/    DIETMAR KLENNER        


Dietmar Klenner

   Director   October 17, 2005

/s/    MARK ZUPAN        


Mark Zupan

   Director   October 17, 2005


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


 

Description of Document


      4.1   Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2000 (File No. 000-27372).
      4.2   Amendment to the Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2001 (File No. 000-27372).
      4.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed on March 31, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    *5.1   Opinion of BRL Law Group LLC.
    10.1   Senior Promissory Note, dated May 12, 2005, issued to The Eureka Interactive Fund, Limited is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.2   Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated May 12, 2005, issued to The Eureka Interactive Fund, Limited is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.3   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.4   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.5   Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Registrant to Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.6   Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Registrant to Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., dated as of July 13, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.7   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, dated as of August 10, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.8   Amendment and Waiver entered into by and between the Registrant and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd., dated as of August 10, 2005, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.9   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated August 12, 2005, by and between the Registrant and The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
    10.10   Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated August 12, 2005, issued by the Registrant to The Eureka Interactive Fund Limited, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed August 15, 2005 (File No. 000-27372).
  *10.11   Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated August 16, 2005, by and between the Registrant and Van Wagoner Crossover Fund.
  *10.12   Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated August 16, 2005, issued by the Registrant to Van Wagoner Crossover Fund.
*23.1   Consent of Vitale Caturano & Co., Ltd.
*23.2   Consent of BRL Law Group LLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).

 

* Included herewith.
EX-5.1 2 dex51.htm OPINION OF BRL LAW GROUP LLC Opinion of BRL Law Group LLC

Exhibit 5.1

 

BRL Law Group LLC

31 St. James Avenue, Suite 850

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

 

October 17, 2005

 

StockerYale, Inc.

32 Hampshire Road

Salem, NH 03079

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) on the date hereof, for the registration of an aggregate of 4,411,518 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of StockerYale, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), consisting of 3,095,906 shares of Common Stock issued (the “Shares”) and 1,315,612 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Company’s Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”), all of which Shares and Warrant Shares, if and when sold, will be sold by the selling stockholders named in the Registration Statement.

 

We have examined signed copies of the Registration Statement as filed with the Commission. We have also examined and relied upon minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company as provided to us by the Company, and the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company, each as restated and/or amended to date, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary for purposes of rendering the opinions hereinafter set forth.

 

In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and the legal competence of all signatories to such documents.

 

We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the state laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the federal laws of the United States of America. To the extent that any other laws govern the matters as to which we are opining herein, we have assumed that such laws are identical to the state laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and we are expressing no opinion herein as to whether such assumption is reasonable or correct.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares and the Warrant Shares have been duly authorized, and the Shares are, and when issued upon


exercise of the Company’s Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof, the Warrant Shares will be, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares and the Warrant Shares while the Registration Statement is in effect and may not be used, quoted or relied upon for any other purpose nor may this opinion be furnished to, quoted to or relied upon by any other person or entity, for any purpose, without our prior written consent.

 

Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters. This opinion is based upon currently existing statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in any of these sources of law or subsequent legal or factual developments which might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-B under the Securities Act and to the use of this Firm’s name therein and in the related Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ BRL Law Group LLC

BRL Law Group LLC

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EXHIBIT 10.11

 

STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 16, 2005, by and between StockerYale, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and the investor named on the signature page hereof (the “Investor”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company is offering for sale up to $2,500,000 of its shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock (as defined below) at the price per share of Common Stock negotiated with each purchaser and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as is equal to one-quarter of the number of Shares sold by the Company, this transaction generally being herein referred to as the “Private Placement”; and

 

WHEREAS, the Investor desires to purchase from the Company shares of Common Stock and Warrants on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. The following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

Business Day” shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be in Boston, Massachusetts a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

 

Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

Investors” shall mean all of the purchasers of Shares and Warrants sold in the Private Placement.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, association, trust or other enterprise or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.

 

Total Purchase Price” shall mean the aggregate purchase price for all of the Shares and Warrants sold in the Private Placement.

 

2. Purchase of Common Stock and Warrants. Subject and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees that it will issue and sell to the Investor and the Investor agrees that it will purchase from the Company, (a) at $0.80 per share of Common Stock (the “Per Share Purchase Price”), 625,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Investor Shares”), and (b) warrants (the “Investor


Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 156,250 shares of Common Stock, which Investor Warrants shall be exercisable for a period of five years at an exercise price of $1.17 per share. The aggregate purchase price for the Investor Shares and the Investor Warrants shall be $500,000 (the “Aggregate Purchase Price”).

 

3. Deliveries at Closing.

 

(a) Deliveries by the Investor. At the Closing of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Investor shall deliver to the Company the following:

 

(1) the Aggregate Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company as set forth on Annex V hereto, which funds will be delivered to the Company in consideration of the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants issued at the closing of the transaction contemplated hereby;

 

(2) an executed Investor Questionnaire in the form attached as Annex I;

 

(3) an executed Managed Account Representation Letter in the form attached as Annex II, if the Investor is acting on behalf of a managed account in the purchase of the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants; and

 

(4) a completed Registration Statement Questionnaire in the form attached as Annex III.

 

(b) Deliveries by the Company. At the Closing of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company shall deliver to the Investor one or more certificates representing the Investor Shares and the Investor Warrants registered in the name of the Investor or its nominee(s), as the Investor has specified in writing to the Company.

 

4. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements.

 

(a) Investor Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Investor represents, warrants and agrees as follows:

 

(1) The Company has offered and made available to the Investor a Confidential Offering Memorandum dated as of July 27, 2005 (the “Memorandum”) containing information regarding the Company and the Private Placement. The Investor has declined to accept the Memorandum in connection with its investment. The Investor has had access to such financial and other information and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers as deemed necessary in respect of the decision to purchase the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants, and has consulted with its advisors concerning the proposed investment in the Company. The Investor is intentionally making the

 

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investment in the Public Placement knowing that there may be material non-public information regarding the Company of which the Investor is not aware. The Investor is generally aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company, its management, financial condition, business and operations and substantial risks associated with the investment in the Private Placement to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants. The Investor understands that an investment in the Company involves a high degree of risk and the Investor is knowingly assuming all such risks relating to its investment.

 

(2) The Investor has decided to invest in the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants and, in making the decision to so invest, is not in any way relying on the fact that any other Person has decided to invest in the Shares and Warrants.

 

(3) The Investor represents that the Investor (or, if applicable, each managed account on whose behalf the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants are being purchased by such Investor) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as certified by the Investor in the Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Annex I. The Investor further represents that the Investor (or, if applicable, each managed account on whose behalf the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants are being purchased) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and numerous substantial risks of an investment in the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants, is capable of making an informed investment decision and can bear the economic risk of loss of the entire investment in the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants being purchased.

 

(4) The Investor understands and expressly acknowledges and agrees that none of the Investor Shares, Investor Warrants or shares issuable upon exercise of the Investor Warrants (collectively, “Warrant Shares”) have been, or will be, registered or qualified under the Securities Act, or under any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States (“Applicable State Law”) and therefore may not be offered, sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, directly or indirectly, unless subsequently registered or qualified under the Securities Act and under Applicable State Law or unless an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and Applicable State Law is available, in each case to the extent permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(5) The Investor understands and agrees that the Investor Warrants and all certificates representing the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares shall bear a legend which will be substantially in the form of the following:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS (“APPLICABLE STATE LAW”). THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED OR HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE LAW RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES.”

 

(6) The Investor (or, if applicable, each managed account on whose behalf the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants are being purchased by the Investor) will acquire the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants pursuant to this Agreement for its own account for investment and not with a view to, or in connection with, the resale or distribution thereof or in any arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such Investor Shares and Investor Warrants. The Investor hereby covenants and agrees that, during the six month period following the Closing, the Investor shall execute a lockup agreement, containing a restriction on the sale of Investor Shares, Investor Warrants and Warrant Shares for a period terminating on the earlier of the ninetieth day following closing of a primary offering by the Company or the six month anniversary of the Closing, and other standard terms and conditions, with any requesting underwriter participating in a primary offering (as defined in Section 5(a)(1) below).

 

(7) The Investor hereby covenants and agrees with the Company not to, directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish a “put equivalent position” as such term is defined by Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise dispose of any Investor Shares, Investor Warrants, Warrant Shares, options or warrants to acquire Investor Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Investor Shares owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by the Investor or publicly announce the Investor’s intention to do any of the foregoing or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants and the Warrants Shares, prior to the date on which the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 5(a)(2)) is declared effective (other than in connection with a sale pursuant to a registration statement effected under Section 5(a)(1) hereof).

 

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(8) The Investor hereby covenants and agrees with the Company not to make any sale of the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants or the Warrant Shares without causing the prospectus delivery requirement under the Securities Act to be satisfied or otherwise complying with the Securities Act, and the Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants and the Warrant Shares are not transferable on the books of the Company unless the certificate submitted to the transfer agent evidencing the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants or the Warrant Shares (as applicable) is accompanied by (a) a separate certificate (i) in the form of Annex V hereto, (ii) executed by an officer of, or other authorized person designated by, the Investor, and (iii) to the effect that (A) the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants or the Warrant Shares have been sold in accordance with a registration statement pursuant to Section 5 hereof and (B) the requirement of delivering a current prospectus has been satisfied; or (b) an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company stating that an exemption from registration is available under the Securities Act. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, there may be times when the Company may suspend the use of the prospectus forming a part of a registration statement (or otherwise render the registration statement unavailable) in the event that, and during such period as, pending negotiations relating to, or consummation of, a transaction, or the occurrence of any other event, would require additional disclosure of material information by the Company in the registration statement and the Company determines that disclosing such information would (x) adversely affect the Company, (y) make it impractical or inadvisable to cause the registration statement to be filed or to become effective or to amend or supplement the registration statement or (z) otherwise render the Company unable to comply with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). In such event, subject to the last sentence of this Section 4(a)(8), the Company may suspend the use of such prospectus until such time as an amendment to such registration statement has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the Commission, or until such time as the Company has filed an appropriate report with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act. The Investor hereby covenants and agrees that it will not sell any Investor Shares, Investor Warrants or Warrant Shares pursuant to said prospectus during the period commencing at the time at which the Company gives the Investor written notice of the suspension of the use of said prospectus and ending the date on which the Company gives the Investor written notice that the Investor may thereafter effect sales pursuant to said prospectus. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company does not have the right to suspend the use of such prospectus for a period of more than sixty (60) business days per suspension and the Company may not exercise this right to suspend the use of such prospectus more than two times in any twelve month period.

 

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(9) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Investor and the performance of this Agreement and the consummation by the Investor or the Investor’s advisory clients, as the case may be, of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary (corporate, in the case of a corporation) action of the Investor and, if applicable, the Investor’s advisory clients; and this Agreement, when duly executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Investor or any of the Investor’s advisory clients, as the case may be.

 

(10) The Investor represents that:

 

(A) If the Investor is a corporation, it is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to perform its obligations under this Agreement. If the Investor is a limited liability company, it is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full power and authority (limited liability company and other) to perform its obligations under this Agreement. If the Investor is any other form of business entity, it is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with full power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(B) If the Investor is a corporation acting in an advisory capacity, it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to act on behalf of its advisory clients under this Agreement. If the Investor is a limited liability company acting in an advisory capacity, it is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to act on behalf of its advisory clients under this Agreement.

 

(C) If the Investor is a trust, the trustee thereunder has been duly appointed as trustee of such Investor with full power and authority to act on behalf of such Investor and to perform the obligations of such Investor under this Agreement. Furthermore, the trustee under such trust has independently determined that the purchase of the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants is a suitable investment for such trust as authorized by the terms thereof and applicable laws and regulations.

 

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(D) If the Investor is a limited partnership, it is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(E) If the Investor is a limited partnership acting in an advisory capacity, it is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power and authority to act on behalf of its advisory clients under this Agreement.

 

(F) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action of the Investor.

 

(G) If the Investor is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other form of business entity, the execution and delivery of this Agreement will not contravene or result in a default under any provision of existing law or regulations to which the Investor is subject, the provisions of its trust instrument, charter, by-laws or other governing documents or any indenture, mortgage or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound and does not require on its part any approval, authorization, license or filing from or with any foreign, federal, state or municipal board or agency which has not been obtained or duly made.

 

(H) If the Investor is an individual, the Investor has full power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(11) The Investor agrees to complete and execute and return to the Company (a) the Investor Questionnaire attached as Annex I to this Agreement representing that the Investor is investing in the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants as an “accredited investor;” (b) if the Investor is acting on behalf of a managed account in the purchase of any Investor Shares and Investor Warrants, the Managed Accounts Representation Letter attached as Annex II to this Agreement; and (c) the Registration Statement Questionnaire attached as Annex III, in each case together with an executed signature page to this Agreement. The Investor represents and warrants that the answers thereto are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 5). If any of the answers provided by the Investor in the questionnaires change prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Investor will provide the Company with prompt written notice of such changes. The Investor further represents and warrants that it is not purchasing the Investor Shares and Investor Warrants on behalf of any managed account other than as listed in the Managed Account Representation Letter.

 

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(12) The Investor has not entered into any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (written or otherwise) with any other Person or Persons (other than the Company or a limited partner/member or affiliate of Investor, which in any case shall not violate any securities laws) with respect to any securities of the Company (including but not limited to transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies) or the operations, management or control of the Company; the Investor is not bound together, under common control with, in a common enterprise with, or otherwise acting in concert with, any other Person or Persons (other than a limited partner/member or affiliate of Investor, which in any case shall not violate any securities laws) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and the Investor does not own any securities of the Company which are pledged or otherwise subject to a contingency the occurrence of which would give another Person voting power or investment power over such securities.

 

(13) Except as otherwise set forth in Annex III, as of the date hereof, the Investor does not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock.

 

(14) No state, federal or foreign regulatory approvals, permits, licenses or consents or other contractual or legal obligations are required for the Investor to enter into this Agreement or otherwise purchase the Investor Shares and the Investor Warrants.

 

(15) The Investor hereby covenants and agrees not to disclose any confidential information provided to the Investor by the Company in connection with the Private Placement with respect to the Company, except as otherwise required by law.

 

(b) Company Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Company hereby represents, warrants and agrees as follows:

 

(1) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(2) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Company and the Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the

 

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Company; and this Agreement, when duly executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(3) The Investor Shares, Investor Warrants and Warrant Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as contemplated hereby (and, as to the Warrant Shares, as contemplated by the Investor Warrants), the Investor Shares, Investor Warrants and Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free of preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests in respect of the issuance thereof.

 

(4) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof do not and will not (i) violate the Articles of Organization (as amended to date) of the Company, or the By-Laws (as amended to date) of the Company, or (ii) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of their properties or assets are subject, or any applicable statute or any order, judgment, decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets other than a breach or violation that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets or results of operations of the Company (a “Material Adverse Effect”); and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the valid authorization, execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issue of the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants, the Warrant Shares or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under Federal or state securities or “blue sky” laws or, with respect to requirements applicable to the Investor and except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(5) The balance sheets of the Company for the twelve months ended December 31, 2004 have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, are consistent in all material respects with the books and records of the Company and accurately present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its

 

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subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004. There has been no material adverse change in the financial condition or business or results of operations of the Company or its subsidiaries since December 31, 2004.

 

(c) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Investor herein and in the Investor Warrants and certificates for the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the execution of this Agreement, the delivery to the Investor of the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants and the Warrant Shares and the payment therefor.

 

5. Registration of the Shares; Compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(a) Registration Rights; Registration Procedures and Expenses.

 

(1) If at any time or times after the date hereof, the Company shall determine or be required to register any shares of its Common Stock or other equity securities for sale under the Securities Act in exchange for cash (whether in connection with a public offering of securities by the Company (a “primary offering”), a public offering of securities by stockholders of the Company (a “secondary offering”) or both), but not in connection with a registration effected solely to implement an employee benefit plan or a transaction to which Rule 145 or any other similar rule of the Commission under the Securities Act is applicable, the Company shall:

 

(A) Promptly give written notice thereof to each of the Investors.

 

(B) Use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Investor Shares and Warrant Shares (but not any other shares) which such Investors request to be registered in a writing delivered to the Company within 10 days after such Investors’ receipt of the notice referred to above, subject to subparagraph (iii) below.

 

(C) In the case of the registration of shares of Common Stock by the Company in connection with an underwritten public offering, (a) the Company shall not be required to include any Investor Shares or Warrant Shares in such underwriting unless the Investors thereof accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriter or underwriters selected by it, and (b) if the underwriter(s) determines that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of Investor Shares and Warrant Shares to be offered, the Company shall not be required to register Investor Shares or Warrant Shares of the Investors

 

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in excess of the amount, if any, of shares of the capital stock which the principal underwriter of such underwritten offering shall reasonably and in good faith agree to include in such offering in excess of any amount to be registered for the Company, and in the event of any such limitation, the number of Investor Shares and Warrant Shares of any Investor requesting inclusion in such registration shall be based upon the relative holdings of Common Stock of all Investors requesting such registration (and if any Investor would thus be entitled to include more Investor Shares and Warrant Shares than such Investor requested to be registered, the excess shall be allocated among other requesting Investors pro rata based upon their relative holdings of Common Stock). All expenses relating to the registration and offering of Investor Shares and Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 5(a)(1) and pursuant to Section 5(a)(2) below shall be borne by the Company, except that the Investors shall bear underwriting and selling commissions attributable to their Investor Shares and Warrant Shares being registered, any transfer taxes on shares being sold by such Investors and the costs of any counsel or other professional advisors engaged by the Investors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 5(a)(1) shall be suspended for so long as the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 5(a)(2) is effective.

 

(2) The Company shall:

 

(A) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B) of this Section 5(a)(2) and Sections 5(c) and 5(d) below, use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable a registration statement on Form S-3 under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or other eligible form of registration statement if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company (the “Registration Statement”) to enable the public offering and sale of the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares by the Investor from time to time through the NASDAQ National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the over-the-counter market or in privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise.

 

(B) Use commercially reasonable efforts, subject to receipt of necessary information from the Investor, to cause the Registration Statement to become effective within 120 days after the Closing.

 

(C) Promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the

 

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Registration Statement effective for a period not exceeding the second anniversary of the Closing, or such shorter period which will terminate on the earlier of the date when (i) the Shares held by the Investor may be sold without registration under the Securities Act or (ii) all of the Shares covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or otherwise.

 

(D) Promptly furnish to the Investor with respect to the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares registered under the Registration Statement (and to each underwriter, if any, of such Investor Shares and Warrant Shares) such number of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto and of prospectuses and preliminary prospectuses in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act as the Investor shall reasonably request.

 

(E) Promptly file documents required of the Company for customary “blue sky” clearance in states specified in writing by the Investor and reasonably required by the Investor in order to resell its Investor Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or consent to service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or has not so consented.

 

(F) Promptly inform the Investor when any stop order by the Commission has been issued with respect to the Investor Shares or Warrant Shares and use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly cause such stop order to be withdrawn.

 

(G) Take such other actions as may reasonably be necessary to effect the registration of the resale of the Investor Shares and the Warrant Shares on a Registration Statement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to allow such Investor Shares and Warrant Shares to trade in the same market system or exchange where the Company’s Common Stock then trades.

 

(H) File the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any holder of Investor Shares and Warrant Shares, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales under Rule 144 under the Securities Act), all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Investor to sell Investor Shares and Warrant Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 5(a)(2)(H), nothing

 

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in this Agreement shall require the Company to file reports under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to register any of its securities under the Exchange Act, or to make publicly available any information concerning the Company at any time when it is not required by law or by any agreement by which it is bound to do any of the foregoing.

 

A questionnaire related to the Registration Statement to be completed by the Investor is attached hereto as Annex IV.

 

(b) Transfer of Shares and Warrants. The Investor agrees not to effect any disposition of the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants or the Warrant Shares or the right to purchase the Investor Shares, Investor Warrants or the Warrant Shares that would constitute a sale within the meaning of the Securities Act except as contemplated in Sections 5(a)(1) and (2) or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Investor agrees to promptly notify the Company of any changes in the information set forth in any registration statement regarding the Investor Shares, the Investor Warrants and the Warrant Shares or the Investor.

 

(c) The Investor hereby acknowledges and agrees that in the event that the Company makes any filing with the SEC in connection with a primary underwritten offering within 30 days following the Closing Date, the time period for preparing and filing a Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 5(a)(2) above shall be extended until such time as is reasonably necessary or appropriate and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts, subject to the receipt of necessary information from the Investor, to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as promptly thereafter as practicable.

 

(d) Postponement. The Company may postpone the filing or effectiveness of any registration statement to be filed pursuant to this Section 5 for a reasonable period of time if (i) the Company is engaged in confidential negotiations or other confidential business activities, disclosure of which would be required in such registration statement and (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that such disclosure would have a material adverse effect on any such confidential negotiations or other confidential business activities or would be materially detrimental to the Company.

 

(e) Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(1) For the purpose of this Section 5(e):

 

(A) The term “Selling Shareholder” shall include the Investor, officers, directors, trustees, or any affiliate of such Investor and each person, if any, who controls the Selling Shareholder within the meaning of the Securities Act, and

 

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(B) The term “Registration Statement” shall include (i) the Registration Statement and any final prospectus, exhibit, supplement or amendment included in or relating to the Registration Statement and (ii) any registration statement filed in connection with Section 5(a)(1) and any final prospectus, exhibit, supplement or amendment included in or relating to such registration statement; and

 

(2) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Shareholder from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Selling Shareholder may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise) insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arise out of any failure by the Company to fulfill any undertaking included in the Registration Statement and the Company will reimburse such Selling Shareholder for any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim, provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is based upon, any such untrue statement or omission made in such Registration Statement in reliance upon written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder for use in preparation of the Registration Statement, or the failure of such Selling Shareholder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 4(a)(7) and 5(b) hereof respecting sale of the Shares or any statement or omission in any prospectus that is corrected or made not misleading in any subsequent prospectus that was delivered to the Investor prior to the pertinent sale or sales by the Investor. The Company will reimburse such Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim.

 

(3) The Investor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company (and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement and each director of the Company) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company (or any such officer, director or controlling person) may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, any failure to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 4(a)(7) and 5(b) hereof respecting sale of the Shares, or any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement on the effective date

 

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thereof if such untrue statement was made in reliance upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Investor for use in preparation of the Registration Statement, provided, however, that such Investor shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that the Investor has furnished in writing to the Company information expressly for use in such Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto which corrected or made not misleading information previously furnished to the Company prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, and if furnished to the Company after the filing of the Registration Statement, has notified the Company of such information immediately upon its occurrence or the Investor’s knowledge of its occurrence. The Investor will reimburse the Company (or such officer, director or controlling person), as the case may be, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim. In no event shall the liability of the Investor hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Investor (net of any underwriting discount) upon the sale of the Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(4) Promptly after receipt by any indemnified person of a notice of a claim or the beginning of any action in respect of which indemnity is to be sought against an indemnifying person pursuant to this Section 5(e), such indemnified person shall notify the indemnifying person in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action, and, subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, in case any such action shall be brought against an indemnified person and such indemnifying person shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified person. After notice from the indemnifying person to such indemnified person of its election to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying person shall not be liable to such indemnified person for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof, provided, however, that if there exists or shall exist a conflict of interest that would make it inappropriate, in the opinion of counsel to the indemnified person, for the same counsel to represent both the indemnified person and such indemnifying person or any affiliate or associate thereof, the indemnified person shall be entitled to retain its own counsel at the expense of such indemnifying person; provided, however, that no indemnifying person shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel for all indemnified parties. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but, if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party or parties in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(e).

 

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(5) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5(e) from the indemnifying person is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified person hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying person, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified person, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified person as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying person and indemnified persons in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying person and indemnified persons shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying person or indemnified persons, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 5(e), any reasonable legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(e) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(e), no Investor shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Investor (net of any underwriting discount) upon the sale of the Shares giving rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(f) Termination of Conditions and Obligations. The conditions precedent imposed by Section 4(a)(8) or this Section 5 upon the transferability of the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares shall cease and terminate as to any particular number of the Investor Shares and Warrant Shares when such Investor Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the intended method of disposition set forth in the registration statement covering such Investor Shares and Warrant Shares or when such Investor Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been sold or otherwise disposed following receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company stating that an exemption from registration is available under the Securities Act to sell or otherwise dispose of such Investor Shares and Warrant Shares.

 

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(g) Information Available. So long as a registration statement is effective covering the resale of the Investor Shares and the Warrant Shares, the Company will furnish to the Investor:

 

(1) As soon as practicable after available (but in the case of the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company), one copy of (i) its Annual Report to Shareholders (which Annual Report shall contain financial statements audited in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by a national firm of certified public accountants), (ii) if not included in substance in the Annual Report to Shareholders, its Annual Report on Form 10-K or equivalent form, (iii) its Quarterly Reports to Shareholders, (iv) if not included in substance in its Quarterly Reports to Shareholders, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or equivalent form, and (v) a full copy of the particular registration statement covering the Shares (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits); and

 

(2) Upon the reasonable request of the Investor, all exhibits to the reports and registration statement provided to the Investor pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this Section 5(g) and all other information that is made available to shareholders;

 

(3) Upon the reasonable request of the Investor, an adequate number of copies of the prospectuses to supply to any other party requiring such prospectuses;

 

and the Company, upon the reasonable request of the Investor, will meet with the Investor or a representative thereof at the Company’s headquarters to discuss all information relevant for disclosure in the registration statement covering the Investor Shares and the Warrant Shares and will otherwise reasonably cooperate with any Investor conducting an investigation for the purpose of reducing or eliminating such Investor’s exposure to liability under the Securities Act, including the reasonable production of information at the Company’s headquarters.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Remedies. It is understood and agreed that any breach of the provisions of this Agreement by either party hereto will result in irreparable injury to the other party hereto, that the remedy at law alone will be an inadequate remedy for such breach, and that, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies which such party may have, such party may enforce its rights by actions for specific performance (to the extent permitted by law).

 

(b) Fees and Expenses. Each of the parties hereto shall be responsible for their own expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall reimburse the Investor for its reasonable

 

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out-of-pocket expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the procedures in Section 5(a)(2)(A) through (H) hereof, other than fees and expenses, if any, of one counsel or other advisors to all of the Investors upon delivery to the Company of reasonable documentation setting forth such out-of-pocket expenses.

 

(c) Binding Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure solely to the benefit of, each of the parties hereto, and each of their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The Investor may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

(d) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by written execution by both parties. By executing this Agreement below, the Investor agrees to be bound by all of the terms, provisions, warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein. Upon acceptance by the Company, this Agreement shall be binding on both parties hereto.

 

(e) Consent To Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ALL RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. FURTHERMORE, EACH INVESTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

(f) Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communication hereunder shall be in writing, shall be mailed by first class registered or certified mail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given when so mailed and shall be delivered as addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company, to:

 

StockerYale, Inc.

32 Hampshire Road
Salem, New Hampshire 03079
Attn:   Mark W. Blodgett,
    Chief Executive Officer

 

with a copy mailed to:

 

Browne Rosedale & Lanouette LLP

31 St. James Avenue, Suite 850

Boston, MA 02116

Attn: Thomas B. Rosedale

 

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or to such other person at such other place as the Company shall designate to the Investor in writing; and

 

if to the Investor, at its address as set forth at the end of this Agreement, or at such other address or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.

 

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one in the same agreement.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

STOCKERYALE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mark W. Blodgett


    Mark W. Blodgett
    President, CEO

 

Accepted and Agreed as of the date

first above written:

 

Van Wagoner Crossover Fund
By:  

/s/ Garrett R. Van Wagoner


Name:

  Garrett R. Van Wagoner
Title   General Partner

 

Address:  

 


   

 


   

 


Telephone:  

 


Facsimile:  

 


 

Nominee (name in which Investor Shares and Warrant Shares are to

be registered, if different than name of Investor)                     

 

Address of Nominee:

 


 


 


 

Taxpayer I.D. Number:                     

(if acquired in the name of a nominee, the

taxpayer I.D. number of such nominee)

 

EACH INVESTOR EXECUTING THESE PURCHASE AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGES ON BEHALF OF ONE OR MORE MANAGED ACCOUNTS SHOULD PROVIDE THE NAME OF, AND FOREGOING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO, EACH SUCH MANAGED ACCOUNT.

EX-10.12 4 dex1012.htm COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT Common Stock Purchase Warrant

EXHIBIT 10.12

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO STOCKERYALE, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

Issue Date: August 16, 2005

 

156,250 Shares of Common Stock

(subject to adjustment as provided herein)

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

STOCKERYALE, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received, Van Wagoner Crossover Fund, or its assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company from and after the issue date of this Warrant and at any time or from time to time before 5:00 p.m., Boston time, through five (5) years after such date (the “Expiration Date”), up to 156,250 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined), $.001 par value per share, of the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below). The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:

 

(a) The term “Company” shall include StockerYale, Inc. and any corporation which shall succeed or assume the obligations of StockerYale, Inc. hereunder.

 

(b) The term “Common Stock” includes (a) the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, and (b) any other securities into which or for which any of the securities described in (a) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.

 

(c) The term “Other Securities” refers to any stock (other than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise.

 

(d) The term “Exercise Price” shall be mean $1.17 per share.

 

1. Exercise of Warrant.

 

1.1 Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after the date hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by delivery of an original or fax copy of the exercise notice attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), an aggregate of 156,250 shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.

 

1.2 Fair Market Value. Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) shall be determined as follows:

 

(a) If the Company’s Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on the National or SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.


(b) If the Company’s Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or on the Nasdaq but is traded on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board or BBX Exchange, then the mean of the average of the closing bid and asked prices reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.

 

(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company’s Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree or in the absence of agreement by arbitration in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to be decided.

 

(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant to the Company’s charter, then all amounts to be payable per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are outstanding at the Determination Date.

 

2. Procedure for Exercise.

 

2.1 Delivery of Stock Certificates, etc. on Exercise. The Company agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for such shares as aforesaid. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any event within 3 business days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon payment by such holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair Market Value of one full share of Common Stock, together with any other stock or other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.

 

2.2 Exercise.

 

(a) Payment for the shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant may be made either in (i) cash or by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to the applicable aggregate Exercise Price, (ii) by delivery of the Warrant, Common Stock and/or Common Stock receivable upon exercise of the Warrant in accordance with Section (b) below, or (iii) by a combination of any of the foregoing methods, for the number of Common Shares specified in such form (as such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder per the terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) determined as provided herein.

 

(b) Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant for cash, the Holder may elect to receive shares of Common Stock equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed Exercise Notice in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:

 

X=Y(A-B)/A

 

Where:

 

X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder.

 

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Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised, the portion of the Warrant being exercised (at the date of such calculation).

 

A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (as of the date of such calculation).

 

B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

3. Effect of Reorganization, etc.; Adjustment of Exercise Price.

 

3.1 Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case at any time or from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into any other person, or (c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.

 

3.2 Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the Company following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holder of the Warrant after the effective date of such dissolution pursuant to Section 3.1 to a bank or trust company having its principal office in New York, NY, as trustee for the Holder of the Warrant.

 

3.3 Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization, consolidation, merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the transactions described in this Section 3, then only in such event will the Company’s securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders of the Warrant be delivered to the Trustee as contemplated by Section 3. 2.

 

4. Extraordinary Events Regarding Common Stock. In the event that the Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be

 

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the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.

 

5. Certificates as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the exercise of the Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the holder of the Warrant and any Warrant agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).

 

6. Reservation of Stock, etc. Issuable on Exercise of Warrant. The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of this Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of the Warrant.

 

7. Assignment; Exchange of Warrant. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by the Holder with respect to any or all of the Shares. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Holder’s endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the “Endorsement Form”) and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall include, without limitation, a legal opinion from the Holder’s counsel that such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of applicable securities laws, the Company (at its expense but with payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Holder and/or the transferee(s) specified in such Endorsement Form, calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the Holder.

 

8. Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

 

9. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of the Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such office by such agent.

 

10. Transfer on the Company’s Books. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

11. Notices, etc. All notices and other communications from the Company to the Holder of this Warrant shall be mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by such holder or, until any such Holder furnishes to the Company an address, then to, and at the address of, the last Holder of this Warrant who has so furnished an address to the Company.

 

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12. Voluntary Adjustment by the Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

13. Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated by this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of Massachusetts or in the federal courts located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; provided, however, that the Holder may choose to waive this provision and bring an action outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The Company acknowledges that legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore, stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Warrant to favor any party against the other party.

 

* * * * *

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant under seal as of the date first written above.

 

STOCKERYALE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mark W. Blodgett


    Mark W. Blodgett
    President and CEO

 

Witness:

/s/ Michelle McCassey


 

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Exhibit A

 

FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION

 

(To be signed only on exercise of Warrant)

 

To: StockerYale, Inc.

 

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):

 

                 shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or

 

             the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.

 

The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is $            . Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):

 

             $                 in lawful money of the United States ; and/or

 

             the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is exercisable for a total of              shares of Common Stock (using a Fair Market Value of $             per share for purposes of this calculation); and/or

 

         the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchaseable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.

 

The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name of and delivered to                      whose address is

 

 


 


 


 

The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

 

Dated:                     

 

 


(Signature must conform to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

 

 


(Address)

 

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Exhibit B

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT (To be signed only on transfer of Warrant)

 

For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading “Transferees” the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock of StockerYale, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates specified under the heading “Number Transferred” opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books of StockerYale, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Transferess:   Number Transferred:                     

 


   

 


   
Dated:                         
Signed:  

 


   

(Signature must conform to name of holder

as specified on the face of the Warrant)

   
Print Name:  

 


   
(Address)  

 


   
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:    
Signed:  

 


   
(Address)  

 


   
Print Name:  

 


   

 

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EX-23.1 5 dex231.htm CONSENT OF VITALE CATURANO & CO., LTD. Consent of Vitale Caturano & Co., Ltd.

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of StockerYale, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated February 25, 2005 (except for Note 12 as to which the date is March 22, 2005), relating to the consolidated financial statements and supplemental schedules in Item 15a(2) of StockerYale, Inc. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the substantial doubt with respect to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern) appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of StockerYale, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2004 and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement.

 

VITALE, CATURANO & COMPANY, LTD.

Boston, Massachusetts

October 14, 2005

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