COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 4, 2026
by and between
FOLD HOLDINGS, INC.
and
ROTH PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS, LLC
CERTAIN INFORMATION, IDENTIFIED BY, AND REPLACED WITH, A MARK OF “[**]” HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
Execution Version
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 4, 2026
by and between
FOLD HOLDINGS, INC.
and
ROTH PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS, LLC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK |
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Section 2.1 |
Purchase and Sale of Stock |
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Section 2.2 |
Closing Date; Settlement Dates |
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Section 2.3 |
Initial Public Announcements and Required Filings |
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ARTICLE III PURCHASE TERMS |
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Section 3.1 |
Market Open Purchases |
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Section 3.2 |
Intraday Purchases |
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Section 3.3 |
Extended Hours Purchases |
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Section 3.4 |
Settlement |
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Section 3.5 |
Compliance with Rules of Trading Market |
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Section 3.6 |
Beneficial Ownership Limitation |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE INVESTOR |
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Section 4.1 |
Organization and Standing of the Investor |
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Section 4.2 |
Authorization and Power |
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Section 4.3 |
No Conflicts |
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Section 4.4 |
Investment Purpose |
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Section 4.5 |
Accredited Investor Status |
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Section 4.6 |
Reliance on Exemptions |
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Section 4.7 |
Information |
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Section 4.8 |
No Governmental Review |
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Section 4.9 |
No General Solicitation |
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Section 4.10 |
Not an Affiliate |
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Section 4.11 |
No Prior Short Sales |
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Section 4.12 |
Statutory Underwriter Status |
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Section 4.13 |
Resales of Shares |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY |
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Section 5.1 |
Organization, Good Standing and Power |
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Section 5.2 |
Authorization, Enforcement |
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Section 5.3 |
Capitalization |
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Section 5.4 |
Payment of Commitment Fee; Issuance of Shares |
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Section 5.5 |
No Conflicts |
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Section 5.6 |
Commission Documents, Financial Statements; Disclosure Controls |
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Section 5.7 |
Subsidiaries |
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Section 5.8 |
No Material Adverse Effect or Material Change |
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Section 5.9 |
No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Section 5.10 |
No Material Defaults on Indebtedness |
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Section 5.11 |
Solvency |
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Section 5.12 |
Title to Real and Personal Property |
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Section 5.13 |
Litigation |
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Section 5.14 |
Compliance with Applicable Laws |
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Section 5.15 |
Certain Fees |
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Section 5.16 |
Disclosure |
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Section 5.17 |
Material Permits |
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Section 5.18 |
Environmental Matters |
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Section 5.19 |
Intellectual Property Rights |
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Section 5.20 |
Material Contracts |
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Section 5.21 |
Transactions With Affiliates |
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Section 5.22 |
Labor Relations |
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Section 5.23 |
Use of Proceeds |
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Section 5.24 |
Investment Company Act Status |
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Section 5.25 |
Tax Matters |
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Section 5.26 |
Insurance |
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Section 5.27 |
Exemption from Registration |
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Section 5.28 |
No General Solicitation or Advertising |
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Section 5.29 |
No Integrated Offering |
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Section 5.30 |
Dilutive Effect |
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Section 5.31 |
Manipulation of Price |
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Section 5.32 |
Securities Act |
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Section 5.33 |
Listing and Maintenance Requirements; DTC Eligibility |
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Section 5.34 |
Application of Takeover Protections |
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Section 5.35 |
Foreign Corrupt Practices |
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Section 5.36 |
Office of Foreign Assets Control |
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Section 5.37 |
Money Laundering |
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Section 5.38 |
ERISA |
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Section 5.39 |
IT Systems |
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Section 5.40 |
Compliance with Data Privacy Laws |
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Section 5.41 |
U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation |
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Section 5.42 |
Margin Rules |
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Section 5.43 |
Emerging Growth Company Status |
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Section 5.44 |
Smaller Reporting Company Status |
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Section 5.45 |
No Disqualification Events |
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Section 5.46 |
Market Capitalization |
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Section 5.47 |
Broker/Dealer Relationships; FINRA Information |
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Section 5.48 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Relationship with Investor and RCP |
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Section 5.49 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Investor’s Affiliate Relationships |
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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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Section 6.1 |
Securities Compliance |
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Section 6.2 |
Reservation of Common Stock |
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Section 6.3 |
Registration and Listing |
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Section 6.4 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 6.5 |
Keeping of Records and Books of Account; Due Diligence |
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Section 6.6 |
No Frustration; No Variable Rate Transactions |
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Section 6.7 |
Corporate Existence |
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Section 6.8 |
Fundamental Transaction |
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Section 6.9 |
Selling Restrictions |
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Section 6.10 |
Effective Registration Statement |
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Section 6.11 |
Blue Sky |
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Section 6.12 |
Non-Public Information |
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Section 6.13 |
Broker-Dealer |
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Section 6.14 |
FINRA Filing |
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Section 6.15 |
QIU |
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Section 6.16 |
Disclosure Schedule |
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Section 6.17 |
Delivery of Compliance Certificates, Bring-Down Negative Assurance Letters |
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING, COMMENCEMENT AND PURCHASES |
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Section 7.1 |
Conditions Precedent to Closing |
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Section 7.2 |
Conditions Precedent to Commencement |
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Section 7.3 |
Conditions Precedent to Purchases after Commencement Date |
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION |
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Section 8.1 |
Automatic Termination |
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Section 8.2 |
Other Termination |
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Section 8.3 |
Effect of Termination |
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ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 9.1 |
Indemnification of Investor |
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Section 9.2 |
Indemnification Procedures |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.1 |
Certain Fees and Expenses; Commitment Fee; Commencement Irrevocable |
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Section 10.2 |
Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 10.3 |
Entire Agreement |
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Section 10.4 |
Notices |
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Section 10.5 |
Waivers |
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Section 10.6 |
Amendments |
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Section 10.7 |
Information Requests |
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Section 10.8 |
Headings |
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Section 10.9 |
Construction |
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Section 10.10 |
Binding Effect |
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Section 10.11 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Section 10.12 |
Governing Law |
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Section 10.13 |
Survival |
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Section 10.14 |
Counterparts |
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Section 10.15 |
Publicity |
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Section 10.16 |
Severability |
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Section 10.17 |
Further Assurances |
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Annex I. Definitions
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COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of September 4, 2026 (this “Agreement”), by and between Roth Principal Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investor”), and Fold Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
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WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth herein, the Company may issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to the lesser of (i) $25,000,000 in aggregate gross purchase price of newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) the Exchange Cap (to the extent applicable under Section 3.5);
WHEREAS, such sales of Common Stock by the Company to the Investor will be made in reliance upon the provisions of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (“Section 4(a)(2)”) and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”), and upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the sales of Common Stock to the Investor to be made hereunder;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are concurrently entering into a Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company shall register under the Securities Act the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) by the Investor, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, in consideration for the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Investor the Commitment Fee, pursuant to, at such time(s) and in such manner as set forth in Section 10.1(ii) of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company acknowledges that the Investor’s Affiliate, Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“RCP”), is acting as the Investor’s representative in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Annex I hereto, and hereby made a part hereof, or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.
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Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article VII, the parties agree as follows:
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(a) Pre-Market Purchases. Upon the initial satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 on the Commencement Date and from time to time thereafter, subject to the satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in Section 7.3, in addition to Market Open Purchases as described in Section 3.1 and Intraday Purchases as described in Section 3.2, the Company shall also have the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Investor, by its timely delivery to the Investor of a Pre-Market Purchase Notice for a Pre-Market Purchase (each, a “Pre-Market Purchase”), specifying in such Pre-Market Purchase Notice (a) the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage for such Pre-Market Purchase and (b) whether a Limit Order Continue Election or a Limit Order Discontinue Election shall apply to such Pre-Market Purchase, on the applicable Purchase Date therefor, to purchase a specified Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount, which shall not exceed the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount, at the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Price therefor on such Purchase Date in accordance with this Agreement. The Company may timely deliver to the Investor a Pre-Market Purchase Notice for Pre-Market Purchase on any Trading Day selected by the Company as the Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase, so long as (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such Purchase Date is not less than the Threshold Price, and (ii) all Shares subject to all prior Purchases effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement on or before the Trading Day immediately preceding such Purchase Date (as applicable) have been timely received by the Investor as DWAC Shares on the applicable Purchase Share Delivery Dates for such prior Purchases in accordance with Section 3.4. The Investor is obligated to accept each Pre-Market Purchase Notice prepared and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in this Agreement. If the Company delivers any Pre-Market Purchase Notice directing the Investor to purchase a Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount in excess of the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount that the Company is then permitted to include in such Pre-Market Purchase Notice (taking into account the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for
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such Pre-Market Purchase), such Pre-Market Purchase Notice shall be void ab initio to the extent of the amount by which the Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount set forth in such Pre-Market Purchase Notice exceeds such applicable Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount, and the Investor shall have no obligation to purchase, and shall not purchase, such excess Shares pursuant to such Pre-Market Purchase Notice; provided, however, that the Investor shall remain obligated to purchase the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount pursuant to such Pre-Market Purchase. At or prior to 7:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date on which a Pre-Market Purchase shall have occurred, the Investor shall provide to the Company, by email correspondence to each of the individual notice recipients of the Company set forth in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice, a written confirmation for such Pre-Market Purchase, setting forth the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Price per Share to be paid by the Investor for the Shares purchased by the Investor in such Pre-Market Purchase, and the total aggregate Pre-Market Purchase Price to be paid by the Investor for the total Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount purchased by the Investor in such Pre-Market Purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not deliver any Pre-Market Purchase Notices to the Investor during the PEA Period, any Allowable Grace Period, any MPA Period or at any other time that the Company is in possession of material non-public information regarding the Company, its Subsidiaries or their securities.
(b) Post-Market Purchases. Upon the initial satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 on the Commencement Date and from time to time thereafter, subject to the satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in Section 7.3, in addition to Market Open Purchases as described in Section 3.1, Intraday Purchases as described in Section 3.2 and Pre-Market Purchases as described in Section 3.3(a), the Company shall also have the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Investor, by its timely delivery to the Investor of a Post-Market Purchase Notice for a Post-Market Purchase (each, a “Post-Market Purchase”), specifying in such Post-Market Purchase Notice (a) the Post-Market Purchase Percentage for such Post-Market Purchase and (b) whether a Limit Order Continue Election or a Limit Order Discontinue Election shall apply to such Post-Market Purchase, on the applicable Purchase Date therefor, to purchase a specified Post-Market Purchase Share Amount, which shall not exceed the applicable Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount, at the applicable Post-Market Purchase Price therefor on such Purchase Date in accordance with this Agreement. The Company may timely deliver to the Investor a Post-Market Purchase Notice for Post-Market Purchase on any Trading Day selected by the Company as the Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase, so long as (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Purchase Date is not less than the Threshold Price, and (ii) all Shares subject to all prior Purchases effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement on or before the Trading Day immediately preceding such Purchase Date (as applicable) have been timely received by the Investor as DWAC Shares on the applicable Purchase Share Delivery Dates for such prior Purchases in accordance with Section 3.4. The Investor is obligated to accept each Post-Market Purchase Notice prepared and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in this Agreement. If the Company delivers any Post-Market Purchase Notice directing the Investor to purchase a Post-Market Purchase Share Amount in excess of the applicable Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount that the Company is then permitted to include in such Post-Market Purchase Notice (taking into account the Post-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase), such Post-Market Purchase Notice shall be void ab initio to the extent of the amount by which the Post-Market Purchase Share Amount set
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forth in such Post-Market Purchase Notice exceeds such applicable Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount, and the Investor shall have no obligation to purchase, and shall not purchase, such excess Shares pursuant to such Post-Market Purchase Notice; provided, however, that the Investor shall remain obligated to purchase the applicable Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount pursuant to such Post-Market Purchase. At or prior to 7:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date on which one or more Post-Market Purchases shall have occurred, the Investor shall provide to the Company, by email correspondence to each of the individual notice recipients of the Company set forth in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice, a written confirmation for each such Post-Market Purchase, setting forth the applicable Post-Market Purchase Price per Share to be paid by the Investor for the Shares purchased by the Investor in such Post-Market Purchase, and the total aggregate Post-Market Purchase Price to be paid by the Investor for the total Post-Market Purchase Share Amount purchased by the Investor in such Post-Market Purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not deliver any Post-Market Purchase Notices to the Investor during the PEA Period, any Allowable Grace Period, any MPA Period or at any other time that the Company is in possession of material non-public information regarding the Company, its Subsidiaries or their securities.
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(a) Exchange Cap. Subject to Section 3.5(b), the Company shall not issue or sell any shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, and the Investor shall not purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent that after giving effect thereto, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that would be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby would exceed 10,942,804 shares of Common Stock (such number of shares equal to 19.99% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement), which number of shares shall be reduced, on a share-for-share basis, by the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any transaction or series of transactions that may be aggregated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under applicable rules of the Trading Market (such maximum number of shares of Common Stock, the “Exchange Cap”), unless the Company’s stockholders have approved the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement in excess of the Exchange Cap in accordance with the applicable rules of the Trading Market. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may, but shall be under no obligation to, request its stockholders to approve the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that if such stockholder approval is not obtained, the Exchange Cap shall be applicable for all purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby at all times during the term of this Agreement (except as set forth in Section 3.5(b)).
(b) At-Market Transaction. Notwithstanding Section 3.5(a) above, the Exchange Cap shall not be applicable for any purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, solely to the extent that (and only for so long as) the Average Price shall
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equal or exceed the Base Price (it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Exchange Cap shall be applicable for all purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby at all other times during the term of this Agreement, unless the stockholder approval referred to in Section 3.5(a) is obtained). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Minimum Price used to determine the Base Price hereunder represents the lower of (i) the Nasdaq official closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Market (as reflected on Nasdaq.com) on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and (ii) the average Nasdaq official closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Market (as reflected on Nasdaq.com) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement.
(c) General. The Company shall not issue or sell any shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement if such issuance or sale would reasonably be expected to result in (A) a violation of the Securities Act or (B) a breach of the rules of the Trading Market. The provisions of this Section 3.5 shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3.5 only if necessary to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and the applicable rules of the Trading Market.
The Investor hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants to the Company:
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Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Investor, if any (which is hereby incorporated by reference in, and constitutes an integral part of, this Agreement) (the “Disclosure Schedule”), the Company hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants to the Investor:
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(a) Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents, since February 14, 2025 (the “Business Combination Date”), the Company has timely filed (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all Commission Documents required to be filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, including those required to be filed with or furnished to the Commission under Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As of the Closing Date, no Subsidiary of the Company is required to file or furnish any report, schedule, registration, form, statement, information or other document with the Commission. Other than as disclosed in Schedule 5.6, as of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the Closing Date, as of the date of such amended or superseded filing), each Commission Document filed with or furnished to the Commission prior to the Closing Date complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable. Each Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, on the date it is filed with the Commission, on the date it is declared effective by the Commission and on each Purchase Date, shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act (including, without limitation, Rule 415 under the Securities Act) and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, except that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements in or omissions from such Registration Statement made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Investor furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein. The Prospectus and each Prospectus Supplement required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement after the Closing Date, when taken together, on its date and on each Purchase Date, shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act (including, without limitation, Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act) and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Investor furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein. Each Commission Document (other than the Initial Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement, or the Prospectus included therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto) to be filed with or furnished to the Commission after the Closing Date and filed as part of or incorporated by reference in the Initial Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement, or the Prospectus included therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto
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required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement (including, without limitation, the Current Report), when such document is filed with or furnished to the Commission and, if applicable, when such document becomes effective, as the case may be, shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable. The Company has delivered or made available to the Investor via EDGAR or otherwise true and complete copies of all comment letters and substantive correspondence received by the Company from the Commission relating to the Commission Documents filed with or furnished to the Commission as of the Closing Date, together with all written responses of the Company thereto in the form such responses were filed via EDGAR. Except as disclosed in the Commission Documents, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments or undertakings in such comment letters received by the Company from the Commission. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(b) The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Commission Documents, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods specified (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate) and have been prepared in compliance with the published requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis (except (i) for such adjustments to accounting standards and practices as are noted therein and (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) during the periods involved, other than as disclosed in Schedule 5.6. The pro forma financial statements or data included or incorporated by reference in the Commission Documents, if any, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, including, without limitation, Article 11 thereof, and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the circumstances referred to therein and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data. The other financial, statistical and market-related data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the Commission Documents, if any, are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Commission Documents that are not included or incorporated by reference as required. All disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Commission Documents, if any, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
(c) Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii)
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transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents or as disclosed in Schedule 5.6, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents or as disclosed in Schedule 5.6, since the date of the latest audited financial statements of the Company included in the Commission Documents, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the most recent Evaluation Date and, except as set forth in such Form 10-K or any Commission Document filed with the Commission for a period subsequent to the period covered by such Form 10-K, the “disclosure controls and procedures” are effective.
(d) CBIZ CPAs P.C. (the “Accountant”), whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company is filed with the Commission as part of the 2025 Form 10-K and shall be filed with the Commission as part of the Initial Registration Statement, are and, during the periods covered by their report, were independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). To the Company’s Knowledge, the Accountant is not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) with respect to the Company.
(e) Since the Business Combination Date, the Company has timely filed all certifications and statements the Company is required to file under (i) Rule 13a-14 or Rule 15d-14 under the Exchange Act or (ii) 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) with respect to all Commission Documents with respect to which the Company is required to file such certifications and statements thereunder.
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The Company covenants with the Investor, and the Investor covenants with the Company, as follows, which covenants of one party are for the benefit of the other party, unless otherwise consented to be the other party, during the Investment Period (and with respect to the Company, for the period following the termination of this Agreement specified in Section 8.3 pursuant to and in accordance with Section 8.3):
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(i) During the Investment Period, the Company shall comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with (a) all Laws and Orders applicable to the business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) with applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, including Regulation M thereunder, applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws, and applicable listing rules of the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is listed for trading on any Eligible Market, applicable listing rules of such Eligible Market), in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, prohibit or otherwise interfere with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect or for Investor to conduct resales of Shares under the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained therein in any material respect. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its or their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or any other Persons acting on their behalf shall, in connection with the operation of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses, (1) use any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or entertainment or to make any unlawful expenditures relating to political activity to government officials, candidates or members of political parties or organizations, (2) pay, accept or receive any unlawful contributions, payments, expenditures or gifts, or (3) violate or operate in noncompliance with any export restrictions, anti-boycott regulations, embargo regulations or other applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the FCPA, OFAC and Money Laundering Laws.
(ii) The Investor shall comply with all Laws and Orders applicable to the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and its investment in the Shares, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, prohibit or otherwise interfere with the ability of the Investor to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
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Without limiting the foregoing, the Investor shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including Regulation M thereunder, the rules and regulations of FINRA, and all applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws.
(iii) The Investor and the Company shall each maintain records showing the remaining Total Commitment, the remaining Aggregate Limit, the Purchase Date and Market Open Purchase Share Amount for each Market Open Purchase, the Purchase Date and Intraday Purchase Share Amount for each Intraday Purchase, the Purchase Date and Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount for each Pre-Market Purchase, and the Purchase Date and Post-Market Purchase Share Amount for each Post-Market Purchase.
(iv) Subject to the requirements of Section 6.12, from time to time from and after the Closing Date, the Company shall make available for inspection and review by the Investor during normal business hours and after reasonable notice, customary documentation reasonably requested by the Investor and/or its appointed counsel or advisors to conduct due diligence; provided, however, that after the Closing Date, the Investor’s continued due diligence shall not be a condition precedent to the Commencement or to the Investor’s obligation to accept each Purchase Notice timely delivered by the Company to the Investor in accordance with this Agreement.
(a) No Frustration. The Company shall not enter into, announce or recommend to its stockholders any agreement, plan, arrangement or transaction in or of which the terms thereof would restrict, materially delay, conflict with or impair the ability or right of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including, without limitation, the obligation of the Company to (i) pay or cause to be paid to the Investor the Commitment Fee, pursuant to, at such time(s) and in such manner as set forth in Section 10.1(ii) of this Agreement, and (ii) deliver the Shares to the Investor in respect of each Purchase effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, in each case not later than the applicable Purchase Share Delivery Date with respect to such Purchase in accordance with Section 3.4. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 6.6(i) shall in any way limit the Company’s right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.2 (subject in all cases to Section 8.3).
(b) No Variable Rate Transactions. The Company shall not effect or enter into an agreement to effect any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate Transaction, other than in connection with an Exempt Issuance. The Investor shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief against the Company and its Subsidiaries to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
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(a) Except as expressly set forth below, the Investor covenants that from and after the Closing Date through and including the Trading Day next following the expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided in Article VIII (the “Restricted Period”), none of the Investor, any of its officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor (collectively, the “Restricted Persons” and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Restricted Person”) shall, directly or indirectly, for the principal account of the Investor or any such entity managed or controlled by the Investor, (i) engage in any Short Sales of the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall (without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the Restricted Period from: (1) selling “long” (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO) the Shares; or (2) selling a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Shares that the Investor is unconditionally obligated to purchase under any pending Purchase Notice for any Purchase, but has not yet received from the Company or its transfer agent pursuant to this Agreement, so long as (X) the Investor (or its Broker-Dealer, as applicable) delivers the Shares purchased pursuant to such pending Purchase Notice to the purchaser thereof promptly upon the Investor’s receipt of such Shares from the Company in accordance with Section 3.4 of this Agreement and (Y) neither the Company nor its transfer agent shall have failed for any reason to deliver such Shares to the Investor or its Broker-Dealer so that such Shares are timely received by the Investor as DWAC Shares on the applicable Purchase Share Delivery Date for such pending Purchase in accordance with Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
(b) In addition to the foregoing, in connection with any sale of Shares (including any sale permitted by paragraph (i) above), the Investor shall comply in all respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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(a) The Company may, from time to time, update the Disclosure Schedule as may be required to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(i) and Section 7.3(i) (to the extent such condition set forth in Section 7.3(i) relates to the condition in Section 7.2(i) as of a specific Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time). For purposes of this Section 6.16, any disclosure made in a schedule to the Compliance Certificate shall be deemed to be an update of the Disclosure Schedule. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no update to the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to this Section 6.16 shall cure any breach of a representation or warranty of the
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Company contained in this Agreement and made prior to the update and shall not affect any of the Investor’s rights or remedies with respect thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Disclosure Schedule or in this Agreement, the information and disclosure contained in any Schedule of the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated by reference in any other Schedule of the Disclosure Schedule as though fully set forth in such Schedule for which applicability of such information and disclosure is readily apparent on its face. The fact that any item of information is disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule shall not be construed to mean that such information is required to be disclosed by this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, such information and the thresholds (whether based on quantity, qualitative characterization, dollar amounts or otherwise) set forth herein shall not be used as a basis for interpreting the terms “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or other similar terms in this Agreement.
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(a) Accuracy of the Investor’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Agreement (a) that are not qualified by “materiality” shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such other date and (b) that are qualified by “materiality” shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date.
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(b) Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (a) that are not qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such other date and (b) that are qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date.
(c) Payment of QIU Fee and Initial Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds: (a) to an account designated by the Qualified Independent Underwriter engaged by the Company pursuant to Section 6.15 (as applicable) on or prior to the date hereof, all fees required to be paid to the Qualified Independent Underwriter on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to an engagement agreement between the Company and the Qualified Independent Underwriter setting forth the terms of such engagement in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement; and (b) to an account designated by the Investor (or the Investor’s counsel, as applicable) on or prior to the date hereof, the Initial Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement in accordance with Section 10.1(i), all of which Initial Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement shall be fully earned by the Investor and shall be non-refundable as of the Closing Date, in each case, regardless of whether the Commencement occurs or whether any Purchases are made or settled hereunder or any subsequent termination of this Agreement.
(d) Closing Deliverables. At the Closing, counterpart signature pages of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto shall be delivered as provided in Section 2.2. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, the Investor’s counsel shall have received (a) the opinions of outside counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the forms mutually agreed to by the Company and the Investor prior to the date of this Agreement, (b) the closing certificate from the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit B hereto, and (c) as applicable, counterpart signature pages of any engagement agreement between the Company and the Qualified Independent Underwriter engaged by the Company pursuant to Section 6.15 executed by each of the parties thereto.
(a) Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement (a) that are not qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Commencement Date with the same force and effect as if made on such date, except to the extent
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such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such other date and (b) that are qualified by “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall have been true and correct when made and shall be true and correct as of the Commencement Date with the same force and effect as if made on such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties are as of another date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such other date.
(b) Performance of the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Commencement. The Company shall deliver to the Investor on the Commencement Date the compliance certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Compliance Certificate”).
(c) Initial Registration Statement Effective. The Initial Registration Statement covering the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities included therein required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act by the Commission, and the Investor shall be permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell all of the Shares included in such Prospectus.
(d) No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (a) receipt of any request by the Commission or any other Governmental Entity for any additional information relating to the Initial Registration Statement, the Prospectus contained therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto, or for any amendment of or supplement to the Initial Registration Statement, the Prospectus contained therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto; (b) the issuance by the Commission or any other Governmental Entity of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement or prohibiting or suspending the use of the Prospectus contained therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto, or of the suspension of qualification or exemption from qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or contemplated initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; (c) the objection of FINRA to the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (d) the occurrence of any event or the existence of any condition or state of facts, which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Initial Registration Statement, the Prospectus contained therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes to the statements then made in the Initial Registration Statement, the Prospectus contained therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto in order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements then made therein (in the case of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or which requires an amendment to the Initial Registration Statement or a supplement to the Prospectus contained therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto to comply with the Securities Act, any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws or any other Law. The Company shall have no Knowledge of any event that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of causing the suspension of the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement or the prohibition or suspension of the use of the Prospectus contained
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therein or any Prospectus Supplement thereto in connection with the resale of the Registrable Securities by the Investor.
(e) Other Commission Filings. The Current Report and the Form D shall have been filed with the Commission as required pursuant to Section 2.3. The final Prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission prior to Commencement in accordance with Section 2.3 and the Registration Rights Agreement. All reports, schedules, registrations, forms, statements, information and other documents required to have been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, including all material required to have been filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to Commencement shall have been filed with the Commission.
(f) No Suspension of Trading in or Notice of Delisting of Common Stock. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission, the Trading Market or FINRA (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Commencement Date), the Company shall not have received any final and non-appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market shall be terminated on a date certain (unless, prior to such date certain, the Common Stock is listed or quoted on any other Eligible Market), nor shall there have been imposed any suspension of, or restriction on, accepting additional deposits of the Common Stock, electronic trading or book-entry services by DTC with respect to the Common Stock that is continuing, the Company shall not have received any notice from DTC to the effect that a suspension of, or restriction on, accepting additional deposits of the Common Stock, electronic trading or book-entry services by DTC with respect to the Common Stock is being imposed or is contemplated (unless, prior to such suspension or restriction, DTC shall have notified the Company in writing that DTC has determined not to impose any such suspension or restriction).
(g) Compliance with Laws. The Company shall have complied with all applicable Laws in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws for the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company to the Investor and the subsequent resale of the Registrable Securities by the Investor (or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom).
(h) No Injunction. No Law or Order shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of or which would materially modify or delay any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(i) No Proceedings or Litigation. No Proceeding before any arbitrator or any court or Governmental Entity shall have been commenced, and no inquiry or investigation by any Governmental Entity shall have been commenced, against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the officers, directors or Affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary, seeking to restrain,
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prevent or change the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or seeking material damages in connection with such transactions.
(j) Listing of Shares. All of the Shares that have been and may be issued pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing or quotation on the Trading Market (or on an Eligible Market) as of the Commencement Date, subject only to notice of issuance.
(k) No Material Adverse Effect. No condition, occurrence, state of facts or event constituting a Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing.
(l) No Bankruptcy Proceedings. No Person shall have commenced a Proceeding against the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law that has not been discharged. The Company shall not have, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, (a) commenced a voluntary case, (b) consented to the entry of an Order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (c) consented to the appointment of a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or (d) made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors. A court of competent jurisdiction shall not have entered an Order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (I) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (II) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or (III) orders the liquidation of the Company.
(m) Delivery of Commencement Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and Notice of Effectiveness. The Commencement Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions shall have been executed by the Company and delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent, and the Notice of Effectiveness relating to the Initial Registration Statement shall have been executed by the Company’s outside counsel and delivered to the Company’s transfer agent, in each case directing such transfer agent to issue to the Investor or its designated Broker-Dealer all of the Shares included in the Initial Registration Statement as DWAC Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(n) Reservation of Shares. As of the Commencement Date, the Company shall have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, 51,229,508 shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuing Shares pursuant to Purchases that may be effected by the Company, at its election and in its sole discretion, from and after the Commencement Date under this Agreement.
(o) Opinions and Negative Assurances of Company Counsel. On the Commencement Date, the Investor shall have received the opinions and negative assurances from outside counsel to the Company, dated the Commencement Date, in the forms mutually agreed to by the Company and the Investor prior to the date of this Agreement.
(p) Initial Comfort Letter of Company Auditor. On the Commencement Date, the Investor shall have received from the Accountant, or a successor independent registered public accounting firm for the Company (as applicable), a letter dated the Commencement Date and addressed to the Investor, in substantially the form, scope and substance mutually agreed to by the Company and the Investor at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date on which the Initial Registration Statement is first filed with the Commission, (i) confirming that they are independent
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public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and (ii) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (as supplemented by any Prospectus Supplement filed with the Commission on or prior to the Commencement Date), and certain other matters customarily covered by auditor “comfort letters,” except that the specific date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three (3) Trading Days prior to the Commencement Date (the “Initial Comfort Letter”).
(q) FINRA No Objections. Prior to the Commencement Date, FINRA’s Corporate Financing Department shall have confirmed in writing that it has determined not to raise any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the terms and arrangements of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(a) Satisfaction of Certain Prior Conditions. Each of the conditions set forth in subsections (i), (ii), and (vii) through (xii) set forth in Section 7.2 shall be satisfied at the applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time after the Commencement Date (with the terms “Commencement” and “Commencement Date” in the conditions set forth in subsections (i) and (ii) of Section 7.2 replaced with “applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to deliver the Compliance Certificate after the Commencement Date, except as provided in Section 6.17 and Section 7.3(x).
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(b) Initial Registration Statement Effective. The Initial Registration Statement covering the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities included therein filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, and any post-effective amendment thereto required to be filed by the Company with the Commission after the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Purchase Date pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act by the Commission and shall remain effective for the applicable Registration Period, and the Investor shall be permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein, and any Prospectus Supplement thereto, to resell all of the Shares included in the Initial Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, that have been issued and sold to the Investor hereunder pursuant to all Purchase Notices delivered by the Company to the Investor prior to such applicable Purchase Date and (c) all of the Shares included in the Initial Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, that are issuable pursuant to the applicable Purchase Notice delivered by the Company to the Investor with respect to a Purchase to be effected hereunder on such applicable Purchase Date.
(c) Any Required New Registration Statement Effective. Any New Registration Statement covering the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities included therein, and any post-effective amendment thereto, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement after the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Purchase Date for such Purchase, in each case shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act by the Commission and shall remain effective for the applicable Registration Period, and the Investor shall be permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein, and any Prospectus Supplement thereto, to resell all of the Shares included in such New Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, that have been issued and sold to the Investor hereunder pursuant to all Purchase Notices delivered by the Company to the Investor prior to such applicable Purchase Date and all of the Shares included in such new Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, that are issuable pursuant to the applicable Purchase Notice delivered by the Company to the Investor with respect to a Purchase to be effected hereunder on such applicable Purchase Date.
(d) Delivery of Subsequent Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions and Notice of Effectiveness. With respect to any post-effective amendment to the Initial Registration Statement, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to any New Registration Statement, in each case declared effective by the Commission after the Commencement Date, the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Company’s transfer agent (a) irrevocable instructions in the form substantially similar to the Commencement Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions executed by the Company and acknowledged in writing by its transfer agent and (b) the Notice of Effectiveness, in each case modified as necessary to refer to such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment and the Registrable Securities included therein, to issue the Registrable Securities included therein as DWAC Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
(e) No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (a) receipt of any request by the Commission or any other Governmental Entity for any additional information relating to the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective
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amendment thereto, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus contained in any of the foregoing or any Prospectus Supplement thereto, or for any amendment of or supplement to the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus contained in any of the foregoing or any Prospectus Supplement thereto; (b) the issuance by the Commission or any other Governmental Entity of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or prohibiting or suspending the use of the Prospectus contained in any of the foregoing or any Prospectus Supplement thereto, or of the suspension of qualification or exemption from qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or contemplated initiation of any Proceeding for such purpose; (c) the objection of FINRA to the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (d) the occurrence of any event or the existence of any condition or state of facts, which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus contained in any of the foregoing or any Prospectus Supplement thereto untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes to the statements then made in the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus contained in any of the foregoing or any Prospectus Supplement thereto in order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements then made therein (in the case of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or which requires an amendment to the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus contained in any of the foregoing or any Prospectus Supplement thereto to comply with the Securities Act, any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws or any other applicable Law (other than the transactions contemplated by the applicable Purchase Notice delivered by the Company to the Investor with respect to a Purchase to be effected hereunder on such applicable Purchase Date and the settlement thereof). The Company shall have no Knowledge of any event that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of causing the suspension of the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the prohibition or suspension of the use of the Prospectus contained in any of the foregoing or any Prospectus Supplement thereto in connection with the resale of the Registrable Securities by the Investor.
(f) Other Commission Filings. The final Prospectus included in any post-effective amendment to the Initial Registration Statement, and any Prospectus Supplement thereto, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 2.3 and the Registration Rights Agreement after the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Purchase Date for such Purchase, shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 2.3 and the Registration Rights Agreement. The final Prospectus included in any New Registration Statement and in any post-effective amendment thereto, and any Prospectus Supplement thereto, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 2.3 and the Registration Rights Agreement after the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Purchase Date for such Purchase, shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 2.3 and the Registration Rights Agreement. All reports, schedules, registrations, forms, statements,
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information and other documents required to have been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, including all material required to have been filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Purchase Date for such Purchase, shall have been filed with the Commission and, if any Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement on Form S-3, such filings shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing under the Exchange Act
(g) No Suspension of Trading in or Notice of Delisting of Common Stock. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission, the Trading Market (or Eligible Market, as applicable) or FINRA (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the applicable Purchase Date for such Purchase), the Company shall not have received any final and non-appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market (or Eligible Market, as applicable) shall be terminated on a date certain (unless, prior to such date certain, the Common Stock is listed or quoted on any other Eligible Market), nor shall there have been imposed any suspension of, or restriction on, accepting additional deposits of the Common Stock, electronic trading or book-entry services by DTC with respect to the Common Stock that is continuing, the Company shall not have received any notice from DTC to the effect that a suspension of, or restriction on, accepting additional deposits of the Common Stock, electronic trading or book-entry services by DTC with respect to the Common Stock is being imposed or is contemplated (unless, prior to such suspension or restriction, DTC shall have notified the Company in writing that DTC has determined not to impose any such suspension or restriction).
(h) Certain Limitations. The issuance and sale of the Shares issuable pursuant to the applicable Purchase Notice shall not (a) exceed, in the case of a Market Open Purchase Notice, the Market Open Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Market Open Purchase Notice, in the case of an Intraday Purchase Notice, the Intraday Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Intraday Purchase Notice, in the case of a Pre-Market Purchase Notice, the Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Pre-Market Purchase Notice, and in the case of a Post-Market Purchase Notice, the Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Post-Market Purchase Notice, (b) cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement to exceed the Aggregate Limit, (c) cause the Investor to beneficially own (under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, or (d) if and to the extent the Exchange Cap is then applicable under Section 3.5, cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement to exceed the Exchange Cap, unless in the case of this clause (d), the Company’s stockholders have theretofore approved the issuance of such shares of Common Stock in excess of the Exchange Cap in accordance with the applicable rules of the Trading Market.
(i) Shares Authorized and Delivered. All of the Shares issuable pursuant to the applicable Purchase Notice shall have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. All Shares relating to all prior Purchase Notices required to have been received by the Investor as DWAC Shares under this Agreement prior to the applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time for the applicable Purchase shall have been delivered to the Investor as DWAC Shares in accordance with this Agreement.
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(j) Bring-Down Negative Assurance Letters; Bring-Down Comfort Letters and Compliance Certificates. The Investor shall have received (a) Bring-Down Negative Assurance Letters from outside counsel to the Company, which the Company was obligated to instruct its outside counsel to deliver to the Investor prior to the applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time for the applicable Purchase, (b) Bring-Down Comfort Letters from the Accountant, or a successor independent registered public accounting firm for the Company (as applicable), which the Company was obligated to instruct such firm to deliver to the Investor prior to the applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time for the applicable Purchase, and (c) all Compliance Certificates from the Company that the Company was obligated to deliver to the Investor prior to the applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time for the applicable Purchase, in each case in accordance with Section 6.17.
(k) Payment of Commitment Fee and Additional Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement. The Company shall have (a) paid, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Investor, or the Investor shall have withheld from amounts otherwise payable to the Company pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.1(ii), as applicable, all of the Commitment Fee (or earned portion thereof) that the Company was obligated to pay to the Investor, either through the Investor’s withholding of amounts otherwise payable to the Company or by cash payment directly to the Investor, as applicable, pursuant to, at such time(s) and in such manner as set forth in Section 10.1(ii), prior to the applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time for the applicable Purchase, which Commitment Fee (or earned portion thereof) shall be fully earned by the Investor and non-refundable as of the date of such withholding by the Investor or such cash payment directly to the Investor (as the case may be), regardless of whether any subsequent Purchases are made or settled hereunder or any subsequent termination of this Agreement, and (b) paid, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Investor (or the Investor’s counsel), all Additional Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement payments that the Company was obligated to pay to the Investor prior to the applicable Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time for the applicable Purchase in accordance with Section 10.1(i), each of which Additional Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement payments shall be fully earned and non-refundable as of the date such payments are made by the Company to the Investor (or the Investor’s counsel), regardless of whether any additional Purchases are made or settled hereunder or any subsequent termination of this Agreement.
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The Company shall reimburse any Investor Party promptly upon demand (with accompanying presentation of sufficiently detailed documentary evidence) for all reasonable and documented legal and other costs and expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Party in connection with (i) any Proceeding, whether at law or in equity, to enforce compliance by the Company with any provision of the Transaction Documents or (ii) any other Proceeding, whether at law or in equity, with respect to which it is entitled to indemnification under this Section 9.1; provided that the Investor shall promptly reimburse the Company for all such legal and other costs and expenses to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any Investor Party was not entitled to such reimbursement.
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An Investor Party’s right to indemnification or other remedies based upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in the Transaction Documents shall not in any way be affected by any investigation or knowledge of such Investor Party. Such representations, warranties, covenants and agreements shall not be affected or deemed waived by reason of the fact that an Investor Party knew or should have known that any representation or warranty might be inaccurate or that the Company failed to comply with any agreement or covenant. Any investigation by such Investor Party shall be for its own protection only and shall not affect or impair any right or remedy hereunder.
To the extent that the foregoing undertakings by the Company set forth in this Section 9.1 may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Damages which is permissible under applicable Law.
The remedies provided for in this Article IX are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Investor Party at law or in equity.
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(a) Certain Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement (including Section 3.4 with respect to the Investor’s Clearing Costs), each party shall bear its own fees and expenses related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company, (1) on or prior to the Closing Date, shall have paid to the Investor (or to the Investor’s legal counsel, as applicable), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Investor (or the Investor’s legal counsel, as applicable) on or prior to the Closing Date, $75,000 ($25,000 of which has been paid to the Investor’s legal counsel prior to the date hereof) as reimbursement for the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of the Investor’s legal counsel incurred by the Investor prior to the Closing (the “Initial Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement”), and (2) within ten (10) Business Days after each Representation Date (provided a Future Purchase Suspension is not then in effect), shall have paid to the Investor, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Investor, an additional amount capped at $7,500 per fiscal quarter as reimbursement for the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Investor’s legal counsel incurred by the Investor in connection with the Investor’s ongoing due diligence and review of deliverables subject to Section 6.17 (the “Additional Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement”), in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, (1) the Initial Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement shall be fully earned by the Investor and shall be non-refundable as of the Closing Date, regardless of whether the Commencement shall have occurred, pursuant to the limitations set forth in Section 10.1(i), any Purchases are effected by the Company or settled hereunder or any subsequent termination of this Agreement and (2) each Additional Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement payment shall be fully earned by the Investor and shall be non-refundable following Commencement when paid in accordance with this Section 10.1(i), regardless of whether any additional Purchases are effected by the Company or settled hereunder or any subsequent termination of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all U.S. federal, state and local stamp and other similar transfer and other taxes and duties levied in connection with issuance of the Shares pursuant hereto. The parties acknowledge that the Initial Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement and the Additional Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement payable in connection with the Investor’s ongoing due diligence and review of deliverables (subject to Section 6.17), collectively, are a reasonable estimate of, and are not disproportionate to, the probable costs of preparing the Transaction Documents and are less than or equal to the probable transaction costs of organizing a debt facility or capital raising in the amount of the Total Commitment.
(b) Commitment Fee. In consideration for the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall pay or shall cause to be paid to the Investor the Commitment Fee solely pursuant to, at such time(s) and in such manner as set forth in this Section 10.1(ii). Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.1(ii), the parties acknowledge and agree that the Commitment Fee shall be paid and satisfied exclusively through the Investor’s withholding of amounts from the Purchase Price otherwise payable to the Company as provided below, that the Company shall have no obligation to pay any portion of the Commitment Fee by any other means
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or in any other manner, and that the Investor shall be entitled to the Commitment Fee only to the extent of amounts actually so withheld. The Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that the Investor shall withhold an additional amount in cash equal to ten percent (10%) from the Purchase Price payable by the Investor to the Company for the Market Open Purchase Share Amount, Intraday Purchase Share Amount, Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount and/or Post-Market Purchase Share Amount, as applicable, in connection with each Market Open Purchase, Intraday Purchase, Pre-Market Purchase and/or Post-Market Purchase, respectively, effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement (the “Withheld Commitment Fee Amount”), until the Investor shall have received from such cash withholding(s) a total aggregate amount in cash equal to $500,000, representing the maximum aggregate Commitment Fee that may be earned by and paid to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement, it being understood that, except in the event of a Limited Commitment Fee Make-Whole (defined below), if the withholdings actually made hereunder in respect of the Commitment Fee total less than $500,000, the Investor shall be entitled to such lesser amount only and the Company shall have no obligation in respect of the difference, and upon the Investor’s receipt of a total aggregate amount in cash of $500,000 from such withholdings in respect of the Commitment Fee, the Investor shall not withhold any additional cash amounts in respect of the Commitment Fee from the Purchase Price payable by the Investor to the Company in connection with any Purchase effected pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event this Agreement is terminated by the Company at any time prior to the ninetieth (90th) day following the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of the Commitment Fee Amount (the “Limited Commitment Fee Make-Whole”), within three (3) Business Days after written notice of such termination by the Company pursuant to Section 8.2 be provided to the Investor in accordance with Section 10.4, and no termination of this Agreement by the Company shall become effective unless and until the entire Limited Commitment Fee Make-Whole has been paid in cash by the Company to the Investor pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 10.1(ii). For the avoidance of doubt, each amount withheld by the Investor or paid by the Company to the Investor (as the case may be) in respect of the Commitment Fee in accordance with this Section 10.1(ii), shall be fully earned by the Investor and non-refundable as of the date of such withholding by the Investor or such payment by the Company to the Investor (as the case may be), regardless of whether any subsequent Purchases are made or settled hereunder or any subsequent termination of this Agreement.
(c) No Legends. All Shares to be issued in respect of each Purchase Notice delivered to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be issued to the Investor in accordance with Section 3.4 by crediting the Investor’s or its designees’ account at DTC as DWAC Shares, and the Company shall not take any action or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company otherwise.
(d) Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions; Notice of Effectiveness. On the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement and prior to Commencement, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to its transfer agent (and thereafter, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any subsequent transfer agent of the Company), (i) irrevocable instructions executed by the Company and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Commencement Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”) and (ii) the notice of effectiveness in the form attached as an exhibit to the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Notice of Effectiveness”) relating to the Initial Registration Statement executed by the Company’s outside counsel, in each case directing the Company’s transfer agent to issue to the Investor or its designee
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all of the Shares included in the Initial Registration Statement as DWAC Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. With respect to any post-effective amendment to the Initial Registration Statement, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to any New Registration Statement, in each case declared effective by the Commission after the Commencement Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to its transfer agent (and thereafter, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any subsequent transfer agent of the Company) (i) irrevocable instructions in the form substantially similar to the Commencement Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions executed by the Company and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent and (ii) the Notice of Effectiveness, in each case modified as necessary to refer to such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment and the Registrable Securities included therein, to issue the Registrable Securities included therein as DWAC Shares, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all Shares to be issued and delivered from and after Commencement to or for the benefit of the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be issued and delivered to the Investor or its designee only as DWAC Shares. The Company represents and warrants to the Investor that, while this Agreement is effective, no instruction other than those referred to in this Section 10.1(iv) will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, or any successor transfer agent of the Company, with respect to the Shares from and after Commencement, and the Shares covered by the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof, or any New Registration Statement or post-effective amendment thereof, as applicable, shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company and no stop transfer instructions shall be maintained against the transfer thereof. The Company agrees that if the Company fails to fully comply with the provisions of this Section 10.1(iv) within three (3) Trading Days after the date on which the Investor has provided the deliverables referred to above that the Investor is required to provide to the Company or its transfer agent, the Company shall, at the Investor’s written instruction, purchase from the Investor all Shares acquired by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement that contain any restrictive legend, or that have any stop transfer orders maintained that prohibit or impede the transfer thereof in any respect, at the greater of (i) the Purchase Price paid by the Investor for such Shares in the applicable Purchase effected by the Company under this Agreement and (ii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the Investor’s written instruction.
(a) The Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that either party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement by the other party and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof (without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required), this being in addition to any other remedy to which either party may be entitled by law or equity.
(b) Each of the Company and the Investor (a) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court and other courts of the United States sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, State of New York for the purposes of any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and (b) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such
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Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the Proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Investor consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 10.2 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.
(c) EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE INVESTOR HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISPUTES RELATING HERETO. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE INVESTOR (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTY HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.2.
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If to the Company:
Fold Holdings, Inc.
2942 North 24th Street, Suite 115, #42035
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Telephone Number: [**]
Email: [**]
Attention: Wolfe Repass
Chief Financial Officer
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Brown Rudnick LLP
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
Telephone Number: [**]
Email: [**]
Attention: Samuel P Williams, Esq.
If to the Investor:
Roth Principal Investments, LLC
2340 Collins Avenue, Suite 402
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Telephone Number: [**]
Email: [**]
Attention: Joe Tonnos
Co-President
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Reed Smith LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Telephone Number: [**]
Email: [**]
Attention: Anthony J. Marsico, Esq.
Either party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving at least five (5) days’ advance written notice of such changed address to the other party hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officer as of the date first above written.
THE COMPANY:
FOLD HOLDINGS, INC.
By:/s/ Will Reeves
Name: Will Reeves
Title: Chief Executive Officer
THE INVESTOR:
ROTH PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS, LLC
By:/s/ Joe Tonnos
Name: Joe Tonnos
Title: Co-President
ANNEX I TO THE
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DEFINITIONS
“Accountant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.6(d).
“Additional Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1(i).
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.
“Aggregate Limit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Allowable Grace Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Average Price” means a price per Share (rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate gross Purchase Price paid by the Investor for all Shares purchased pursuant to this Agreement, by (ii) the aggregate number of Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar U.S. federal or state bankruptcy Law or any Law for the relief of debtors.
“Base Price” means a price per Share equal to the sum of (i) the Minimum Price and (ii) $0.0457 (subject to adjustment for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction that occurs on or after the date of this Agreement).
“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.6.
“Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.
“Bring-Down Comfort Letter” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.17.
“Bring-Down Negative Assurance Letter” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.17.
“Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.13.
“Business Combination Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.6(a).
“Bylaws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.3.
“Charter” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.3.
“Clearing Costs” means, with respect to the Shares purchased by the Investor in a Purchase effected by the Company under Article III, an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the total number of Shares purchased by the Investor in such Purchase and (ii) $0.0015.
“Closing” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Sale Price” means, for the Common Stock as of any date, the last closing trade price for the Common Stock on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Trading Market (or such Eligible Market, as applicable) begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price for the Common Stock, then the last trade price for the Common Stock prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions during such period.
“Code” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.38.
“Commencement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1.
“Commencement Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1.
“Commencement Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1(iv).
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor entity.
“Commission Documents” shall mean (1) all reports, schedules, registrations, forms, statements, information and other documents filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, including all material filed with or furnished to the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since January 1, 2025 and prior to the date of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 filed by the Company with the Commission on March 17, 2026 (the “2025 Form 10-K”), and which hereafter shall be filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company, including, without limitation, the Current Report, (2) each Registration Statement, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Prospectus contained therein and each Prospectus Supplement thereto and (3) all information contained in such filings and all documents and disclosures that have been and heretofore shall be incorporated by reference therein.
“Commitment Fee” means an amount in cash, not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, which the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Investor, pursuant to, at such time(s) and in such manner as set forth in Section 10.1(ii) of this Agreement.
“Common Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company which entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.2(ii).
“Contracts” means any legally binding contracts, agreements, subcontracts, leases, and purchase orders.
“Cover Price” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4.
“Current Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3.
“Custodian” shall mean any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Damages” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.1.
“Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to Article V.
“Disqualification Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.45.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, or any successor thereto.
“DWAC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.33.
“DWAC Shares” means shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement that are (i) issued in electronic form, (ii) freely tradable and transferable in the United States and without restriction on resale and without stop transfer instructions maintained against the transfer thereof and (iii) timely credited by the Company’s transfer agent to the Investor’s (or its designated Broker-Dealer at which the account or accounts to be credited with the Shares being purchased or acquired by the Investor are maintained) specified DWAC account with DTC under its Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST) Program, or any similar program hereafter adopted by DTC performing substantially the same function.
“EDGAR” means the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.
“Effective Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement (or any post-effective amendment thereto) or any New Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement (or any post-effective amendment thereto), as applicable, the date on which the Initial Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto) or any New Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto) is declared effective by the Commission.
“Effectiveness Deadline” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Eligible Market” means The Nasdaq Global Select Market, The Nasdaq Global Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE American (or any nationally recognized successor to any of the foregoing).
“Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18.
“ERISA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.38.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.38.
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.6(c).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
“Exchange Cap” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(a).
“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) Common Stock, options or other equity incentive awards to employees, officers, directors or vendors of the Company pursuant to any equity incentive plan duly adopted for such purpose, by the Company’s Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of the Board of Directors established for such purpose, (b) (1) any Shares issued to the Investor (or its designee) pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (2) any securities issued upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents held by the Investor or an Affiliate of the Investor at any time, or (3) any securities issued upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Common Stock Equivalents issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities referred to in this clause (3) have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions, divestitures, licenses, partnerships, collaborations or strategic transactions approved by the Company’s Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of directors established for such purpose, which acquisitions, divestitures, licenses, partnerships, collaborations or strategic transactions can have a Variable Rate Transaction component, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide
to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, (d) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company to the Investor (or its designee) or an Affiliate of the Investor in connection with any “equity line of credit” or other continuous offering or similar offering of Common Stock (other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents) pursuant to one or more written agreements between the Company and the Investor executed after the date of this Agreement (if any) or an Affiliate of the Investor (including RCP) executed prior to or after the date of this Agreement (if any), whereby the Company may sell shares of Common Stock to the Investor or an Affiliate of the Investor (including RCP) at a future determined price, or (e) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in any “at the market offering” or “equity distribution program” or similar offering of Common Stock exclusively to or through RCP pursuant to one or more written agreements between the Company and RCP. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, after the Registration Statement goes effective, the Company is free to raise capital from other sources in its sole discretion, including via the issuance of securities, subject to certain limited restrictions relating to Common Stock or securities exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into Common Stock issued or issuable at a future-determined price or a price that varies or floats based on the market price of the Common Stock, including any committed equity facility or “equity line” financing with a third party (other than the Investor), or any similar continuous offering of equity securities, other than an “at-the-market offering” of Common Stock by the Company, provided that RCP is included as a sales agent or placement agent in any such at-the-market offering, with economics (including agent fees or commissions) allocated to RCP equivalent to its pro rata share based on the number of participating agents.
“FCPA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.35.
“Filing Deadline” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“FINRA Filing” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.14.
“Fundamental Transaction” means that (i) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (1) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, with the result that the holders of the Company’s capital stock immediately prior to such consolidation or merger together beneficially own less than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation, or (2) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (3) take action to facilitate a purchase, tender or exchange offer by another Person that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (excluding any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (4) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any
shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination), or (5) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock other than the reverse stock split described in the Commission Documents the execution of which shall not be considered a Fundamental Transaction, or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.
“Future Purchase Suspension” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.17.
“GAAP” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.6(b).
“Governmental Entity” means any, whether in the United States or otherwise, (a) multinational, national, federal, state, regional, provincial, local, municipal or other government, (b) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, legislature or entity and any court or other judicial body or tribunal) or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any arbitral tribunal (public or private).
“Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical, substance, or waste regulated as hazardous or toxic, or as a pollutant or contaminant, or which can give rise to liability, under any Environmental Law, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, or radioactive materials.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person as of any time, without duplication, (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties, endorsements, indemnities and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of any lease payments due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
“Initial Comfort Letter” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.2(xvi).
“Initial Investor Legal Fee Expense Reimbursement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1(i).
“Initial Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.19.
“Intraday Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.
“Intraday Purchase Commencement Time” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, the time on the Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase that is the latest of: (i) the Market Open Purchase Ending Time of the Market Open Purchase Period for the Market Open Purchase preceding the Intraday Purchase Period for such Intraday Purchase occurring on the same Purchase Date as such earlier Market Open Purchase, if the Company has timely delivered a Market Open Purchase Notice to the Investor for a Market Open Purchase on such Purchase Date, (ii) the Intraday Purchase Ending Time of the Intraday Purchase Period for the most recent prior Intraday Purchase, if any, occurring on the same Purchase Date as such Intraday Purchase, and (iii) the Investor’s timely receipt (acknowledged by email correspondence to each of the individual notice recipients of the Company set forth in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice, other than via auto-reply) from the Company of the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase on the applicable Purchase Date therefor.
“Intraday Purchase Ending Time” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, the time on the Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase that is the earliest of: (i) 3:59 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase, or such earlier time publicly announced by the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, by such Eligible Market) as the official close of the primary (or “regular”) trading session on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) on such Purchase Date; (ii) immediately at such time following the Intraday Purchase Commencement Time of the Intraday Purchase Period for such Intraday Purchase that the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period has exceeded the applicable Intraday Purchase Share Volume Maximum for such Intraday Purchase (taking into account the Intraday Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase); provided, however, that the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period shall exclude from such calculation all shares of Common Stock traded in any of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Intraday Purchase Period (as applicable): (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (C) provided the Company shall have specified in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice that clause (iii) below shall not trigger the Intraday Purchase Ending Time for such Intraday Purchase (such specification by the Company, whether in an Intraday Purchase Notice or in a Market Open Purchase Notice, a “Limit Order Continue Election”), all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Intraday Purchase Minimum Price Threshold; and (iii) provided the Company shall have specified in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice that this clause (iii) shall trigger the Intraday Purchase Ending Time for such Intraday Purchase (such specification by the Company, whether in an Intraday Purchase Notice or in a Market Open Purchase Notice, a “Limit Order Discontinue Election”), immediately at such time following the Intraday Purchase Commencement Time of the Intraday Purchase Period for such Intraday Purchase that the Sale
Price of any share of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period is less than the applicable Intraday Purchase Minimum Price Threshold; provided, however, that the determination of whether the Sale Price of any share of Common Stock traded during such Intraday Purchase Period is less than the applicable Intraday Purchase Minimum Price Threshold shall exclude (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date and (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable). All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Intraday Purchase Maximum Amount” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the lesser of: (i) two (2) million shares, and (ii) the product of (A) the Intraday Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, multiplied by (B) the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market) during the Intraday Purchase Period for such Intraday Purchase; provided, however, that the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period referred to in clause (ii)(B) above shall exclude from such calculation all shares of Common Stock traded in any of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Intraday Purchase Period (as applicable): (1) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (2) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (3) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Intraday Purchase Minimum Price Threshold. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Intraday Purchase Minimum Price Threshold” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, either (a) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining whether the event in clause (iii) of the definition of “Intraday Purchase Ending Time” shall have occurred during the applicable Intraday Purchase Period for such Intraday Purchase, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Discontinue Election in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, or (b) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining the sales of Common Stock during the applicable Intraday Purchase Period that shall be excluded from the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Intraday Purchase
Notice for such Intraday Purchase; provided, however, that in each case if the Company has not specified any such dollar amount as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, then the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in such Intraday Purchase shall be such dollar amount equal to the product of (a) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase, multiplied by (b) 0.75. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Intraday Purchase Notice” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, an irrevocable written notice from the Company to the Investor, specifying the Intraday Purchase Percentage that shall apply to such Intraday Purchase and whether a Limit Order Continue Election or a Limit Order Discontinue Election shall apply to such Intraday Purchase, and directing the Investor to subscribe for and purchase a specified Intraday Purchase Share Amount (such specified Intraday Purchase Share Amount subject to automatic adjustment as set forth in Section 3.2 as necessary to give effect to the applicable Intraday Purchase Maximum Amount for such Intraday Purchase), at the applicable Intraday Purchase Price therefor on the Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase in accordance with this Agreement, that is delivered by the Company to the Investor and received by the Investor (i) after the latest of (X) 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Purchase Date, if the Company has not timely delivered a Market Open Purchase Notice to the Investor for a Market Open Purchase on such Purchase Date, (Y) the Market Open Purchase Ending Time of the Market Open Purchase Period for the Market Open Purchase preceding the Intraday Purchase Period for such Intraday Purchase occurring on the same Purchase Date as such earlier Market Open Purchase, if the Company has timely delivered a Market Open Purchase Notice to the Investor for a Market Open Purchase on such Purchase Date, and (Z) the Intraday Purchase Ending Time of the Intraday Purchase Period for the most recent prior Intraday Purchase, if any, occurring on the same Purchase Date as such Intraday Purchase, and (ii) prior to the earlier of (X) 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Purchase Date and (Y) such time that is exactly two (2) hours immediately prior to the official close of the primary (or “regular”) trading session on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market) on such Purchase Date, if the Trading Market (or such Eligible Market, as applicable) has theretofore publicly announced that the official close of the primary (or “regular”) trading session on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) on such Purchase Date shall be earlier than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Purchase Date.
“Intraday Purchase Percentage” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, the percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, which shall not exceed 25.0%, for purposes of calculating, among other things, the Intraday Purchase Maximum Amount, the Intraday Purchase Share Amount and the Intraday Purchase Share Volume Maximum, in each case applicable to such Intraday Purchase.
“Intraday Purchase Period” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, the period on the Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase, beginning at the applicable Intraday Purchase Commencement Time and ending at the applicable Intraday Purchase Ending Time on such Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase.
“Intraday Purchase Price” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, the purchase price per Share to be purchased by the Investor in such Intraday Purchase, equal to the product of (i) 0.97, multiplied by (ii) the VWAP of the Common Stock for the applicable Intraday Purchase Period on the applicable Purchase Date for such Intraday Purchase (sometimes referred to herein as the “Intraday Purchase Period VWAP”); provided, however, that the calculation of the VWAP for the Common Stock for the Intraday Purchase Period for an Intraday Purchase shall exclude each of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Intraday Purchase Period (as applicable): (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (C) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Intraday Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Intraday Purchase. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
“Intraday Purchase Share Amount” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, the total number of Shares to be purchased by the Investor in such Intraday Purchase as specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, which total number of Shares shall not exceed the Intraday Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Intraday Purchase, taking into account the Intraday Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase (and such number of Shares specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase shall be subject to automatic adjustment in accordance with Section 3.2 as necessary to give effect to the Intraday Purchase Maximum Amount limitation applicable to such Intraday Purchase, taking into account the Intraday Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, as set forth in this Agreement).
“Intraday Purchase Share Volume Maximum” means, with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Intraday Purchase Share Amount to be purchased by the Investor in such Intraday Purchase, by (ii) the Intraday Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase (to be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction).
“Investment Period” means the period commencing on the Commencement Date and expiring on the date this Agreement is subsequently terminated pursuant to Article VIII.
“Investor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Investor Party” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.1.
“Issuer Covered Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.45.
“IT Systems” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.39.
“Knowledge” means the actual knowledge of any of (i) the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and (ii) the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, in each case after reasonable inquiry of all officers, directors and employees of the Company under such Person’s direct supervision who would reasonably be expected to have knowledge or information with respect to the matter in question.
“Law” means any federal, state, provincial, local, foreign, national or supranational statute, law (including common law), act, statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, code, regulation or other binding directive issued, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over a given matter.
“Limit Order Continue Election” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Intraday Purchase Ending Time,” which election shall be applicable to any Purchase effected by the Company contemplated under Article III of this Agreement, if such election is specified by the Company in the applicable Purchase Notice for such Purchase.
“Limit Order Discontinue Election” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Intraday Purchase Ending Time,” which election shall be applicable to any Purchase effected by the Company contemplated under Article III of this Agreement, if such election is specified by the Company in the applicable Purchase Notice for such Purchase.
“Limited Commitment Fee Make-Whole” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1(ii).
“Market Open Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1.
“Market Open Purchase Commencement Time” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase, or such later time on such Purchase Date publicly announced by the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, by such Eligible Market) as the official open of the primary (or “regular”) trading session on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) on such Purchase Date.
“Market Open Purchase Ending Time” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, the time on the Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase that is the earliest of: (i) 3:59 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase, or such earlier time publicly announced by the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, by such Eligible Market) as the official close of the primary (or “regular”) trading session on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) on such Purchase Date; (ii) immediately at such time following the Market Open Purchase Commencement Time of the Market Open Purchase Period for such Market Open Purchase that the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period has exceeded the applicable Market Open Purchase Share Volume Maximum for such Market Open
Purchase (taking into account the Market Open Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase); provided, however, that the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period shall exclude from such calculation all shares of Common Stock traded in any of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Market Open Purchase Period (as applicable): (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (C) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Market Open Purchase Minimum Price Threshold; and (iii) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Discontinue Election in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, immediately at such time following the Market Open Purchase Commencement Time of the Market Open Purchase Period for such Market Open Purchase that the Sale Price of any share of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period is less than the applicable Market Open Purchase Minimum Price Threshold; provided, however, that the determination of whether the Sale Price of any share of Common Stock traded during such Market Open Purchase Period is less than the applicable Market Open Purchase Minimum Price Threshold shall exclude (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date and (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable). All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Market Open Purchase Maximum Amount” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the lesser of: (i) two (2) million shares, and (ii) the product of (A) the Market Open Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, multiplied by (B) the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market) during the Market Open Purchase Period for such Market Open Purchase; provided, however, that the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period referred to in clause (ii)(B) above shall exclude from such calculation all shares of Common Stock traded in any of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Market Open Purchase Period (as applicable): (1) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (2) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (3) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Market Open
Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Market Open Purchase Minimum Price Threshold. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Market Open Purchase Minimum Price Threshold” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, either (a) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining whether the event in clause (iii) of the definition of “Market Open Purchase Ending Time” shall have occurred during the applicable Market Open Purchase Period for such Market Open Purchase, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Discontinue Election in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, or (b) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining the sales of Common Stock during the applicable Market Open Purchase Period that shall be excluded from the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase; provided, however, that in each case if the Company has not specified any such dollar amount as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, then the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in such Market Open Purchase shall be such dollar amount equal to the product of (a) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase, multiplied by (b) 0.75. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Market Open Purchase Notice” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, an irrevocable written notice delivered by the Company to the Investor, and received by the Investor, after 7:30 a.m., New York City time, and prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase, specifying the Market Open Purchase Percentage that shall apply to such Market Open Purchase and whether a Limit Order Continue Election or a Limit Order Discontinue Election shall apply to such Market Open Purchase, and directing the Investor to subscribe for and purchase a specified Market Open Purchase Share Amount (such specified Market Open Purchase Share Amount subject to automatic adjustment as set forth in Section 3.1 as necessary to give effect to the applicable Market Open Purchase Maximum Amount for such Market Open Purchase), at the applicable Market Open Purchase Price therefor on such Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase in accordance with this Agreement.
“Market Open Purchase Percentage” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, the percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, which shall not exceed 25.0%, for purposes of calculating, among other things, the Market Open Purchase Maximum Amount, the Market
Open Purchase Share Amount and the Market Open Purchase Share Volume Maximum, in each case applicable to such Market Open Purchase.
“Market Open Purchase Period” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, the period on the Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase, beginning at the applicable Market Open Purchase Commencement Time and ending at the applicable Market Open Purchase Ending Time on such Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase.
“Market Open Purchase Price” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, the purchase price per Share to be purchased by the Investor in such Market Open Purchase, equal to the product of (i) 0.97, multiplied by (ii) the VWAP of the Common Stock for the applicable Market Open Purchase Period on the applicable Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase (sometimes referred to herein as the “Market Open Purchase Period VWAP”); provided, however, that the calculation of the VWAP for the Common Stock for the Market Open Purchase Period for a Market Open Purchase shall exclude each of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Market Open Purchase Period (as applicable): (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (C) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Market Open Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Market Open Purchase. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
“Market Open Purchase Share Amount” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, the total number of Shares to be purchased by the Investor in such Market Open Purchase as specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, which total number of Shares shall not exceed the Market Open Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Market Open Purchase, taking into account the Market Open Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase (and such number of Shares specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase shall be subject to automatic adjustment in accordance with Section 3.1 as necessary to give effect to the Market Open Purchase Maximum Amount limitation applicable to such Market Open Purchase, taking into account the Market Open Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, as set forth in this Agreement).
“Market Open Purchase Share Volume Maximum” means, with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Market Open Purchase Share Amount to be purchased by the Investor in such Market Open Purchase, by (ii) the Market Open Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase (to be
appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction).
“Material Adverse Effect” means (i) any condition, occurrence, state of facts or event having, or insofar as reasonably can be foreseen would likely have, any effect on the business, operations, properties or financial condition of the Company as set forth in the Commission Documents that is material and adverse to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, excluding any facts, circumstances, changes or effects, individually or in the aggregate, exclusively and directly resulting from, relating to or arising out of any of the following: (a) changes in conditions in the U.S. or global capital, commodities, credit, bitcoin, or financial markets generally, including changes in the availability of capital or currency exchange rates, provided such changes shall not have affected the Company in a materially disproportionate manner as compared to other similarly situated companies, (b) changes generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, provided such changes shall not have affected the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a materially disproportionate manner as compared to other similarly situated companies, (c) any effect of the announcement of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, vendors, bank lenders, strategic venture partners or employees, (d) changes arising in connection with earthquakes, natural disasters, pandemics, blackouts, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions or any escalation or material worsening of any such hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions existing as of the date hereof, (e) any action taken by the Investor, any of its officers, its sole member or the Investor’s Broker-Dealer, or any of such Person’s successors with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and (f) the effect of any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules, provided such changes shall not have affected the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a materially disproportionate manner as compared to other similarly situated companies; (ii) any condition, occurrence, state of facts or event having, or insofar as reasonably can be foreseen would likely have, any material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby; or (iii) any condition, occurrence, state of facts or event that would, or insofar as reasonably can be foreseen would likely, prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with or delay the ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
“Material Permits” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.17.
“Minimum Price” means $0.4880, representing the average Nasdaq official closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Market (as reflected on Nasdaq.com) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of this Agreement (subject to adjustment for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction that occurs on or after the date of this Agreement).
“Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.37.
“MPA Period” means: (i) with respect to the first publication or distribution of a research report (as such term is defined in Rule 500 of Regulation AC) concerning the Company by any Affiliate of the Investor, including, without limitation, RCP, the period commencing at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the eleventh (11th) Trading Day immediately preceding the Trading Day on which any Affiliate of the Investor, including, without limitation, RCP, shall have published or distributed any research report (as such term is defined in Rule 500 of Regulation AC) concerning the Company, and ending at 6:00 a.m., New York City time, on the eleventh (11th) Trading Day immediately following the Trading Day on which any Affiliate of the Investor, including, without limitation, RCP, shall have published or distributed any research report (as such term is defined in Rule 500 of Regulation AC) concerning the Company; (ii) with respect to any subsequent publication or distribution of a research report (as such term is defined in Rule 500 of Regulation AC) concerning the Company by any Affiliate of the Investor, including, without limitation, RCP, the period commencing at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth (4th) Trading Day immediately preceding the Trading Day on which any Affiliate of the Investor, including, without limitation, RCP, shall have published or distributed any research report (as such term is defined in Rule 500 of Regulation AC) concerning the Company, and ending at 6:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fourth (4th) Trading Day immediately following the Trading Day on which any Affiliate of the Investor, including, without limitation, RCP, shall have published or distributed any research report (as such term is defined in Rule 500 of Regulation AC) concerning the Company; and (iii) with respect to any non-deal road show or investor conference, investor marketing event or pre-scheduled series of investor meetings (either in person or virtual) that is hosted (or substantially coordinated, organized, arranged or facilitated) by any Affiliate of the Investor, including without limitation RCP, at which the Company shall have agreed to participate (a “Scheduled Investor Marketing Event”), the period commencing at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth (4th) Trading Day immediately preceding the first Trading Day on which the Scheduled Investor Marketing Event occurred, and ending at 6:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fourth (4th) Trading Day immediately following the last Trading Day on which such Scheduled Investor Marketing Event had occurred, provided that a Scheduled Investor Marketing Event shall not include any event at which an Affiliate of the Investor merely attends as a participant or provides de minimis administrative assistance.
“New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Non-Affiliate Shares” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.46.
“Notice of Effectiveness” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1(iv).
“OFAC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.36.
“Order” means any outstanding writ, order, judgment, injunction, binding decision or determination, award, ruling, subpoena, verdict or decree entered, issued or rendered by any Governmental Entity.
“PEA Period” means the period commencing at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately prior to the filing of (i) any post-effective amendment to the Initial Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement or (ii) any New Registration
Statement, as applicable, and ending at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following, the Effective Date of such post-effective amendment or New Registration Statement, as applicable.
“Permits” means all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates exemptions, waivers and Orders of any Governmental Entity required for the conduct of the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Person” means any person or entity, whether a natural person, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, business association, firm, joint venture or Governmental Entity.
“Personal Data” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.39.
“Policies” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.40.
“Post-Market Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.3(b).
“Post-Market Purchase Commencement Time” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), such time after 4:05 p.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase that the Investor shall have timely received from the Company a valid Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, as acknowledged by email correspondence from the Investor to each of the individual notice recipients of the Company set forth in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice, other than via auto-reply, such email correspondence confirming the applicable commencement time of the Post-Market Purchase Period for such Post-Market Purchase on such Purchase Date therefor.
“Post-Market Purchase Ending Time” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the time on the Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase that is the earliest of: (i) 6:00:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase; (ii) immediately at such time following the Post-Market Purchase Commencement Time of the Post-Market Purchase Period for such Post-Market Purchase that the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period has exceeded the applicable Post-Market Purchase Share Volume Maximum for such Post-Market Purchase (taking into account the Post-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase); provided, however, that, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period shall exclude from such calculation all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Post-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold; and (iii) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Discontinue Election in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, immediately at such time following the Post-Market Purchase Commencement Time of the Post-Market Purchase Period for such Post-Market Purchase that the Sale Price of any share of Common Stock traded on the Trading
Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period is less than the applicable Post-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the lesser of: (i) one (1) million shares, and (ii) the product of (A) the Post-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, multiplied by (B) the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market) during the Post-Market Purchase Period for such Post-Market Purchase; provided, however, that, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period referred to in clause (ii)(B) above shall exclude from such calculation all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Post-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Post-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), either (a) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining whether the event in clause (iii) of the definition of “Post-Market Purchase Ending Time” shall have occurred during the applicable Post-Market Purchase Period for such Post-Market Purchase, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Discontinue Election in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, or (b) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining the sales of Common Stock during the applicable Post-Market Purchase Period that shall be excluded from the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase; provided, however, that in each case if the Company has not specified any such dollar amount as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, then the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in such Post-Market Purchase shall be such dollar amount equal to the product of (a) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase, multiplied by (b) 0.75. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Post-Market Purchase Notice” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), an irrevocable written notice delivered by the Company to the Investor,
and received by the Investor, after 4:05 p.m., New York City time, and prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase, specifying the Post-Market Purchase Percentage that shall apply to such Post-Market Purchase and whether a Limit Order Continue Election or a Limit Order Discontinue Election shall apply to such Post-Market Purchase, and directing the Investor to purchase a specified Post-Market Purchase Share Amount (such specified Post-Market Purchase Share Amount subject to automatic adjustment as set forth in Section 3.3(b) as necessary to give effect to the applicable Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount for such Post-Market Purchase), at the applicable Post-Market Purchase Price therefor on such Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase in accordance with this Agreement.
“Post-Market Purchase Percentage” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, which shall not exceed 20.0%, for purposes of calculating, among other things, the Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount, the Post-Market Purchase Share Amount and the Post-Market Purchase Share Volume Maximum, in each case applicable to such Post-Market Purchase.
“Post-Market Purchase Period” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the period on the Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase, beginning at the applicable Post-Market Purchase Commencement Time and ending at the applicable Post-Market Purchase Ending Time on such Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase.
“Post-Market Purchase Price” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the purchase price per Share to be purchased by the Investor in such Post-Market Purchase, equal to the product of (i) 0.95, multiplied by (ii) the VWAP of the Common Stock for the applicable Post-Market Purchase Period on the applicable Purchase Date for such Post-Market Purchase (sometimes referred to herein as the “Post-Market Purchase Period VWAP”); provided, however, that, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, the calculation of the VWAP for the Common Stock for the Post-Market Purchase Period for a Post-Market Purchase shall exclude from such calculation all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Post-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Post-Market Purchase. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
“Post-Market Purchase Share Amount” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the total number of Shares to be purchased by the Investor in such Post-Market Purchase as specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, which total number of Shares shall not exceed the Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Post-Market Purchase, taking into account the Post-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase (and such number of Shares specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase shall be subject to automatic adjustment in accordance with Section 3.3(b) as necessary to give effect to the Post-Market Purchase Maximum Amount limitation applicable to such Post-Market Purchase,
taking into account the Post-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, as set forth in this Agreement).
“Post-Market Purchase Share Volume Maximum” means, with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Post-Market Purchase Share Amount to be purchased by the Investor in such Post-Market Purchase, by (ii) the Post-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase (to be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction).
“Pre-Market Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.3(a).
“Pre-Market Purchase Commencement Time” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), such time after 7:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase that the Investor shall have timely received from the Company a valid Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, as acknowledged by email correspondence from the Investor to each of the individual notice recipients of the Company set forth in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice, other than via auto-reply, such email correspondence confirming the applicable commencement time of the Pre-Market Purchase Period for such Pre-Market Purchase on such Purchase Date therefor.
“Pre-Market Purchase Ending Time” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the time on the Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase that is the earliest of: (i) 9:10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Market Open Purchase; (ii) immediately at such time following the Pre-Market Purchase Commencement Time of the Pre-Market Purchase Period for such Pre-Market Purchase that the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period has exceeded the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Share Volume Maximum for such Pre-Market Purchase (taking into account the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase); provided, however, that, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period shall exclude from such calculation all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold; and (iii) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Discontinue Election in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, immediately at such time following the Pre-Market Purchase Commencement Time of the Pre-Market Purchase Period for such Pre-Market Purchase that the Sale Price of any share of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period is less than the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the lesser of: (i) one (1) million shares, and (ii) the product of (A) the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, multiplied by (B) the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market) during the Pre-Market Purchase Period for such Pre-Market Purchase; provided, however, that, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period referred to in clause (ii)(B) above shall exclude from such calculation all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Pre-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), either (a) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining whether the event in clause (iii) of the definition of “Pre-Market Purchase Ending Time” shall have occurred during the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Period for such Pre-Market Purchase, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Discontinue Election in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, or (b) the dollar amount specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in determining the sales of Common Stock during the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Period that shall be excluded from the calculation of the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase; provided, however, that in each case if the Company has not specified any such dollar amount as the per share minimum Sale Price threshold in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, then the per share minimum Sale Price threshold to be used in such Pre-Market Purchase shall be such dollar amount equal to the product of (a) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase, multiplied by (b) 0.75. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction.
“Pre-Market Purchase Notice” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), an irrevocable written notice delivered by the Company to the Investor, and received by the Investor, after 7:00 a.m., New York City time, and prior to 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase, specifying the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage that shall apply to such Pre-Market Purchase and whether a Limit Order Continue Election or a Limit Order Discontinue Election shall apply to such Pre-Market Purchase, and directing the Investor to purchase a specified Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount (such
specified Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount subject to automatic adjustment as set forth in Section 3.3(a) as necessary to give effect to the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount for such Pre-Market Purchase), at the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Price therefor on such Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase in accordance with this Agreement.
“Pre-Market Purchase Percentage” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, which shall not exceed 20.0%, for purposes of calculating, among other things, the Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount, the Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount and the Pre-Market Purchase Share Volume Maximum, in each case applicable to such Pre-Market Purchase.
“Pre-Market Purchase Period” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the period on the Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase, beginning at the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Commencement Time and ending at the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Ending Time on such Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase.
“Pre-Market Purchase Price” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the purchase price per Share to be purchased by the Investor in such Pre-Market Purchase, equal to the product of (i) 0.95, multiplied by (ii) the VWAP of the Common Stock for the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Period on the applicable Purchase Date for such Pre-Market Purchase (sometimes referred to herein as the “Pre-Market Purchase Period VWAP”); provided, however, that, if the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, the calculation of the VWAP for the Common Stock for the Pre-Market Purchase Period for a Pre-Market Purchase shall exclude from such calculation all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Pre-Market Purchase. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
“Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the total number of Shares to be purchased by the Investor in such Pre-Market Purchase as specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, which total number of Shares shall not exceed the Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount applicable to such Pre-Market Purchase, taking into account the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase (and such number of Shares specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase shall be subject to automatic adjustment in accordance with Section 3.3(a) as necessary to give effect to the Pre-Market Purchase Maximum Amount limitation applicable to such Pre-Market Purchase, taking into account the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, as set forth in this Agreement).
“Pre-Market Purchase Share Volume Maximum” means, with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Pre-Market Purchase Share Amount to be purchased by the Investor in such Pre-Market Purchase, by (ii) the Pre-Market Purchase Percentage specified by the Company in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase (to be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction).
“Privacy Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.40.
“Proceeding” means any lawsuit, litigation, action, audit, examination or investigation, claim, complaint, charge, proceeding, suit or arbitration (in each case, whether civil, criminal or administrative and whether public or private) pending in court or arbitration or by, before or otherwise involving any Governmental Entity.
“Prospectus” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Prospectus Supplement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Purchase” or “Purchases” means any one or more of the following (given the context in which it is used in this Agreement): (i) Market Open Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.1, (ii) Intraday Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.2, (iii) Pre-Market Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.3(a) and/or (iv) Post-Market Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.3(b).
“Purchase Condition Satisfaction Time” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.3.
“Purchase Date” means: (i) with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, the Trading Day on which the Investor timely receives, (A) after 7:30 a.m., New York City time, and (B) prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day, a valid Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase in accordance with this Agreement; (ii) with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, the Trading Day on which the Investor timely receives a valid Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase in accordance with this Agreement, (A) after the latest of (X) 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day, if the Company has not timely delivered a valid Market Open Purchase Notice to the Investor for a Market Open Purchase on such Trading Day, (Y) the Market Open Purchase Ending Time of the Market Open Purchase Period for the Market Open Purchase preceding the applicable Intraday Purchase Period for such Intraday Purchase occurring on the same Trading Day as such earlier Market Open Purchase, if the Company has timely delivered a valid Market Open Purchase Notice to the Investor for a Market Open Purchase on such Trading Day, and (Z) the Intraday Purchase Ending Time of the Intraday Purchase Period for the most recent prior Intraday Purchase, if any, occurring on the same Trading Day as such Intraday Purchase, and (B) prior to the earlier of (X) 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day for such Intraday Purchase and (Y) such time that is exactly two (2) hours immediately prior to the official close of the primary (or “regular”) trading session on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market) on such Trading Day, if the Trading Market (or such Eligible Market, as applicable) has publicly announced that the official close of the primary (or
“regular”) trading session shall be earlier than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day; (iii) with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a), the Trading Day on which the Investor timely receives, (A) after 7:00 a.m., New York City time, and (B) prior to 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day, a valid Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase in accordance with this Agreement; and (iv) with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the Trading Day on which the Investor timely receives, (A) after 4:05 p.m., New York City time, and (B) prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day, a valid Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase in accordance with this Agreement.
“Purchase Notice” or “Purchase Notices” means any one or more of the following (given the context in which it is used in this Agreement): (i) Market Open Purchase Notice(s) with respect to Market Open Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.1, (ii) Intraday Purchase Notice(s) with respect to Intraday Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.2, (iii) Pre-Market Purchase Notice(s) with respect to Pre-Market Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.3(a) and/or (iv) Post-Market Purchase Notice(s) with respect to Post-Market Purchase(s) made pursuant to Section 3.3(b).
“Purchase Period VWAP” means any one or more of the following (given the context in which it is used in this Agreement): (i) the applicable Market Open Purchase Period VWAP with respect to a Market Open Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.1, (ii) the applicable Intraday Purchase Period VWAP with respect to an Intraday Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.2, (iii) the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Period VWAP with respect to a Pre-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(a) and/or (iv) the applicable Post-Market Purchase Period VWAP with respect to a Post-Market Purchase made pursuant to Section 3.3(b).
“Purchase Price” means any one or more of the following (given the context in which it is used in this Agreement): (i) the applicable Market Open Purchase Price for the Shares purchased by the Investor in a Market Open Purchase effected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1, (ii) the applicable Intraday Purchase Price for the Shares purchased by the Investor in an Intraday Purchase effected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.2, (iii) the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Price for the Shares purchased by the Investor in a Pre-Market Purchase effected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.3(a) and/or (iv) the applicable Post-Market Purchase Price for the Shares purchased by the Investor in a Post-Market Purchase effected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.3(b).
“Purchase Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4.
“Qualified Independent Underwriter” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in FINRA Rule 5121(f)(12).
“RCP” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
“Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registration Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registration Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereof.
“Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Regulation D” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereof.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment.
“Representation Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.17.
“Restricted Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.9(i).
“Restricted Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.9(i).
“Restricted Persons” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.9(i).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect.
“Sale Price” means any trade price for a share of Common Stock on the Trading Market, or if the Common Stock is then traded on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market, as reported by Bloomberg.
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.6(d).
“Section 4(a)(2)” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
“Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by the Investor under this Agreement pursuant to one or more Purchase Notices.
“Short Sales” shall mean “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.
“Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interest having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time owned directly or indirectly by the Company and/or any of its other Subsidiaries.
“Threshold Price” means $0.10, which shall not be adjusted for any forward stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization or other
similar transaction involving the capital stock of the Company that occurs on or after the date of the Agreement.
“Total Commitment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.
“Trading Day” shall mean any day on which the Trading Market or, if the Common Stock is then listed on an Eligible Market, such Eligible Market is open for “regular” trading, including any day on which the Trading Market (or such Eligible Market, as applicable) is open for “regular” trading for a period of time less than the customary “regular” trading period.
“Trading Market” means The Nasdaq Capital Market (or any nationally recognized successor thereto).
“Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement (as qualified by the Disclosure Schedule) and the exhibits hereto, the Registration Rights Agreement, and the exhibits thereto, and each of the other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments entered into or furnished by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Variable Rate Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any equity or debt securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price, exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for the Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such equity or debt securities, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such equity or debt security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock (including, without limitation, any “full ratchet” or “weighted average” anti-dilution provisions, but not including any standard anti-dilution protection for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other similar transaction), or (ii) issues or sells any equity or debt securities, including, without limitation, Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, either (A) at a price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock (other than standard anti-dilution protection for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other similar transaction), or (B) that are subject to or contain any put, call, redemption, buy-back, price-reset or other similar provision or mechanism (including, without limitation, a “Black-Scholes” put or call right, other than in connection with a “fundamental transaction”) that provides for the issuance of additional equity securities of the Company or the payment of cash by the Company or (iii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, an “equity line of credit” or “at the market offering” or other continuous offering or similar offering of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, whereby the Company may sell Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at a future determined price.
“VWAP” means, for the Common Stock for a specified period, the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Stock on the Trading Market (or, if the Common Stock is then listed
on an Eligible Market, on such Eligible Market), for such period, as reported by Bloomberg through its “AQR” function; provided, however, that (i) the calculation of the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Stock for the Market Open Purchase Period for each Market Open Purchase shall exclude each of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Market Open Purchase Period (as applicable): (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (C) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Market Open Purchase Notice for such Market Open Purchase, all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Market Open Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Market Open Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Market Open Purchase; (ii) the calculation of the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Stock for the Intraday Purchase Period for each Intraday Purchase shall exclude each of the following transactions, to the extent they occur during such Intraday Purchase Period (as applicable): (A) the opening or first purchase of Common Stock at or following the official open of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date, (B) the last or closing sale of Common Stock at or prior to the official close of such primary (or “regular”) trading session that is reported in the consolidated system on such Purchase Date (as applicable), and (C) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Intraday Purchase Notice for such Intraday Purchase, all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Intraday Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Intraday Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Intraday Purchase; (iii) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Notice for such Pre-Market Purchase, the calculation of the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Stock for the Pre-Market Purchase Period for each Pre-Market Purchase shall exclude all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Pre-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Pre-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Pre-Market Purchase; and (iv) provided the Company shall have specified a Limit Order Continue Election in the applicable Post-Market Purchase Notice for such Post-Market Purchase, the calculation of the dollar volume-weighted average price for the Common Stock for the Post-Market Purchase Period for each Post-Market Purchase shall exclude all sales of Common Stock on the Trading Market (or on such Eligible Market, as applicable) during such Post-Market Purchase Period at a Sale Price that is less than the applicable Post-Market Purchase Minimum Price Threshold for such Post-Market Purchase. All such calculations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
“Withheld Commitment Fee Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1(ii).
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CLOSING CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE