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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
August 29, 2024
(Date of earliest event reported)
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Nevada | 001-31968 | 95-4863690 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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| 3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., | Suite 2100, | Dallas, | TX | 75219 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
214-427-1704
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
o Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock | APLD | Nasdaq Global Select Market |
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Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On August 29, 2024, Applied Digital Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Series F Purchase Agreement”) with YA II PN, LTD. (“YA”) for the private placement (the “Series F Offering”) of 53,191 shares of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series F Preferred Stock”), including 3,191 shares representing an original issue discount of 6%. Northland Securities, Inc. acted as the Placement Agent and will receive fees in an amount equal to 3.5% of the gross transaction amount.
The transaction closed on August 30, 2024, for total gross proceeds to the Company of $50.0 million. The Company plans to use the proceeds from the Series F Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Pursuant to the Series F Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to seek shareholder approval (“Nasdaq Stockholder Approval”) to enable the Series F Preferred Stock to become convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”) under the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”). The Series F Preferred Stock will initially be non-convertible and will only become convertible upon, and subject to, the receipt of Nasdaq Stockholder Approval. If Nasdaq Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Series F Preferred Stock will not be subject to a customary exchange cap for purposes of conversion, but will remain subject to an exchange cap for purposes of voting with the Common Stock on an as-converted basis. If Nasdaq Stockholder Approval is not obtained for any reason, the Series F Preferred Stock will remain non-convertible and will not vote on an as-converted basis. The initial conversion price for the Series F Preferred Stock will be $7.00 per share (the “Initial Conversion Price). If the Initial Conversion Price is greater than the arithmetic average of the volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the common stock for the three trading days immediately prior to the meeting of stockholders of the Company at which the Nasdaq Stockholder Approval is obtained (if obtained), then on the following trading day, the conversion price will be reset to such arithmetic average, subject to Nasdaq rules and regulations. The conversion price may thereafter be subject to further reset, on each of the 60th and 120th days after Nasdaq Stockholder Approval, if on each such date, the then effective conversion price is greater than the arithmetic average of the VWAP of the common stock for the three trading days immediately prior to each such date, as further described below. The conversion price cannot be reset below an amount prohibited by the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq, irrespective of the receipt of Nasdaq Stockholder Approval. Based on its initial stated value of $1,000 per share and the $7.00 Initial Conversion Price, the Series F Preferred Stock would be convertible into an aggregate of 7,598,714 shares of Common Stock.
The Company filed the Certificate of Designation (as defined below) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on August 30, 2024. The summary of the material terms of the Series F Preferred Stock set forth below in “Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year” is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01 in its entirety.
The Series F Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, indemnification obligations of the Company and YA, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and other obligations of the parties.
Pursuant to the Series F Purchase Agreement, YA executed an Irrevocable Proxy dated August 30, 2024 (the “Proxy”) appointing the Company as proxy to vote in all matters submitted to the stockholders of the Company for a vote of all shares of the Series F Preferred Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by YA in accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors.
In addition, in connection with the Series F Offering, on August 29, 2024, the Company and YA entered into a registration rights agreement (the "Series F Registration Rights Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to register for resale the shares of Common Stock issuable to YA upon conversion of shares of Series F Preferred Stock within 45 days of signing of the Series F Purchase Agreement (subject to certain exceptions).
In connection with the Series F Offering, the Company also entered into a Second Amendment to the Prepaid Advance Agreements (“Amendment No. 2”) and a Third Amendment to Prepaid Advance Agreements (“Amendment No. 3”) with YA. Pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 2, the Prepaid Advance Agreement dated as of March 27, 2024 by and between YA and the Company and the Prepaid Advance Agreement dated as of May 24, 2024 by and between YA and the Company (together, the “Prepaid Advance Agreements”) and the Optional Redemption provisions set forth in the promissory notes issued in connection therewith (the “YA Promissory Notes”), were amended such that the Company may only redeem early a portion or all amounts outstanding under the YA Promissory Notes in cash after January 1, 2025.
Pursuant to Amendment No. 3, the Prepaid Advance Agreements were amended to eliminate the $16.0 million per month conversion limitation that exists in the aggregate across the YA Promissory Notes.
The foregoing descriptions of the Series F Purchase Agreement, the Series F Registration Rights Agreement, the Proxy, Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3 are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each respective agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, and are incorporated in their entirety herein by reference. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Series F Purchase Agreement, the Series F Registration Rights Agreement, Amendment No. 2 and the Amendment No. 3 (if any) were made only for purposes of each respective agreement and as of a date specified therein, as applicable, are solely for the benefit of the parties to each such agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
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Item 3.02. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities |
The information set forth in “Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” relating to the issuance of the Series F Preferred Stock is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The offer and sale of the Series F Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series F Purchase Agreement is and will be made in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy the Series F Preferred Stock, nor shall there be an offer, solicitation or sale of the Series F Preferred Stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.
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| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On August 30, 2024, the Company filed a Certificate of the Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada designating 53,191 shares out of the authorized but unissued shares of its preferred stock as Series F Preferred Stock with a stated value of $1,000 per share (the “Certificate of Designation”). The following is a summary of the principal terms of the Series F Preferred Stock as set forth in the Certificate of Designation:
Series F Preferred Stock will rank on parity with the Company’s Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series E Preferred Stock”) and may rank on parity with or senior to any other series of preferred stock issued by the Company from time to time in the future. The Series F Preferred Stock will rank senior to the Common Stock.
Each outstanding share of Series F Preferred Stock is entitled to receive, in preference to the Common Stock, cumulative dividends (“Preferential Dividends”), payable quarterly in arrears, at an annual rate of 8.0% of $1,000.00 per share of Series F Preferred Stock (the “Series F Stated Value”). Preferential Dividends shall be payable, at the option of the Company, either in‑kind through an accrual on the Stated Value of the Series F Preferred Stock or in cash. In addition, each holder of Series F Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive dividends equal to, on an as-converted to shares of the Common Stock basis, and in the same form as, dividends actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as, and if such dividends are paid on shares of the Common Stock.
Upon any dissolution, liquidation or winding up, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Series F Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive distributions out of the assets of the Company in an amount per share equal to the then-current Series F Stated Value, whether capital or surplus before any distributions shall be made on any shares of the Common Stock.
If, and only if, the Series F Preferred Stock becomes convertible, the holders of Series F Preferred Stock will vote together with holders of Common Stock on an as-converted to Common Stock basis using the then effective Conversion Price (as defined below) subject to a cap on the maximum voting power as required under the Nasdaq rules and regulations.
Upon receipt of the Nasdaq Stockholder Approval (if such approval is obtained), the Series F Preferred Stock will become convertible into Common Stock at any time at the option of the holder at the Initial Conversion Price, subject to adjustments as set forth in the Series F Certificate of Designation and described below (the “Conversion Price”). In the event that on each of (i) the trading day immediately following the receipt of Nasdaq Stockholder Approval (the “Initial Reset Date”), (ii) the date that is 60 days after the Initial Reset Date (or if such date is not a trading day, the next
succeeding trading day) (the “Second Reset Date”) and (iii) the date that is 60 days after the Second Reset Date (or if such date is not a trading day, the next succeeding trading date), the arithmetic average of the daily VWAP for each of the three trading days immediately preceding and ending on the trading day immediately preceding each such date is less than the then-effective Conversion Price, the Conversion Price will be reset to such lower price. However, in no event shall the Conversion Price be reset below the minimum price prescribed by the Nasdaq rules and regulations, irrespective of receipt of Nasdaq Stockholder Approval.
If, at any time following receipt of Nasdaq Stockholder Approval, the average price of the Common Stock exceeds 200% of the then-effective Conversion Price, the Company may require that the holders of Series F Preferred Stock convert all or a portion of their outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock into Common Stock at the then-effective Conversion Price, provided that, the Common Stock Liquidity Conditions (as defined and set forth in the Series F Certificate of Designation) have been satisfied (or waived in writing by the holder).
In connection with the occurrence of certain fundamental transactions of the Company or a Trading Failure (as defined in the Series F Certificate of Designation), the holders of the Series F Preferred Stock will have the right to redeem their shares of Series F Preferred Stock for cash, in an amount equal to the higher of (x) the then-current Series F Stated Value and (y)(i) in the case of a fundamental transaction, the value of the Series F Preferred Stock that would have been received if such Series F Preferred Stock was converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such fundamental transaction, or (ii) in the case of a Trading Failure, the value of the Series F Preferred Stock, as determined on an-converted to Common Stock basis, based on the lowest Conversion Price in effect during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the Trading Failure and ending on the date the holder delivers a redemption notice. Additionally, at any time between December 31, 2024 and January 10, 2025, the holders of Series F Preferred Stock will have the right to redeem their shares of Series F Preferred Stock for the then-current Series F Stated Value.
The foregoing description of the Series F Preferred Stock is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Designation, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
Press Release
On August 30, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the Series F Offering. A copy of such press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Risk Factors
The Company is including the below update to its risk factors, for the purpose of supplementing and updating the disclosure contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 30, 2024.
The rights of holders of our Series F Preferred Stock rank senior to the rights of the holders of our Common Stock.
Holders of our Series F Preferred Stock have the right to receive a liquidation preference entitling it to be paid out of our assets available for distribution to stockholders, before any payment may be made to holders of any other class or series of capital stock, other than our Series E Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the liquidation preference thereof plus all accrued dividends, or (b) the amount that such holder would have been entitled to receive upon our liquidation, dissolution and winding up if all outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
In addition, dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock accrue and are cumulative at the rate of 8.0% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. The dividends are to be paid, at the option of the Company, either in‑kind through an accrual on the stated value of the Series F Preferred Stock or in cash. The holders of our Series F Preferred Stock also have certain redemption rights. In connection with the occurrence of certain fundamental transactions of the Company or a Trading Failure (as defined in the Series F Certificate of Designation), the holders of the Series F Preferred Stock will have the right to redeem their shares of Series F Preferred Stock for cash, in an amount equal to the higher of (x) the then-current Series F stated value of $1000 and (y)(i) in the case of a fundamental transaction, the value of the Series F Preferred Stock that would have been received if such Series F Preferred Stock was converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such
fundamental transaction, or (ii) in the case of a Trading Failure, the value of the Series F Preferred Stock, as determined on an-converted to Common Stock basis, based on the lowest Conversion Price in effect during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the Trading Failure and ending on the date the holder delivers a redemption notice. Additionally, at any time between December 31, 2024 and January 10, 2025, the holders of Series F Preferred Stock will have the right to redeem their shares of Series F Preferred Stock for the then-current Series F stated value.
These dividend payment and redemption related obligations could impact our liquidity and reduce the amount of cash available to us for our working capital needs, capital expenditures, funding growth opportunities, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes. Our obligations to the holders of Series F Preferred Stock could also limit our ability to obtain additional financing or increase our borrowing costs, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition. The preferential rights could also result in divergent interests between the holders of Series F Preferred Stock and holders of our Common Stock.
Our shares of Series F Preferred Stock have voting rights and could have a dilutive effect on our stockholders.
Our board of directors has approved the creation and issuance of an aggregate of 53,191 shares of Series F Preferred Stock, all of which were issued on August 30, 2024 to YA in connection with the Series F Offering.
The Series F Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock, if and when the Nasdaq Stockholder Approval is obtained, at a conversion price per share which is subject to adjustments pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation filed with the Nevada Secretary of State in connection with the creation and issuance of the Series F Preferred Stock. Based on the initial stated value of the Series F Preferred Stock of $1,000 per share and the $7.00 initial conversion price, the Series F Preferred Stock would be convertible into an aggregate of 7,598,714 shares of Common Stock. As such, upon any conversion of the Series F Preferred Stock, the holders of our Common Stock may experience dilution.
In addition, if, and only if, the Series F Preferred Stock becomes convertible, the holders of Series F Preferred Stock will vote together with holders of our Common Stock on an as-converted to Common Stock basis using the then effective conversion price subject to a cap on the maximum voting power as required under the Nasdaq rules and regulations. In connection with the Series F Offering, YA, the holder of all of the Series F Preferred Stock, granted an irrevocable proxy, in favor of and for the benefit of the Company, for as long as the Series F Preferred Stock remains outstanding, to vote all of its shares of the Series F Preferred Stock on all matters on which the Series F Preferred Stock is entitled to vote, in any manner that our board of directors may determine in its sole and absolute discretion. Furthermore, collectively, our directors and executive officers as a group beneficially own approximately 16% of our outstanding Common Stock. The interests of our board of directors and executive officers may differ from the interests of our other stockholders.
In addition to the dilutive effect on the voting power and value of our Common Stock, the foregoing structure of our capital stock and the existence of, and voting rights associated with, our Series F Preferred Stock could result in our management having significant influence over all matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of our directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership and voting power in our management may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of us that may be otherwise viewed as beneficial by our stockholders other than management, as well as making the removal of our management more difficult.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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| Dated: | August 30, 2029 | | By: | /s/ David Rench |
| | | Name: | David Rench |
| | | Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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Business Entity - Filing Acknowledgement 08/30/2024 Work Order Item Number: W2024083000788-3899099 Filing Number: 20244290896 Filing Type: Certificate of Designation Filing Date/Time: 8/30/2024 8:00:00 AM Filing Page(s): 22 Indexed Entity Information: Entity ID: C13283-2001 Entity Name: Applied Digital Corporation Entity Status: Active Expiration Date: None Commercial Registered Agent CAPITOL CORPORATE SERVICES, INC. 716 N. Carson St. #B, Carson City, NV 89701, USA FRANCISCO V. AGUILAR Secretary of State DEPUTY BAKKEDAHL Deputy Secretary for Commercial Recordings STATE OF NEVADA OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Commercial Recordings Division 401 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 Telephone (775) 684-5708 Fax (775) 684-7141 North Las Vegas City Hall 2250 Las Vegas Blvd North, Suite 400 North Las Vegas, NV 89030 Telephone (702) 486-2880 Fax (702) 486-2888 The attached document(s) were filed with the Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recording Division. The filing date and time have been affixed to each document, indicating the date and time of filing. A filing number is also affixed and can be used to reference this document in the future. Respectfully, FRANCISCO V. AGUILAR Secretary of State Page 1 of 1 Commercial Recording Division 401 N. Carson Street
Filed in the Office of Secretary of State State Of Nevada Business Number C13283-2001 Filing Number 20244290896 Filed On 8/30/2024 8:00:00 AM Number of Pages 22
EXHIBIT 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 29, 2024, between Applied Digital Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, Securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
I.1Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:
“Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.
“Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of the Company, which sets forth the rights and preferences of the Shares, effective on or about the date hereof, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Closing Date” means the first Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Investment Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Shares, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant 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 Counsel” means Lowenstein Sandler LLP, with offices at 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020.
“Company Nevada Counsel” means Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., with offices at 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100 Las Vegas, NV 89169-5958.
“Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares pursuant to the Certificate of Designation.
“Convertible Preferred Stock” means the Series F Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, convertible into Common Stock of the Company in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designation.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently herewith.
“Disclosure Time” means, (i) if this Agreement is signed on a day that is not a Trading Day or after 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) and before midnight (New York City time) on any Trading Day, 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent, and (ii) if this Agreement is signed between midnight (New
York City time) and 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, no later than 9:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof, unless otherwise instructed as to an earlier time by the Placement Agent.
“Effective Date” means the earliest of the date that (a) the initial Registration Statement registering for resale all Conversion Shares has been declared effective by the Commission, (b) all of the Conversion Shares have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 or may be sold by a non-Affiliate of the Company pursuant to Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, (c) immediately follows the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date provided that a holder of Shares is not an Affiliate of the Company, or (d) all of the Shares may be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and Company Counsel has delivered to such holders a standing written unqualified opinion that resales may then be made by such holders of the Conversion Shares pursuant to such exemption which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such holders.
“Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(s).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
“GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(bb).
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(p).
“Investment Amount” shall mean $50,000,000.
“Irrevocable Proxy” means the Irrevocable Proxy for all Shares, in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.
“Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.1(c).
“Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).
“Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(n).
“Per Share Purchase Price” equals $1,000, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Convertible Preferred Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Placement Agent” means Northland Securities, Inc.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.7.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Conversion Shares.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities” means the Shares and Conversion Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” shall mean the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issued to the Purchasers at the Closing.
“Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in the SEC Reports and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 150 Royall Street, Canton, MA 0202, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)) or (b) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Waiver” means that certain letter agreement, by and between the Company and YA II PN, Ltd. (“Yorkville”), pursuant to which the parties thereto agree to waive certain limitations under the (i) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of May 24, 2024, delivered by the Company to Yorkville (the “May Note”), (ii) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of April 24, 2024, delivered by the Company to Yorkville (the “April Note”) and (iii) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of March 27, 2024, delivered by
the Company to Yorkville (the “March Note” and collectively with the May Note and the April Note, the “Notes”).
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
II.1Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, an aggregate of 53,191 Shares. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to such Purchaser’s share of the Investment Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto executed by such Purchaser, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction (or waiver) of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures.
II.2Deliveries.
(a)On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:
(i)this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii)a legal opinion of Company Nevada Counsel, directed to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent and Purchasers;
(iii)a legal opinion of Company Counsel, directed to the Placement Agent and the Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent and Purchasers;
(iv)a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors, duly authorizing entry into this Agreement by the Company and the transactions contemplated hereby and under the Transaction Documents;
(v)a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, evidence of the issuance of a number of Shares equal to (A) such Purchaser’s share of the Investment Amount, divided by (B) ninety-four percent (94%) of the Per Share Purchase Price, as held in DRS book-entry form by the Transfer Agent and registered in the name of such Purchaser;
(vi)the Company shall have provided each Purchaser with the Company’s wire instructions, on Company letterhead and executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer;
(vii)the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(viii)a copy of the filed and effective Certificate of Designation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada; and
(ix)a copy of the effective Waiver, duly executed by the parties thereto.
(b)On or prior to the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i)this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(ii)the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
(iii)the Irrevocable Proxy duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(iv)following the satisfaction or waiver of all other conditions precedent to the Closing, such Purchaser’s share of the Investment Amount by wire transfer to the account specified in writing by the Company.
II.3Closing Conditions.
(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being satisfied or waived by the applicable Purchaser:
(i)the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date);
(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii)the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(a)The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being satisfied or waived by the applicable Purchaser:
(i)the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date);
(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii)the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;
(iv)there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;
(v)from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities generally whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Purchaser, makes it impracticable to purchase the Shares at the Closing; and
(vi)the Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate, duly executed on behalf of the Company by a duly authorized officer thereof, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of all of the conditions specified in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 2.3(b).
(b)The consummation of the Closing shall constitute conclusive evidence that all conditions set forth in Section 2.3(b) have been fully satisfied or waived.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
III.1Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below), in any press release, or in the correspondingly numbered section of the
Disclosure Schedules that relates to such section or in another section of the Disclosure Schedules to the extent that it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such section, the Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser, as of the date hereof (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date), that:
(a)Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), as of the date hereof, all of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.
(b)Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and as of the date hereof no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c)Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power to enter into and to consummate the sale and issuance of the Securities, to the Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations and otherwise to perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents in accordance with their express terms. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the issuance and sale of the Securities and the reservation of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further authorization or approval is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the
Company’s stockholders in connection with the performance by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents other than the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies or (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(d)No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, anti-dilution or similar adjustments, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required or contemplated by Sections 2.2(a)(viii) and 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filings with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and (iii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f)Issuance of the Securities. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Conversion Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than any applicable beneficial ownership limitation applicable to the Purchaser. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations.
(g)Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)(i). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)(ii), as of the date hereof the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g)(iii), as of the date hereof no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, as of the date hereof there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary as a result of the transactions contemplated hereunder. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers). As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary with any provision that adjusts the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price of such security or instrument upon an issuance of securities by the Company or any Subsidiary. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary, in each case, as of the date hereof. As of the date hereof, the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or
similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. As of the date hereof, there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
(h)SEC Reports; Financial Statements. Except as provided as set forth in Schedule 3.1(h), the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i)Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), as of the date hereof (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), as of the date hereof no material event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been disclosed to the Purchasers or publicly disclosed on or prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j)Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer (in his or her capacity as such) thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. As of the date hereof there has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer (in his or her capacity as such) of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k)Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree, or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m)Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and as of the date hereof neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.
(o)Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and
marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries, and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.
(p)Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement for which the expiration, termination or abandonment could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality of all of their intellectual properties that are confidential as the date of this Agreement, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q)Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.
(r)Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(r), none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is, as of the date of this Agreement, a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(s)Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(t)Certain Fees. Except for the fees and expenses of the Placement Agent, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(u)Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.
(v)Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(w)Registration Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(w) or pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, as of the date hereof no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(x)Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. As of the date hereof the Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.
(y)Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any
control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) that is or would become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.
(z)Disclosure. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
(aa)No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such Securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. All private offerings completed by the Company in the six (6) months immediately preceding the date hereof are listed on Schedule 3.1(aa) hereto.
(ab)Indebtedness. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(bb), as of the date hereof there is no material outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $10,000,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated 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 (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $10,000,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.
(ac)Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. As of the date hereof, there are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.
(ad)No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
(ae)Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.
(af)Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is set forth in the SEC Reports. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and such accounting firm or another accounting firm that is subject to oversight by the Public Company Accounting Board shall express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.
(ag)Registration Statement Eligibility. Subject to the continued listing of the Common Stock on a national securities exchange, the Company is eligible to register the resale of the Conversion Shares by the Purchasers on Form S-1 promulgated under the Securities Act.
(ah)No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company
to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.
(ai)Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(aj)Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(g), 4.10 and 4.11 hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company that: (i) none of the Purchasers has been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Purchaser agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term, (ii) past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities, (iii) any Purchaser, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Purchaser is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock and (iv) each Purchaser shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that (y) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding and (z) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities, provided they do not violate Section 4.10 or 4.11 hereof, do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
(ak)Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Conversion Shares, (ii) sold, bid for,
purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.
(al)Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(am)Cybersecurity. (i) As of the date of this Agreement, (x) to the Company’s knowledge, there has been no material security breach or other material compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of its respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of it), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material security breach or other material compromise to their IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Company and the Subsidiaries are, as of the date of this Agreement, in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except for such noncompliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained safeguards the Company believes to be commercially reasonable to maintain and protect its material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and Data; and (iv) the Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology which the Company believes is appropriate for the size and scope of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(an)Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
(ao)U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon a Purchaser’s request.
(ap)Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(aq)Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.
(ar)No Brokers Fee. Other than the Placement Agent, the Company is not aware of any person that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Securities.
III.2Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date):
(a)Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by
such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b)Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons (i) to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities or (ii) to distribute or regarding the distribution of the Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Conversion Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws).
(c)Own Account. Such Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities as principal for his, her or its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling the Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no present intention of distributing any of the Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.
(d)Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(7) under the Securities Act and an “Institutional Account” as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c).
(e)Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(f)Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review the Transaction Documents (including all exhibits and schedules thereto) and the SEC Reports and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the
Company and its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment.
(g)No Reliance on Placement Agent. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate, officer, director or employee of the Placement Agent has provided such Purchaser with any information or advice with respect to the Securities nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Neither the Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees has made or makes any representation as to the Company or the quality of the Securities and the Purchaser acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by Placement Agent or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company. In connection with the issuance of the Securities to such Purchaser, neither the Placement Agent nor any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees has acted as a financial advisor or fiduciary to such Purchaser. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agent nor any Affiliate, officer, director or employee of the Placement Agent, shall be liable to the Purchaser for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities, except in the case of such Placement Agent’s or any Affiliate, officer, director or employee of the Placement Agent’s own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(h)Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, such Purchaser has not, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Purchaser, directly or indirectly executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of the securities of the Company during the period commencing as of the time that such Purchaser first received from the Company or any other Person representing the Company the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending immediately prior to the execution hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement or to such Purchaser’s representatives, including, without limitation, its officers, directors, partners, legal and other advisors, employees, agents and Affiliates, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
(i)General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or, to the knowledge of such Purchaser, any other general solicitation or general advertisement.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
IV.1Transfer Restrictions.
(a)The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Securities other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) to the Company, (iv) to an Affiliate of a Purchaser which is controlled by such Purchaser or under common control with such Purchaser, or (v) in connection with a bona fide pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee (other than a non-Affiliate transferee of Conversion Shares) shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no transferee of Common Stock obtained by a Purchaser upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock (other than an Affiliate of such Purchaser) hereunder shall be subject to or bound by any of the Transaction Documents, and the Company shall not attempt to subject or bind any such transferee. Each Purchaser hereby covenants and agrees not to effect any sale or other transfer of the Securities other than (i) pursuant to the plan of distribution contained in a Registration Statement, (ii) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144, or (iii) in compliance with another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
(b)The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities issued hereunder in the following form:
[NEITHER] THIS SECURITY [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE] [HAS BEEN] [HAS NOT BEEN] REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge, pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including, if the Securities are subject to registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) thereunder, provided that the Company shall not be required to file more than one prospectus supplement in any one fiscal quarter.
(c)Certificates or book-entries evidencing the Conversion Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof), (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Conversion Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than the earlier of (i) one (1) Trading Day and (ii) the number of
Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent of a certificate, book entry statement or other instrument representing Shares, as the case may be, issued with a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate, book entry statement or other instrument representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4. Certificates, book entry statements or other instruments for Conversion Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by such Purchaser. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Conversion Shares issued with a restrictive legend.
(d)In addition to such Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to a Purchaser, in cash, (i) as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Securities (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Conversion Shares are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per month (increasing to $20 per month beginning on the first month after such damages have begun to accrue) for each month after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate or book entry statement is delivered without a legend, up to an aggregate amount of 10% in respect of each $1,000 of Securities and (ii) if the Company fails to (a) issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date a certificate or book entry statement representing the Conversion Shares so delivered to the Company by such Purchaser that is free from all restrictive and other legends and (b) if after the Legend Removal Date such Purchaser purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Purchaser of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock that such Purchaser anticipated receiving from the Company without any restrictive legend, then, an amount equal to the excess of such Purchaser’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) (the “Buy-In Price”) over the product of (A) such number of Securities that the Company was required to deliver to such Purchaser by the Legend Removal Date multiplied by (B) the lowest closing sale price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Purchaser to the Company of the applicable Conversion Shares and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii).
(e)Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser will sell any Common Stock underlying the
Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if shares of Common Stock underlying the Shares are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein and the Registration Rights Agreement, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Common Stock underlying the Shares as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this agreement.
IV.2Furnishing of Information. During the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company covenants to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to file all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.
IV.3Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.
IV.4Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall (a) by the Disclosure Time, issue a press release or file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K or include in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024 to be filed within four (4) Business Days of the date hereof, including forms of the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act.
IV.5Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, solely by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply in respect of any other Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents now or hereafter owned by any of the Purchasers.
IV.6Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital and general corporate purposes.
IV.7Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.7, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each
Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a material breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which is finally judicially determined to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.7 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.
IV.8Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue the Conversion Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
IV.9Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on a Trading Market, and concurrently with each Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Conversion Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing or quotation of all of the Conversion Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded or quoted on any other Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Conversion Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Conversion Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. During the Effectiveness Period, the Company will then take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market. The Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.
IV.10Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that none of such Purchaser, any of its Affiliates or officers, any Person managed by it, or any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it (collectively, the “Restricted Persons” and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Restricted Person”) will, directly or indirectly, execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales, of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject in all respects to Section 4.11, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality or duty not to trade in the securities of the Company to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial press release as described in Section 4.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above and in Section 4.11 shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the
portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.
IV.11Selling Restrictions. In addition to, and without limiting, the agreements under Section 4.10, each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that from and after the date hereof through and including the Trading Day next following the six (6) month anniversary of the date hereof (the “Restricted Period”), none of the Restricted Persons will, directly or indirectly, engage in any Short Sale, either for its own principal account or for the principal account of any other Restricted Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained in this Section 4.11 shall (without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the Restricted Period from selling “long” (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO) any Common Stock.
IV.12Blue Sky Filings. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Conversion Shares for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide to any Purchaser evidence of such actions promptly upon request of such Purchaser.
IV.13Acknowledgment of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.
IV.14Required Shareholder Approvals. Following the Closing Date, the Company covenants and agrees, whether at an annual meeting or a special meeting of the Company’s shareholders, to seek shareholder approval for purposes of, and in accordance with, Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), providing for the approval of the issuance of all of the Securities in compliance with the rules and regulations of Nasdaq Global Select Market (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth in the Certificate of Designation) without giving any effect to any floor price or cap on the number of shares issuable thereunder. If such shareholder approvals are not obtained at such meeting, the Company shall cause an additional shareholder meeting to be held within 90 days from the date of such annual or special meeting. In connection with each such meeting, the Company shall provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its shareholders’ approval of such proposals, and the Board of Directors will recommend to the shareholders that they approve such proposals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company is able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding Common Stock to approve the proposal, the Company may satisfy this obligation by
obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
V.1Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated, through no fault of such Purchaser, on or before the seventh (7th) Trading Day following the date hereof; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the terminating party (or parties) prior to the date of such termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate without any further action or notice with respect to a Purchaser upon such time as such Purchaser no longer owns any Securities.
V.2Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of its and the Purchasers’ advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by the parties incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company’s obligation to pay such fees and expenses of the Purchasers shall not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.
V.3Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
V.4Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via email attachment at the email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the
Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.
V.5Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each Purchaser. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
V.6Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
V.7Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger or sale of substantially all assets of the Company, provided the surviving entity in such merger or the purchaser in such sale expressly assumes the Company’s obligations under the Transaction Documents). Any Purchaser may (but shall not be required to) assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”
V.8No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Placement Agent shall be the third-party beneficiary of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3.1 and the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in Section 3.2. The Purchaser Parties that are not party to this Agreement shall be express third-party beneficiaries of Section 4.7. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 5.8.
V.9Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and
hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
V.10Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Securities.
V.11Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
V.12Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.
V.13Rescission and Withdrawal Right. To the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
V.14Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party
costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
V.15Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
V.16Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
V.17Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative convenience only, each Purchaser and its respective counsel have chosen to communicate with the Company through Company Counsel. Company Counsel does not represent any of the Purchasers and only represents the Company. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and a Purchaser, solely, and not between the Company and the Purchasers collectively and not between and among the Purchasers.
V.18Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.
V.19Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
V.20Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
V.21WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
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APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION
By:__________________________________________ Name: Title: | Address for Notice:
3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 2100 Dallas, TX 75219 Attention: David Rench Email: david@applieddigital.com |
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Lowenstein Sandler LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Attention: Steven E. Siesser, Esq. Email: ssiesser@lowenstein.com | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
Name of Purchaser: ________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser: __________________________________
Name of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________
Title of Authorized Signatory: _____________________________________________________
Email Address of Authorized Signatory: ______________________________________________
Address for Notice to Purchaser:
Share of Investment Amount: $_________________
Shares: _________________
EIN Number: _______________________
☐ Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the above-signed to purchase the Securities set forth in this Agreement to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the obligations of the Company to sell such Securities to the above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur by the first (1st) Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing Date.
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EXHIBIT A
Certificate of Designation
See attached.
EXHIBIT B
Registration Rights Agreement
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EXHIBIT C
Irrevocable Proxy
See attached.
EXHIBIT 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 29, 2024, by and between Applied Digital Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and each of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”).
The Company and each Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
1.Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 90th calendar day following the date hereof (or, in the event of a “full review” by the Commission, the 120th calendar day following the date hereof) and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the 75th calendar day following the date on which such additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder (or, in the event of a “full review” by the Commission, the 105th calendar day following the date such additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder); provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above, provided, further, if such Effectiveness Date falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the Effectiveness Date shall be the next succeeding Trading Day, provided, further, that in the event of a U.S. federal government shutdown, the Effectiveness Date shall be tolled by the same amount of days that the Commission remains closed for operations.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Filing Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 45th calendar day following the date hereof and, with respect to any additional
Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the earliest practicable date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that if the Filing Date falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the Filing Date shall be extended to the next succeeding Trading Day, provided, further, that in the event of a U.S. federal government shutdown, the Filing Date shall be tolled by the same amount of days that the Commission remains closed for operations.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, all Securities and any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement (in which case, only any security disposed of by such Holder shall cease to be a Registrable Security), (b) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144 (in which case, only any security disposed of by such Holder shall cease to be a Registrable Security), or (c) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities
issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time in the past 90 days held by any Affiliate of the Company), as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company.
“Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
2.Registration.
(a)On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form in accordance herewith and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least a majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A and substantially the “Selling Stockholder” section attached hereto as Annex B. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) may be sold by such Holder(s) without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the
current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holder(s) (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the first Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within one (1) Trading Day of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(d). The Company shall not include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement unless the Purchasers shall consent to such inclusion in writing.
(b)Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; with respect to filing on Form S-1 or other appropriate form, and subject to the provisions of Section 2(d) with respect to the payment of liquidated damages; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(d), if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:
a. First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included other than Registrable Securities;
b. Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Conversion Shares (applied, in the case that some Conversion Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Conversion Shares held by such Holders).
In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least three (3) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.
(d)If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a) herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five (5) Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the effective date of a Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within ten (10) calendar days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv) a Registration Statement registering for resale all of the Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Date of the Initial Registration Statement, or (v) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, on two or more occasions or for more than forty-five (45) consecutive calendar days (provided that if the Company is required to file a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement to incorporate the Company’s quarterly or annual reports or audited financial statements on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, such period may be extended for no more than 5 consecutive calendar days in the case of a Form 10-Q and 15 consecutive calendar days in the case of a Form 10-K (the “Grace Period”)) or more than an aggregate of ninety (90) calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i) and (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five (5) Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iii) the date which such ten (10) calendar day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (v) the date on which such forty-five (45) or ninety (90) calendar day period plus any Grace Period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 1.0% multiplied by the
aggregate Investment Amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The parties agree that the maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Holder under this Agreement shall be 6.0% of the aggregate Investment Amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven (7) days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 12% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
(e)If Form S-3 becomes available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
3.Registration Procedures.
In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a)Not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act; provided that the Company shall redact any sections of such documents that may contain material non-public information unless the Holder consents in writing to receive such information and agrees to hold it in confidence. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than two (2) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex C (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section. (b)(i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company shall excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c)If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to have such additional Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act.
(d)Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion or
incorporation by reference therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus; provided, however, that in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or subject such Holder to any duty of confidentiality.
(e)Use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f)Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission, provided that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(g)Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h)Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(i)If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates or book entry statements representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates or book entry statements, as applicable, shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.
(j)Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of a Holder in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which a Holder has entered into a contract for sale, prior to such Holder’s receipt of the notice of such suspension and for which such Holder has not yet settled. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(j) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages if so required pursuant to Section 2(d).
(k)Otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.
(l)Prior to the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such
information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.
4.Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
5.Indemnification.
(a)Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, stockholders or other equity holders, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors, principals, managers, portfolio managers and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders or other equity holders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or
relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(b). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(e). (b)Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s information provided in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or the proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a selling Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of
all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c)Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement (i) imposes no liability or obligation on the Indemnified Party, (ii) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and (iii) does not include any admission of fault, capability, wrongdoing or malfeasance by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, provided that the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(d)Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
6.Miscellaneous.
(a)Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b)Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(d).
(c)Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and each Holder. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(c). No consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement who continue to hold any of the Registrable Securities.
(d)Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
(e)Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.
(f)No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to the issuance and/or sale of its
securities, that would impair the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that the entering into of any other registration rights agreement, granting of any other registration rights or filing any other registration statement, in each case, after the date hereof, shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to impair the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflict with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(f), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full. (g)Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 (e.g., www.docusign.com), such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
(h)Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(i)Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(j)Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.
(k)Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(l)Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION |
By:__________________________________________ Name: Title: |
[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
YA II PN, LTD.
By: Yorkville Advisors Global, LP
Its: Investment Manager
By: Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC
Its: General Partner
By:
Name: Matthew Beckman
Title: Manager
Schedule 6(g)
1. Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 7, 2024, by and between Applied Digital Corporation and CIM APLD Lender Holdings, LLC.
Annex A
Plan of Distribution
Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal Trading Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
• ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker dealer solicits purchasers;
• block trades in which the broker dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
• purchases by a broker dealer as principal and resale by the broker dealer for its account;
• an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
• privately negotiated transactions;
• settlement of short sales;
• in transactions through broker dealers that agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;
• through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
• a combination of any such methods of sale; or
• any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers dealers to participate in sales. Broker dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage
commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.
In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make
copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
Annex B
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The common stock being offered by the selling stockholders are those previously issued to the selling stockholders. For additional information regarding the issuances of those shares of common stock, see “Private Placement of Securities” above. We are registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the selling stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of our securities, the selling stockholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.
The table below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the selling stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling stockholder, based on its ownership of the shares of common stock and any other rights to purchase our common stock, as of ________, 2024, assuming exercise of other rights held by the selling stockholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.
The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling stockholders.
In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling stockholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the number of shares of common stock issued to selling stockholders in the “Private Placement of Securities” described above. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.
The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”
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Name of Selling Stockholder
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Common Stock
Owned After
Offering |
Annex C
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION
Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable Securities”) of Applied Digital Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1.Name.
(a)Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder
(b)Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:
(c)Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):
2.Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
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Telephone: 201-985-8300 |
E-Mail: Legal@yorkvilleadvisors.com |
Contact Person: Mark Angelo |
3.Broker-Dealer Status:
(a)Are you a broker-dealer?
Yes No x
(b)If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?
Yes No
Note: If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
(c)Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
Yes No x
(d)If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
Yes No
Note: If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
4.Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(a)Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:
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5.
Relationships with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
State any exceptions here:
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any material inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective; provided, that the undersigned shall not be required to notify the Company of any changes to the number of securities held or owned by the undersigned or its affiliates.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
Date: Beneficial Owner:
YA II PN, LTD.
By: Yorkville Advisors Global, LP
Its: Investment Manager
By: Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC
Its: General Partner
By:
Name: Matthew Beckman
Title: Manager
PLEASE EMAIL A .PDF COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:
3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 2100 Dallas, TX 75219
Attention: Wes Cummins
Email: wes@applieddigital.com
With a copy to:
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attention: Steven E. Siesser, Esq.
Email: ssiesser@lowenstein.com
EXHIBIT 10.3
August 30, 2024
Applied Digital Corporation
3811 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75219
Re: Irrevocable Proxy for Company Securities
Gentlemen:
We refer to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2024 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), by and among Applied Digital Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned Purchasers signatory thereto. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
This letter agreement is being delivered pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(iv) of the Securities Purchase Agreement to evidence the voting rights we have granted to the Company with respect to the Shares and the Conversion Shares now owned and hereafter acquired by us (the “Company Securities”). We reiterate our acknowledgment that as a material inducement and condition to your willingness to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement, you have requested and we have agreed to grant to you an irrevocable proxy to vote the Company Securities as provided in the irrevocable proxy attached hereto (the “Proxy”).
In fulfillment of our agreement as aforesaid, we have executed and attached to this letter agreement the Proxy appointing the Company as proxy, with full power of substitution, to vote all of the Company Securities owned by the undersigned at the time of any such vote, as recommended by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Further, the undersigned agrees that upon any transfer of (i) Company Securities to an Affiliate and/or (ii) Shares to any Person, in each case, in compliance with Section 4.1 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the undersigned shall cause the transferee to deliver to the Company a duly executed, irrevocable proxy in the same form and substance as the Proxy. For the avoidance of doubt, upon any transfer of Common Stock by the undersigned to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the undersigned, such transferee shall not be subject to or bound by the undersigned’s obligations under the Proxy, nor shall such transferee be required to execute or deliver any replacement proxy to the Company.
The Proxy is irrevocable, and shall not be terminated, revoked, amended or modified in any way except by a writing signed by the Company and the undersigned. This letter agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that monetary damages are an inadequate remedy for breach of this letter agreement. Therefore, the undersigned agrees that the Company has the right and shall be entitled to, in addition to any other rights it may have, specific enforcement of the Proxy and this letter agreement. This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The undersigned has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this letter agreement, and when so executed. The undersigned hereby further agrees that it shall do all things, take all steps, including without limitation, executing all further documents, instruments, powers and agreements to further the intent and purposes of this letter agreement
and to confer upon the Company the practical benefits to be realized by it hereunder. This letter agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect as of such time that we no longer own any Company Securities.
YA II PN, LTD.
By: Yorkville Advisors Global, LP
Its: Investment Manager
By: Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Matthew Beckman
Name: Matthew Beckman
Title: Manager
IRREVOCABLE PROXY
Reference is hereby made to that certain letter agreement to which this Irrevocable Proxy (this “Proxy”) is attached and forms a part, the “Letter Agreement”); all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby appoints the Company (its successors and assigns), acting through Wes Cummins or David Rench, with respect to each for so long as he remains employed by the Company, or such other persons as may be designated from time to time by the Company, as proxy, with full power of substitution, to vote in all matters submitted to the stockholders of the Company for a vote (either by vote at a meeting of the stockholders of the Company, and at any adjournments or postponements thereof, solicitation of proxies, solicitation of consents or otherwise), all Company Securities beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the undersigned in accordance with the Board’s recommendation.
The undersigned further acknowledges that its attendance at any such vote of the stockholders shall not affect the validity of this Proxy. The undersigned further agrees that (a) it shall not take any action or step, or fail to take and action or step, to revoke this Proxy or otherwise diminish or prevent the practical realization of the rights granted to the Company hereunder, and (b) upon each transfer of (i) Company Securities to an Affiliate and/or (ii) Shares to any Person, in each case, in compliance with Section 4.1 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the undersigned shall cause the transferee to deliver to the Company a duly executed, irrevocable proxy in the same form and substance as this Proxy. For the avoidance of doubt, upon any transfer of Common Stock by the undersigned to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the undersigned, such transferee shall not be subject to or bound by the undersigned’s obligations under this Proxy, nor shall such transferee be required to execute or deliver any replacement proxy to the Company.
The undersigned has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Proxy, and when so executed, this Proxy shall remain valid and in effect until such time that the undersigned holds no Company Securities. This Proxy shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The undersigned expressly acknowledges that this Proxy is irrevocable, and shall not be terminated, revoked, amended or modified in any way except by a writing signed by the Company and the undersigned.
YA II PN, LTD.
By: Yorkville Advisors Global, LP
Its: Investment Manager
By: Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Matthew Beckman
Name: Matthew Beckman
Title: Manager
Dated: August 30, 2024
EXHIBIT 10.4
CONSENT, WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT
TO
PREPAID ADVANCE AGREEMENTS
This CONSENT, WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO PREPAID ADVANCE AGREEMENTS (this “Consent”) is entered into this 21st day of August, 2024, by and between YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (“Investor”) and APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”).
Recitals
A. Investor and the Company have entered into (i) that certain Prepaid Advance Agreement dated as of March 27, 2024 (the “March PAA”), (ii) that certain Prepaid Advance Agreement dated as of May 24, 2024 (the “May PAA” and together with the March PAA, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Prepaid Advance Agreements”), (iii) that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 27, 2024 made by the Company in favor of Investor (the “March Promissory Note”), (iv) that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated April 24, 2024 made by the Company in favor of Investor (the “April Promissory Note”), (v) that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated May 24, 2024 made by the Company in favor of Investor (the “May Promissory Note” and collectively with the March Promissory Note and the April Promissory Note, the “Yorkville Promissory Notes”), (vi) that certain Consent, Waiver and First Amendment to Prepaid Advance Agreements dated as of June 6, 2024, and (vii) certain other guaranty agreements, documents, agreements and instruments in connection with the Prepaid Advance Agreements (the documents listed in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii), collectively, the “Yorkville Documents”).
B. The Company has notified Investor that the Company will enter into a definitive agreement within the next thirty (30) days pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will issue up to $100,000,000 in the aggregate of convertible preferred stock with a conversion price reset feature based on the future trading price of the Company’s common stock that may constitute a Variable Rate Transaction pursuant to (i) Section 6.19(d) of the March PAA and (ii) Section 6.21(d) of the May PAA, in a series of transactions to be consummated after execution of the definitive agreement (collectively, the “Proposed Transaction”).
C. The Yorkville Documents and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Prepaid Advance Agreements) contain various notice provisions, covenants and restrictions (collectively, the “Restrictions”) that may impair the Company’s ability to consummate the Proposed Transaction.
D. Investor has agreed to consent to the Proposed Transaction and to amend certain other provisions of the Prepaid Advance Agreements in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.
Agreement
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Consent shall have the meanings given to them in the Prepaid Advance Agreements.
2.Consent and Waiver. Investor hereby (a) consents to the Proposed Transaction and (b) waives, solely with respect to the Proposed Transaction and without any waiver of Investor’s other rights and remedies under the Yorkville Documents, including without limitation, with respect to restrictions on Variable Rate Transactions other than the Proposed Transaction, any and all Restrictions prohibiting the Proposed Transaction, including without limitation, any Restriction on the Company’s ability to consummate a Variable Rate Transaction to the extent the Proposed Transaction constitutes a Variable Rate Transaction under the Yorkville Documents and (c) agrees that the Proposed Transaction, the transactions related thereto and the performance by the Company of its obligations in respect thereof shall not constitute an Event of Default, Default or breach under any provision of the Yorkville Documents or the Transaction Documents.
3.Amendment. In reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Prepaid Advance Agreements and in this Consent, the Yorkville Promissory Notes are hereby amended as follows:
3.1Section (1)(d) of each of the March Promissory Note and the April Promissory Note is hereby amended, removed and replaced with the following:
(d) Optional Redemption. At any time after January 1, 2025, the Company at its option shall have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem (“Optional Redemption”) early a portion or all amounts outstanding under this Note as described in this Section; provided that the Company provides the Holder with written notice (each, a “Redemption Notice”) of its desire to exercise an Optional Redemption, which Redemption Notice (i) shall be delivered to the Holder after the close of regular trading hours on a Trading Day, and (ii) may only be given (x) if the VWAP of the Common Shares was less than the Fixed Price on the date such Redemption Notice is delivered, unless otherwise agreed by the Holder, or (y) at any time after the tenth (10th) Trading Day after the initial Registration Statement has been declared effective. Each Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the outstanding balance of the Note to be redeemed and the Redemption Amount. The “Redemption Amount” shall be an amount equal to the outstanding Principal balance being redeemed by the Company, plus the Payment Premium in respect of such Principal amount, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, if any on such Principal amount. After receipt of a Redemption Notice, the Holder shall have ten (10) Trading Days (beginning with the Trading Day immediately following the date of such Redemption Notice) to elect to
convert all or any portion of the Note. On the eleventh (11th) Trading Day after the applicable Redemption Notice, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the Redemption Amount with respect to the Principal amount redeemed to the extent not converted and otherwise after giving effect to conversions or other payments made during the ten (10) Trading Day period.
3.2Section (1)(d) of the May Promissory Note is hereby amended, removed and replaced with the following:
(d) Optional Redemption. At any time after January 1, 2025, the Company at its option shall have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem (“Optional Redemption”) early a portion or all amounts outstanding under this Note as described in this Section; provided that the Company provides the Holder with written notice (each, a “Redemption Notice”) of its desire to exercise an Optional Redemption, which Redemption Notice (i) shall be delivered to the Holder after the close of regular trading hours on a Trading Day, and (ii) may only be given (x) if the VWAP of the Common Shares was less than the Fixed Price on the date such Redemption Notice is delivered, unless otherwise agreed by the Holder, or (y) provided no Event of Default has occurred, at any time after the thirtieth (30th) Trading Day after the initial Registration Statement has been declared effective. Each Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the outstanding balance of the Note to be redeemed and the Redemption Amount. The “Redemption Amount” shall be an amount equal to the outstanding Principal balance being redeemed by the Company, plus the Payment Premium in respect of such Principal amount, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, if any on such Principal amount. After receipt of a Redemption Notice, the Holder shall have ten (10) Trading Days (beginning with the Trading Day immediately following the date of such Redemption Notice) to elect to convert all or any portion of the Note. On the eleventh (11th) Trading Day after the applicable Redemption Notice, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the Redemption Amount with respect to the Principal amount redeemed to the extent not converted and otherwise after giving effect to conversions or other payments made during the ten (10) Trading Day period.
4.Integration. This Consent, the Yorkville Documents and the Transaction Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede any prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Consent merge into this Consent.
5.Counterparts. This Consent may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
6.Effectiveness. This Consent shall be deemed effective upon the due execution and delivery to Investor of this Consent by each party hereto; provided, however, that if the Proposed Transaction is not consummated on or before September 21, 2024, then this Consent shall automatically, without further notice or action by either party, be deemed void ab initio and of no force and effect.
7.Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Yorkville Documents and the Transaction Documents remain unmodified and in full force and effect, and Investor expressly reserves the right to require strict compliance with terms of the Yorkville Documents and the Transaction Documents. No provision of this Consent may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by Investor and the Company.
8.Incorporation. Article VIII and Article X of the May PAA are incorporated herein in their entirety, mutatis mutandis, as if they had been fully set forth herein.
[Signature page follows.]
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Consent to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.
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| INVESTOR: | COMPANY: |
YA II PN, LTD.
By: Yorkville Advisors Global, LP Its: Investment Manager
By: Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Troy Rillo________________ Name: Troy Rillo Title: Manager |
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ David Rench___________ Name: David Rench Title: Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 10.5
THIRD AMENDMENT
TO
PREPAID ADVANCE AGREEMENTS
This THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREPAID ADVANCE AGREEMENTS (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 29th day of August, 2024, by and between YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (“Investor”) and APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company”).
Recitals
A. Investor and the Company have entered into (i) that certain Prepaid Advance Agreement dated as of March 27, 2024 (the “March PAA”), (ii) that certain Prepaid Advance Agreement dated as of May 24, 2024 (the “May PAA” and together with the March PAA, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Prepaid Advance Agreements”), (iii) that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 27, 2024 made by the Company in favor of Investor (the “March Promissory Note”), (iv) that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated April 24, 2024 made by the Company in favor of Investor (the “April Promissory Note”), (v) that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated May 24, 2024 made by the Company in favor of Investor (the “May Promissory Note” and collectively with the March Promissory Note and the April Promissory Note, the “Yorkville Promissory Notes”), (vi) that certain Consent, Waiver and First Amendment to Prepaid Advance Agreements dated as of June 6, 2024, (vii) that certain Consent, Waiver and Second Amendment to Prepaid Advance Agreements dated as of August 21, 2024, and (viii) certain other guaranty agreements, documents, agreements and instruments in connection with the Prepaid Advance Agreements (the documents listed in the foregoing clauses (i) through (viii), collectively, the “Yorkville Documents”).
D. Investor has agreed to amend certain provisions of the Yorkville Promissory Notes in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.
Agreement
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Prepaid Advance Agreements.
2.Amendment. In reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Prepaid Advance Agreements and in this Amendment, Section 3(c)(ii) of each of
the Yorkville Promissory Notes, respectively, is hereby deleted in its entirety and the limitations set forth therein shall be of no further force or effect.
3.Integration. This Amendment, the Yorkville Documents and the Transaction Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede any prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Amendment merge into this Amendment.
4.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
5.Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Yorkville Documents and the Transaction Documents remain unmodified and in full force and effect, and Investor expressly reserves the right to require strict compliance with terms of the Yorkville Documents and the Transaction Documents. No provision of this Amendment may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by Investor and the Company.
6.Incorporation. Article VIII and Article X of the May PAA are incorporated herein in their entirety, mutatis mutandis, as if they had been fully set forth herein.
[Signature page follows.]
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.
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| INVESTOR: | COMPANY: |
YA II PN, LTD.
By: Yorkville Advisors Global, LP Its: Investment Manager
By: Yorkville Advisors Global II, LLC Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Troy Rillo________________ Name: Troy Rillo Title: Manager |
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ David Rench_________________ Name: David Rench Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Applied Digital Issues $53.2 Million Convertible Preferred Stock to Advance HPC Data Center Project and Accelerate Growth
DALLAS, TX – August 30, 2024 – Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD) (“Applied Digital” or the “Company”), a designer, builder, and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure designed for High-Performance Computing (“HPC”) applications, today announced it has entered into a private financing arrangement with a single investor (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Company has issued $53.2 million in convertible preferred stock for net proceeds of $50 million.
“We are pleased to announce this transaction, which furthers our vision and supports key growth initiatives across our business,” said Wes Cummins, Chairman and CEO of Applied Digital. “We believe this additional capital will help us to accelerate our expansion plans and keep our current Ellendale HPC buildout on track as we finalize our long-term, hyperscaler lease, further solidifying our position as a leading owner and operator of purpose-built data centers to help drive the AI revolution.”
The convertible preferred stock has a stated value of $1,000 per share and bears interest at eight percent, payable in PIK or cash. The Investor has funded $50 million at closing and received 53,191 shares of the convertible preferred stock, with 3,191 of such shares representing a six percent original discount in the transaction. Upon receipt of shareholder approval, the preferred stock will become convertible into common stock of the Company at an initial conversion price of $7.00 per share (a premium of over 80% to Applied Digital’s latest common stock price), so long as the reset feature outlined within the definitive documents is not triggered. The Company plans to use the proceeds from this investment to fund various growth initiatives across its business segments.
Northland Capital Markets acted as the sole placement agent with respect to the transaction, and Lowenstein Sandler LLP served as the Company’s legal counsel.
The securities described above (including any securities issuable pursuant to the conversion provisions of the preferred stock) have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a resale registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of registering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable in connection with the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor may there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Applied Digital
Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD) designs, develops, and operates next-generation data centers across North America to provide digital infrastructure solutions to the rapidly growing high-performance computing (HPC) industry. Find more information at www.applieddigital.com. Follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @APLDdigital.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding, among other things, future operating and financial performance, product development, market position, business strategy and objectives and the closing of the transaction described herein. These statements use words, and variations of words, such as "continue," "build," "future," "increase," "drive," "believe," "look," "ahead," "confident," "deliver," "outlook," "expect," “intend,” “hope,” “project” and "predict." Other examples of forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, (i) statements of Company plans and objectives, including advancement in our construction phase of the HPC data center in Ellendale, North Dakota, our evolving business model and a shift in our business strategy towards our HPC data centers, or estimates or predictions of actions by suppliers, (ii) statements of future economic performance, and (iii) statements of assumptions underlying other statements and statements about the Company or its business. You are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events and thus are inherently subject to uncertainty. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the Company's expectations and projections. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include decline in demand for our products and services; the volatility of the crypto asset industry; the inability to comply with developments and changes in regulation; cash flow and access to capital; and maintenance of third-party relationships. Information in this release is as of the dates and time periods indicated herein, and the Company does not undertake to update any of the information contained in these materials, except as required by law.
Investor Relations Contacts
Matt Glover and Ralf Esper
Gateway Group, Inc.
(949) 574-3860
APLD@gateway-grp.com
Media Contact
Brenlyn Motlagh
Gateway Group, Inc.
(949) 899-3135
APLD@gateway-grp.com
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