Sec Form 13D Filing - Ibex Investors LLC filing for BARFRESH FOOD GROUP INC. (BRFH) - 2020-03-23

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

RULE 13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. ___)*

 

Barfresh Food Group Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, $0.000001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

067532101

(CUSIP Number)

 

Ibex Investors LLC

260 N. Josephine Street, Suite 300

Denver, CO 80206

Attention: Justin B. Borus

Telephone: (303) 500-8821

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

March 19, 2020

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box [X].

 

Note. Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes.)

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 067532101

1.		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)   Ibex Investors LLC
2.		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions) (a)    ☐ (b)    ☒
3.		SEC USE ONLY
4.		SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)   AF
5.		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6.		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Colorado, USA

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7.		SOLE VOTING POWER   16,245,766
		8.		SHARED VOTING POWER   0
		9.		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   16,245,766
		10.		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0

11.		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   16,245,766
12.		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)    ☐
13.		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   12.3%
14.		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)   OO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 067532101

1.		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)   Justin B. Borus
2.		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions) (a)    ☐ (b)    ☒
3.		SEC USE ONLY
4.		SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)   AF, PF
5.		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6.		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   USA

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7.		SOLE VOTING POWER   20,745,766
		8.		SHARED VOTING POWER   0
		9.		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   20,745,766
		10.		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0

11.		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   20,745,766
12.		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)    ☐
13.		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   15.5%
14.		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)   IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 067532101

1.		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)   Ibex Microcap Fund LLLP
2.		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions) (a)    ☐ (b)    ☒
3.		SEC USE ONLY
4.		SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)   WC
5.		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6.		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Delaware, USA

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7.		SOLE VOTING POWER   16,242,766
		8.		SHARED VOTING POWER   0
		9.		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   16,242,766
		10.		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0

11.		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   16,242,766
12.		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)    ☐
13.		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   12.3%
14.		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)   PN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 067532101

1.		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)   Lazarus Macro Micro Partners LLLP
2.		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions) (a)    ☐ (b)    ☒
3.		SEC USE ONLY
4.		SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)   WC
5.		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6.		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Delaware, USA

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7.		SOLE VOTING POWER   3,000
		8.		SHARED VOTING POWER   0
		9.		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   3,000
		10.		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0

11.		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   3,000
12.		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)    ☐
13.		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   0.002%
14.		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)   PN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 067532101

1.		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)   Ibex Investment Holdings LLC
2.		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (see instructions) (a)    ☐ (b)    ☒
3.		SEC USE ONLY
4.		SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)   AF
5.		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6.		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   Delaware, USA

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7.		SOLE VOTING POWER   16,245,766
		8.		SHARED VOTING POWER   0
		9.		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   16,245,766
		10.		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0

11.		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   16,245,766
12.		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)    ☐
13.		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   12.3%
14.		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)   OO

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1.

Security and Issuer.

 

The class of equity securities to which this Statement on Schedule 13D (this “Statement” or this “Schedule 13D”) relates is the Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Barfresh Food Group Inc. (the “Issuer”), with its principal executive offices located at 3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1720, Los Angeles, California 90010.

 

ITEM 2.

Identity and Background.

 

(a)-(c) and (f) The names of the persons filing this Statement (the “Reporting Persons”) are: (1) Justin B. Borus, a United States citizen (“Mr. Borus”); (2) Ibex Investors LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (the “Investment Manager”); (3) Ibex Microcap Fund LLLP, a Delaware limited liability limited partnership (the “Fund”); (4) Lazarus Macro Micro Partners LLLP, a Delaware limited liability limited partnership (“Macro Micro Partners”); and (5) Ibex Investment Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“IM Holdings”). The Fund and Macro Micro Partners are private investment vehicles. Mr. Borus, the Fund and Macro Micro Partners directly beneficially own the Common Stock (as defined below) reported in this Statement. The Investment Manager is the investment manager and general partner of the Fund and Macro Micro Partners. IM Holdings is the sole member of the Investment Manager. Mr. Borus is the manager of the Investment Manager and IM Holdings. Mr. Borus, the Investment Manager and IM Holdings may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock directly beneficially owned by the Fund and Macro Micro Partners. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to any shares other than the shares directly beneficially owned by such Reporting Person.

 

The principal business of the Fund and Macro Micro Partners is that of a private investment vehicle engaged in investing and trading in securities and financial instruments for its own account. The principal business of the Investment Manager is providing investment management services to, and being the general partner of, the Fund and Macro Micro Partners. The principal business of IM Holdings is acting as the sole member of the Investment Manager. Mr. Borus’ principal occupation is serving as the manager of the Investment Manager and IM Holdings. The principal business address of the Reporting Persons is 260 N. Josephine Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80206.

 

(d)–(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been (a) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (b) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

 

 

 

ITEM 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

The source and amount of funds including commissions used (or to be used, in the case of Mr. Borus; see Item 4) by the Reporting Persons in making their purchases of the shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by them are set forth below:

 

REPORTING PERSON		SOURCE OF FUNDS		AMOUNT OF FUNDS
Fund		Working Capital		$	3,549,593.97
Macro Micro Partners		Working Capital		$	750.00
Mr. Borus		Personal Funds		$	1,500,000.00

 

One or more of the Reporting Persons may effect purchases of securities through margin accounts which may extend margin credit to the Reporting Persons as and when required to open or carry positions in the margin accounts, subject to applicable federal margin regulations, stock exchange rules and brokers’ credit policies. In such instances, the positions held in the margin accounts are pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the accounts.

 

ITEM 4.

Purpose of Transaction.

 

On March 19, 2020, Mr. Borus entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with the Issuer whereby Mr. Borus agreed to purchase, for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,000, 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the instrument evidencing the same, the “Warrant”) (subject to adjustment as provided in the SPA based on the volume-weighted average trading price for the Common Stock for the last twenty (20) consecutive trading days that conclude the six (6) month period after the initial closing under the SPA; in the event of any such adjustment, this Schedule 13D will be amended accordingly). Mr. Borus expects such purchase to close on or about April 15, 2020, but such securities are nevertheless included in Mr. Borus’ beneficial ownership of Common Stock for purposes of this Schedule 13D. If such purchase does not close for whatever reason, this Schedule 13D will be amended accordingly. On March 19, 2020, Mr. Borus also entered into an Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) which provides for funding (on or about April 15, 2020) into an escrow account until the minimum aggregate offering size of $3 million is reached. Since such minimum has already been reached, Mr. Borus’ purchase price of $1,500,000 will be released to the Issuer immediately after being funded into the escrow account. The SPA, the form of Warrant and the Escrow Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibits 2, 3 and 4, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. Mr. Borus has agreed to acquire the foregoing securities in the belief that such securities are an attractive investment.

 

The Fund and Macro Micro Partners acquired the shares of Common Stock and warrants owned by them in the belief that such securities are an attractive investment.

 

Mr. Borus and the Issuer are contemplating that Mr. Borus may become a director of the Issuer and discussions are ongoing in that regard. Further the Reporting Persons have had and may continue to have discussions with the Issuer’s management and members of the board of directors of the Issuer regarding the Issuer’s business, strategies and operations.

 

Except as set forth in this Schedule 13D, none of the Reporting Persons has any plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the transactions described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

 

The Reporting Persons reserve the right to acquire, or cause to be acquired, additional securities of the Issuer, to dispose of, or cause to be disposed, such securities at any time or to formulate other purposes, plans or proposals regarding the Issuer or any of its securities, to the extent deemed advisable in light of general investment and trading policies of the Reporting Persons, market conditions or other factors.

 

 

 

ITEM 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

(a)       As of the Event Date of March 19, 2020 and as of March 23, 2020 (the filing date of this Statement), the Reporting Persons beneficially own:

 

(i)

The Fund directly owns 14,442,766 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock, representing 12.3% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(ii)

Macro Micro Partners directly owns 3,000 shares of Common Stock, representing 0.002% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(iii)

Mr. Borus directly beneficially owns 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, representing 3.4% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(iv)

The Investment Manager, as the investment manager and general partner of the Fund and Macro Micro Partners, may be deemed to beneficially own the 16,245,766 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund and Macro Micro Partners and the warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund, representing 12.3% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(v)

IM Holdings, as the sole member of the Investment Manager, may be deemed to beneficially own the 16,245,766 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund and Macro Micro Partners and the warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund, representing 12.3% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(vi)

Mr. Borus, as the manager of the Investment Manager and IM Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the 16,245,766 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund and Macro Micro Partners and the warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund, representing 12.3% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Together with the securities beneficially owned directly by Mr. Borus as set forth in clause (iii) above, Mr. Borus may be deemed to beneficially own 17,445,766 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase 3,300,000 shares of common stock, representing 15.5% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock other than the shares beneficially owned directly by such Reporting Person.

 

The foregoing percentages set forth in this response are based on the 130,341,737 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 8, 2019, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 and filed with the SEC on November 14, 2019.

 

 

 

(b)       The Fund has, and each of the Investment Manager, IM Holdings and Mr. Borus may be deemed to have, the power to vote or direct the vote of and to dispose or direct the disposition of 14,442,766 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock reported herein. Macro Micro Partners has, and each of the Investment Manager, IM Holdings and Mr. Borus may be deemed to have, the power to vote or direct the vote of and to dispose or direct the disposition of 3,000 shares of Common Stock reported herein. Mr. Borus will, upon acquisition (see Item 4), have the power to vote or direct the vote of and to dispose or direct the disposition of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock reported herein.

 

(c)       Other than as set forth in Item 4 above, no transactions in the Common Stock have been effected by any Reporting Person in the last sixty (60) days.

 

(d)       Not applicable.

 

(e)       Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

See Item 4 above.

 

ITEM 7.

Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Document

 

1.

Joint Filing Agreement

2.

Securities Purchase Agreement

3.

Form of Warrant

4.

Escrow Agreement

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned each certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: March 23, 2020

 

 

Justin B. Borus

Ibex Investors LLC

Ibex Microcap Fund LLLP

Lazarus Macro Micro Partners LLLP

Ibex Investment Holdings LLC

 

 

By:           /s/ Justin B. Borus                

Justin B. Borus, for himself and as the Manager of each of IM Holdings and the Investment Manager (for itself and on behalf of the Fund and Macro Micro Partners)

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No. Document

 

1.

Joint Filing Agreement

2.

Securities Purchase Agreement

3.

Form of Warrant

4.

Escrow Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1

 

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

 

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share, of Barfresh Food Group Inc. and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. In evidence thereof, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement.

 

 

Dated: March 23, 2020

 

Justin B. Borus

Ibex Investors LLC

Ibex Microcap Fund LLLP

Lazarus Macro Micro Partners LLLP

Ibex Investment Holdings LLC

 

 

By:           /s/ Justin B. Borus                            

Justin B. Borus, for himself and as the Manager of each of IM Holdings and the Investment Manager (for itself and on behalf of the Fund and Macro Micro Partners)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 2

 

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into between Barfresh Food Group, Inc., a Delaware 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(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, 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:

SECTION I.
DEFINITIONS

1.1               Definitions. 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:“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. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.

“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day that is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of California are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

“Closing(s)” or “Closing Date(s)” means the Business Day(s) when Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.000001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.

“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, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

“Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

“Liens” means a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

“Per Share Purchase Price” equals $0.50, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.13, , but in no event less than $0.35 per Share, and 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.

“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.

“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.

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

“SEC Reports” means all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

“Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

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

“Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

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

“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount.”

“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in the SEC Reports, and shall, where applicable, include any subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

“Trading Day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

 

“Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: FINRA Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the NASDAQ Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

“Transfer Agent” means Action Stock Transfer, with a mailing address of 2469 E. Fort Union Blvd., Suite 214, Salt Lake City, UT 84121, and a facsimile number of (801) 274-1099, or any successor transfer agent of the Company.

“Warrant(s)” means, collectively, the Series-O Common Stock purchase warrants, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, delivered to the Purchasers at the Closing in accordance with Section 2.2(a) hereof, which warrant shall be to purchase up to that number of shares of Common Stock equal to one-half (1/2) of every Share issued to such Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement, exercisable for a period of three (3) years from its issuance at an exercise price equal to the sum of the Per Share Purchase Price and $0.10 per Warrant Share, subject to adjustment as provided therein, but in no event less than $0.45 per Share.

“Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

SECTION II.
PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1               Closing.

(a)                On the Closing Date(s), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, in the aggregate, the Company’s Shares at the Per Share Purchase Price and a Warrant to purchase up to that number of shares of Common Stock equal to one-half (1/2) of every Share issued to such Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement.

(b)               The date and time of the initial Closing (the “Initial Closing”) shall be on or after March 15, 2020 and no later than April 15, 2020 (the “Initial Closing Date”), with any additional Closings (the “Additional Closing Dates”)(collectively, the “Closings”) to take place before June 15, 2020 (the “Termination Date”), and the final Closing of which shall be deemed to be the “Final Closing”. The aggregate purchase price for the Stock and Warrants to be purchased by each such Purchaser at each Closing (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the aggregate amount set forth opposite each Purchaser’s name on the signature page hereto. Subscribed funds will be available for use by the Company immediately after the Initial Closing.

(c)                Each Purchaser shall deliver to Libertas Law Group, Inc., as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), immediately available funds via wire transfer in an amount equal to its Subscription Amount, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares and a Warrant as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Escrow Agent, Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the Closing shall be deemed to have occurred at the Company’s executive office or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company may reject any subscription, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion.

 

2.2               Deliveries.

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

(i)                  this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

(ii)                a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver, on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser; and

(iii)               a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement.

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

(i)                  this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; and

(ii)                such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant as follows.

Account Name
Account Number:
Bank Address:
Routing Number:
SWIFT Number:

(c)                At the Closing, the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Company the aggregate Subscription Amount received by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire transfer instructions given to the Escrow Agent by the Company. As soon as reasonably practicable following Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Investor a certificate representing the Shares and the duly executed Warrants, each registered in the name of the Investor.

2.3               Closing Conditions.

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

 

(i)                  the Escrow Agent’s receipt of Agreements for the aggregate subscription of at least Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (the “Minimum Offering Amount”) on or prior to the Initial Closing Date;

(ii)                the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein;

(iii)               all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

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

(b)               The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

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

(ii)                the Escrow Agent’s receipt of the item set forth in Section 2.3(a)(i) of this Agreement;

(iii)               the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein;

(iv)              all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

(v)                there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect (defined in Section 3.1(b) below) with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and

(vi)              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 (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities 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 each Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the Closing.

 

SECTION III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1               Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:

(a)                Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth in the Company’s SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, 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 (as applicable), 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 or 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, could not have or 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, prospects 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 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 and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document 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 and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(d)               No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the Company of the other 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, 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, co nflict 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 could not have or 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) filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement and (ii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

(f)                 Issuance of the Securities. The Securities 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 Warrant 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 restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the Warrants.

(g)                Capitalization. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), 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 or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. 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 set forth in the Company’s SEC Reports and as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, 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 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. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are 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 of the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholder 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. The Company has filed all SEC Reports 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) 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 year-end audit adjustments.

(i)                  Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Except as specifically disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could 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 or pursuant to conversion of outstanding debt. 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), no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(j)                 Litigation. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, 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) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer 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 material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company that could 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. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, 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 could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(l)        & #xA0;         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 order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(m)             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 could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(n)               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 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 Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, 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.

(o)               Patents and Trademarks. 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 material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. 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 secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p)               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. 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.

(q)               Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of the amount permitted under Item 404 of Regulation S-K 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.

(r)                 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.

 

(s)                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 subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(t)                 Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 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. 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.

(u)               Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when 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.

(v)                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.

(w)              Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(x)                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.

(y)                Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, 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 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 the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

(z)                Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is Eide Bailly LLP. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) 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 year ending December 31, 2019.

(aa)            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 which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents, and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants.

(bb)           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.

(cc)             Acknowledgement Regarding Purchaser’s Trading Activity. Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Sections 3.2(f) hereof), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that none of the Purchasers have 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) that past or future open market or other transactions by any Purchaser, including Short Sales, and 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) that 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, provided, however, any such short position shall not have been established by an such Purchaser, or its Affiliates, during the Discussion Time ( as defined in Section 3.2(f)) and (iv) that 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 (a) one or more Purchasers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding and (b) 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 do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.

(dd)           Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.

(ee)           Certain Fees. Fees or commissions shall only be payable by the Company to licensed brokers, finders, placement agents, investment bankers, banks or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(ff)              No Disqualification Events. With respect to Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the Securities Act (“Regulation D Securities”), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering contemplated hereby, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company's outstanding voting equity securities nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

3.2               Representations 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:

(a)                Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership 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 or similar action 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)               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 its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Securities in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such 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.

(c)                Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. Such Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

(d)               Investment Risks. Purchaser acknowledges and understands that an investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk, including the potential for the entire loss of Purchaser’s investment.

(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)                 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 any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

(g)                Short Sales and Confidentiality Prior To The Date Hereof. 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 from the time that such Purchaser first received a term sheet (written or oral) from the Company or any other Person representing the Company setting forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder until the date hereof (“Discussion Time”). 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 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, 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).

 

 

(h)               Non-Reliance on Statements of Agents. Purchaser represents and warrants that Purchaser has not relied on statements of any officer, director, employee or agent of the Company not contained in this Agreement, the Company’s website, or the Company’s SEC Filings in evaluating the merits of an investment in the Securities.

(i)                  Certain Fees. Purchaser has not entered into any agreement or arrangement entitling any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person to brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of any Person other than as disclosed herein in Schedule 3.1(dd), if any, for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

SECTION IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

4.1               Transfer Restrictions. (a)The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Purchaser or in connection with a 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 shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

(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 in the following form:

THESE SECURITIES 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 AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. 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.

 

 

(c)                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 who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement 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. Certificates evidencing the Shares and Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)), (i) following any sale of such Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144 or (ii) if such Shares or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, (provided that a Purchaser provides the Company with an assurance letter, which shall not include an opinion of Purchaser’s counsel, in the form reasonably satisfactory to Company’s legal counsel, that such Shares or Warrant Shares are eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144) or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). 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, except in accordance with applicable law. Certificates for Securities 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.

4.2               Furnishing of Information. Until the earliest of the time that (i) no Purchaser owns Securities or (ii) the Securities may be sold without restriction, the Company covenants to file in a timely manner (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchasers and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144 such information as is required for the Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.

4.3               Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities to the Purchasers 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.

4.4               Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall issue a press release and Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. No Purchaser shall issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement without the prior consent of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior consent of such Purchaser, except (i) the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations.

 

 

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

4.6               Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for general working capital.

4.7               Indemnification.

(a)        Indemnification 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 a Purchaser 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, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). 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 such separate 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 (i) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (ii) 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.

 

 

(b)        Indemnification of Company. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.7, each Purchaser severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, will indemnify and hold the Company and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents 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 the Company may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchaser in this Agreement. If any action shall be brought against the Company in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall promptly notify such Purchaser in writing, and the Purchaser shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Company 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 Company except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Purchaser in writing, (ii) the Purchaser 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 such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser, in which case the Purchaser shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. Such Purchaser will not be liable to the Company under this Agreement (i) for any settlement by the Company effected without the Purchaser’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any of the Company’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement, or (iii) in an amount in excess of such Purchaser’s gain upon such Purchaser’s sale of the Common Stock and/or Warrant Shares acquired pursuant to this Agreement.

4.8               Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrants.

4.9               Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on a Trading Market. The Company will take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing or quotation 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 byla ws or rules of the Trading Market.

4.10            Short Sales and Confidentiality After The Date Hereof. Each Purchaser severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any Short Sales during the period commencing at the Discussion Time and ending at the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced 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 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, no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in Short Sales in the securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced 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 knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant 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.

 

 

4.11            Delivery of Securities After Closing. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the respective Securities purchased by each Purchaser to such Purchaser within five (5) Trading Days of the Closing Date.

4.12            Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to file in a timely manner a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. 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 Securities 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 evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.

4.13            Adjustment Upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock. The Per Share Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with this Section 4.13. Provided that if the volume-weighted average trading price for the last twenty (20) consecutive trading days that conclude the six (6) month period after the Initial Closing (the “Six Month Price”) exceeds or equals $0.50 per share (the “Target Price”), the Per Share Purchase Price will not be adjusted. If the Six Month Price is less than the Target Price, the Per Share Purchase Price will be automatically reduced to the Six Month Price, but in no event less than $0.35 per Share, in which case the Company shall issue to each Purchaser, based on such Purchaser’s investment: (a) shares in a quantity that equals the difference between the number of Shares issued to such Purchaser at closing and the number of Shares that would have been issued to such Purchaser at closing at the Six Month Price; and (b) a Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares equal to fifty percent (50%) of the difference between the number of Shares issued to such Purchaser at closing and the number of Shares that would have been issued to such Purchaser at closing at the Six Month Price, with an exercise price equal to the sum of $0.10 per Share and the Six Month Price, but in no event less than $0.45 per Share. The exercise price per share for the Warrant issued at Closing will automatically adjust to the sum of $0.10 per share and the Six Month Price, but in no event less than $0.45 per Share.

By way of example, if a Purchaser invests an aggregate of $1,000,000 and the Six Month Price exceeds or equals the Target Price, the Purchaser will have received an aggregate of 2,000,000 Shares and a Warrant for 1,000,000 Warrant Shares at an exercise price of $0.60 per Share. If the Six Month Price is $0.40, Purchaser will have received an aggregate of 2,500,000 Shares and a Warrant for 1,250,000 Warrant Shares at an exercise price of $0.50 per share.

 

 

SECTION V.
MISCELLANEOUS

5.1               Fees and Expenses. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall further be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, transfer agent fees, the fees and expenses of DTC (as defined below) fees or broker’s commissions relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any fees payable to any placement agent of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement). The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

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

5.3               Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto or the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (PST) on a Business Day, (b) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (PST) on any Business Day, (c) the 2^nd Business 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.

5.4               Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Shares still held by the Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

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

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

5.7               Assignment. Each Purchaser acknowledges that it may not assign any of its rights to or interest in or under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void and without force or effect.

 

 

5.8               No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.8.

5.9               Governing 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 Delaware, 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, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in Los Angeles, California. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the Los Angeles, California 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 suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

5.10            Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares and Warrant Shares.

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

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

 

 

5.13            Replacement 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.

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

5.15            Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has 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 hereto.

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 indicated on the signature page.

BARFRESH FOOD GROUP inc.       By: /s/ Riccardo Delle Coste Name: Riccardo Delle Coste Title: Chief Executive Officer   Date: 3/19/2020

Address for Notice:   Barfresh Food Group, Inc. 3600 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1720 Los Angeles CA 90010 Attention: Riccardo Delle Coste,                   Chief Executive Officer Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO BARFRESH FOOD GROUP INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

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.

ENTITY, TRUST, ETC. PURCHASERS Entity Nam e:                                                  Signature:                                                   Name:                                                        Title:                                                          Date:

INDIVIDUAL PURCHASERS       Signature: /s/ Justin Borus Name: Justin Borus   Date: 3/18/2020

Email:

 

 

Fax:

 

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Subscription Amount: $ 1,500,000

EIN Number:                                       

 

Exhibit 3

 

FORM OF WARRANT

 

 

 

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE 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 AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

[FORM OF] SERIES-O COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

BARFRESH FOOD GROUP, INC.

Warrant Shares: O-1____

Initial Issuance Date: March __, 2020

 

THIS SERIES-O COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [___________] (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the three (3) year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Barfresh Food Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [___________] shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock of the Company. The purchase price of one (1) Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, of even date herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

Section 2. Exercise.

a)                  Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or emailed electronic copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company); and, within three (3) Trading Days of the date said notice is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares thereby purchased by wire transfer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

 

b)                  Exercise Price. The exercise price per Warrant Share under this Warrant shall be SIXTY CENTS ($0.60), subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

c)                  Holder’s Restrictions. A Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 2(c) beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to such Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and such Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(d) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by such Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.

The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall not apply to any holder of greater than 5% of the Common Stock of the Company prior to the Initial Exercise Date. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(c) may be waived by such Holder upon 65 days written notice to the Company.

 

 

d)                  Mechanics of Exercise.

i.                        Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent of the Company to the Holder by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within three (3) Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (“Warrant Share Delivery Date”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(v) prior to the issuance of such Warrant Shares, have been paid. The Warrant Shares shall bear a restrictive legend substantially similar to the restrictive legend placed on the Common Shares issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

ii.                        Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

iii.                        Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause its Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to this Section 2(e)(ii) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

iv.                        No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

v.                        Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant, when surrendered for exercise, shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

vi.                        Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner that prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

a)                  Price-Adjustment Pursuant to Purchase Agreement. If the Per Share Purchase Price is adjusted under Section 4.13 of the Purchase Agreement, the Exercise Price shall automatically adjust to the sum of TEN CENTS ($0.10) per share and the Six Month Price, but in no event less than FORTY-FIVE CENTS ($0.45) per Share.

b)                  Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (ii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then, in each case, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

c)                  Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

d)                  Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company provided that any such reduction is made in identical manner to all then unexercised Warrants held by Holders.

e)                  Notice to Holder/Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

a)                  Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay the Company’s costs and any transfer taxes incurred in connection with making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b)                  New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.

c)                  Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

d)                  Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement.

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

a)                  Registration Rights. The holders of Warrants will be entitled to “piggyback” registration rights on any registered offering by the Company on its own behalf or on behalf of selling stockholders, subject to customary exceptions and limitations. The Company may require each holder of registrable securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Company, within five (5) calendar days after written request therefor has been made by the Company, such information regarding the distribution of such holder’s registrable securities as is required by law to be disclosed.

b)                  No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i).

c)                  Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

d)                  Saturdays, 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.

 

 

e)                  Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

f)                   Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

g)                  Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

h)                  Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on th e part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date.

i)                    Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

j)                    Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

 

 

k)                  Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

l)                    Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

m)                Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

n)                  Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

BARFRESH FOOD GROUP, INC.       By:__________________________________________ Name: Riccardo Delle Coste Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: BARFRESH FOOD GROUP INC.

 

(1)               The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2)   Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

[ ] in lawful money of the United States by Wire Transfer; or

[ ] in lawful money of the United States by Cashier’s Check of immediately available funds drawn on a US banking institution.

(3)               Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

_______________________________

 

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered by physical delivery of a certificate to:

 

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

 

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

 

Name of Investing Entity:                                                     

 

 

 

 

Signature:                                                     

 

Name:                                                          

 

Title:                                                            

 

Date:                                                           

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the forego ing warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] shares of the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

_______________________________________________ whose address is

 

 

 

 

 

	Holder’s Signature:
	Holder’s Address:
	Dated:

 

 

Signature Guaranteed: ___________________________________________

 

 

NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.

 

Exhibit 4

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

 

This Escrow Agreement (“Escrow Agreement”) is made between Barfresh Food Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”), Libertas Law Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of California (the “Escrow Agent”) and the purchasers under that certain Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Issuer and the purchasers’ and signatory thereto and hereto (“Purchasers”).

RECITALS

A.       Issuer is conducting a private offering of its securities (the “Offering”) of securities pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. Purchaser wishes that Escrow Agent hold its investment ("Investment Funds") in a segregated account (the “Escrow Account”) for the deposit and disbursement of Investment Funds in accordance with the instructions in this Escrow Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.

B.       The Escrow Agent is willing to act as an escrow agent upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

In consideration of the matters described above, and of the mutual benefits and obligations set forth in this Escrow Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

SECTION I. APPOINTMENT OF ESCROW AGENT

Purchaser appoints the Escrow Agent as depository with respect to the Offering pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Escrow Agreement.

SECTION II. DEPOSIT WITH ESCROW AGENT

The Escrow Agent agrees to accept and hold, from time to time, funds that shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall place the escrow deposits in a non-interest bearing account captioned “Libertas Law Group, Inc. FBO Barfresh Food Group, Inc.” and will hold the funds for safekeeping. Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss of funds due to the failure of banking institutions failure or loss of funds.

SECTION III. THE OFFERING

The Offering is contingent upon, among other conditions contained in the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer receiving and accepting executed Purchase Agreements for aggregate subscriptions of at least Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (the “Minimum Offering Condition”) on or prior to the Initial Closing Date. The Issuer may withdraw the Offering in its sole discretion for any reason whatsoever. The Issuer may reject any subscription, in whole in part, at any time, in its sole discretion. The Escrow Agent is not a party to, and is not bound by, or charged with notice of, any agreement out of which this escrow may arise.

SECTION IV. DURATION OF ESCROW ACCOUNT AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS

The Escrow Agent shall hold the funds in the Escrow Account until the occurrence of any one of the following events, and upon such occurrence, the Escrow Agent shall deliver funds as follows:

A.       In the event that the Minimum Offering Condition is not met by the date required under the SPA, within three (3) business days thereof, the Escrow Agent will refund to the individual investors on record any amounts on deposit.

B.       Upon the satisfaction of the Minimum Offering Condition, all subscription monies in the Escrow Account will be released to, and in the name of, the Issuer. Thereafter, all funds deposited in the Escrow Account will be released to the Issuer as Purchase Agreements are accepted by the Issuer.

 

 

SECTION V. COLLECTION PROCEDURE

The Escrow Agent shall be only accept proceeds by wire transfer of immediately available funds, according to the instructions attached hereto. In the event that the Escrow Agent accept a check, then the Escrow Agent shall be under no duty or responsibility to enforce collection of any checks delivered to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent is authorized to forward each check for collection and upon collection of the proceeds of each check, deposit the collected proceeds in the Escrow Account. As an alternative, the Escrow Agent may at its discretion telephone the bank on which the check is drawn to confirm that the check has been paid. The Escrow Agent will not be accountable for the proceeds of any such item until the proceeds are received from the Escrow Agent in final collected funds. The Escrow Agent shall promptly return any check or instrument received from the Issuer or agent of the Issuer upon which payment is refused, together with the related documents that were delivered to the Escrow Agent. In such cases, the Escrow Agent will promptly notify the Issuer of such return. If the Issuer rejects any subscription for which the Escrow Agent has already collected funds, the Escrow Agent shall promptly issue a refund check to the rejected subscriber. If the Issuer rejects any subscription for which the Escrow Agent has not yet collected fund but has submitted the subscriber’s check for collection, the Escrow Agent shall promptly issue a check in the amount of the subscriber’s check to the rejected subscriber after the Escrow Agent has cleared such funds. If the Escrow Agent has not yet submitted a rejected subscriber’s check for collection, the Escrow Agent shall promptly remit the subscriber’s check directly to the subscriber. If Escrow Agent has disbursed funds to the Issuer and subsequently subscriber’s check is returned for any reason, the Issuer shall become responsible for reimbursing the Escrow Agent. Upon receipt of reimbursement funds, the Escrow Agent will return subscriber’s check to the Issuer.

SECTION VI. LIABILITY OF ESCROW AGENT

The duties and obligations of the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Escrow Agreement will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Escrow Agreement and the laws of the state of California. The Escrow Agent acts under this Escrow Agreement as a depository only, and is not responsible or liable in any manner whatever for the sufficiency, correctness, genuineness or validity of the subject matter of the escrow, or any part thereof, or for the form or execution thereof, or for the identity or authority of any person executing or depositing it. The Escrow Agent shall have no implied duties or obligations to determine or inquire into the happening or occurrence of any event or contingency, or the performance or failure of performance of any of the parties to this Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agent’s sole duty pursuant to this Escrow Agreement shall be to safeguard the deposited funds in the Escrow Account and to dispose and deliver the same in accordance with the instruction given to the Escrow Agent in accordance with this Escrow Agreement. In the event that the Escrow Agent is called upon by the terms of this Escrow Agreement to determine the occurrence of any event or contingency, the Escrow Agent shall be obligated in making such determination only to exercise reasonable care and diligence. The Escrow Agent shall be liable for anything which it may do or refrain from doing only if its conduct represents willful misconduct or gross negligence in light of all of the circumstances surrounding such actions, taking into consideration the time and facilities available to the Escrow Agent in the ordinary conduct of its business. In determining the occurrence of any such event or contingency, the Escrow Agent may request from any of the parties to this Escrow Agreement, or any other person, such reasonable additional evidence as the Escrow Agent in its sole discretion may deem necessary to determine any fact relating to the occurrence of such event or contingency, and in this conne ction, may inquire and consult with any of the parties to this Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any damages resulting from its delay in acting under this Escrow Agreement pending its examination of the additional evidence that has been requested by the Escrow Agent. In the event that the Escrow Agent is required to take certain action upon the occurrence of any event or contingency, the time prescribed for action by the Escrow Agent shall, in all cases, be reasonable time after written notice to the Escrow Agent of the occurrence of such event or contingency. In the event that the Escrow Agent becomes involved in litigation in connection with this escrow, or in the event that the Escrow Agent files its own interpleader in any court of competent jurisdiction to determine the rights of the parties to this Escrow Agreement, the Issuer agrees to indemnify and save the Escrow Agent harmless from all loss, costs, damages, expenses, and reasonable attorney’s fees suffered or incurred by the Escrow Agent as a result thereof.

 

 

SECTION VII. RELIANCE OF ESCROW AGENT

The Escrow Agent will be entitled to rely upon and will be protected in acting in reliance upon any instructions, directions or information furnished to it in writing by any agent of the Issuer pursuant to the provisions of this Escrow Agreement or upon any written notice, request, waiver, consent, certificate, receipt, authorization, power of attorney or other paper or document which the Escrow Agent in good faith believes to be genuine and what it purports to be. The Escrow Agent is authorized to rely upon the representations of the Issuer as to its authority to execute and deliver this Escrow Agreement, notifications, receipts or instructions under this Escrow Agreement and as to relationships among persons, including persons authorized to receive delivery under this Escrow Agreement. Written notice of any succession or assignment of any interest of any party specified in this Escrow Agreement shall be given to the Escrow Agent, and shall not be effective until received by the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent may consult with legal counsel (payable only out of escrowed funds which the Issuer has become entitled to receive) in the event of any dispute or question as to the construction of any of the provisions of this Escrow Agreement or its duties under this Escrow Agreement, and it shall incur no liability and shall be fully protected in acting accordance with the opinion and instructions of such counsel. Under no circumstances shall the Escrow Agent be liable for any general or consequential damages or damages caused, in whole or in part, by the action or inaction of the Issuer or any of its agents or employees. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any damage, loss, liability or delay caused by accidents, strikes, fire, flood, war, riot, equipment breakdown, electrical or mechanical failure, acts of nature or any cause which is reasonably unavailable or beyond its reasonable control.

SECTION VIII. FUNDS DEDICATED

The funds deposited into the Escrow Account shall be held in escrow until such time as the Investment Funds are disbursed in accordance with this Escrow Agreement. The Issuer is aware and understands that it is not entitled to Investment Funds received into escrow and no amounts deposited in the Escrow Account shall become the property of the Issuer or any other entity, or be subject to the debts of the Issuer or any other entity, until disbursed in accordance with this Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agent is aware and understands that no amounts deposited into the Escrow Account, other than as provided in this Escrow Agreement, shall become the property of the Escrow Agent, or any other entity, or be subject to the debts of the Escrow Agent or any other entity.

SECTION IX. INTERPLEADER

In the event of any disagreement between any of the parties to this agreement, or between them or either or any of them and any other person, resulting in adverse claims or demands being made in connection with the subject matter of the escrow, or in the event that the Escrow Agent may, at its option, refuse to comply with any claims or demands on it, or refuse to take any other action under this Escrow Agreement, as long as such disagreement continues or such doubt exists, and in any such event, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to continue so to refrain from acting until (i) the rights of all parties shall have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) all differences shall have been adjusted and all doubt resolved by agreement among all interested persons, and the Escrow Agent shall have been notified thereof in writing signed by all such persons, and the Escrow Agent shall have been notified thereof in writing signed by all such persons. The rights of the Escrow Agent under this Section are cumulative of all other rights which it may have by law or otherwise.

 

 

SECTION X. INDEMNIFICATION

The Escrow Agent, its affiliates, and each of its officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) shall be indemnified against and be held harmless by the Issuer from any losses, costs, damages, expenses, claims and attorney’s fees suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Parties as a result of, in connection with or arising from, or out of, but not limited to, the acts or omissions of any Indemnified Party, the bank holding the Investment Funds, or Purchasers, in performance of or pursuant to this Escrow Agreement, except such acts or omissions as may result from such Indemnified Party’s willful misconduct, gross negligence, or fraud.

SECTION X. NOTICES

All notices, requests, demands or other communications with deliveries required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Escrow Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, given by prepaid telegram, or deposited for mail by first-class mail, postage prepaid, sent either registered or certified mail as follows:

A.

If to the investors in the Offering, to the address of each respective investor listed in the Purchase Agreement delivered to the Escrow Agent.

B.

If to the Issuer, then to the address of listed in the Purchase Agreement.

C.

If to the Escrow Agent: Libertas Law Group, Inc., 225 Santa Monica Boulevard, 5th Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

In the event that the Escrow Agent is authorized or directed under the terms of this Escrow Agreement to deliver the subject matter of the escrow, or any part thereof, to any of the undersigned, such delivery may be made by depositing the same in the United States mail in an envelope addressed to the person to whom such delivery is to be made at the person’s address as shown in this Section.

SECTION XI. FEES AND EXPENSES

Purchaser understands that Escrow Agent is the legal counsel of the Issuer, and does not represent Purchaser in any manner. The Escrow Agent is not charging fees for its services hereunder; provided however the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its services as escrow agent, including reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel.

SECTION XII. APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR ESCROW AGENT

The Escrow Agent may resign by giving five (5) days advance written notice to the Issuer. The Issuer may within its sole discretion terminate the appointment of the Escrow Agent and appoint a successor escrow agent (“Successor Escrow Agent”). Upon receipt of notice from the Successor Escrow Agent of its acceptance of the appointment by the Issuer as Successor Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Successor Escrow Agent all funds held in the Escrow Account to be administered by the Successor Escrow Agent in accordance with its written agreement with the Issuer. Upon such delivery, the Escrow Agent shall be released from any and all liability under this Escrow Agreement.

SECTION XIII. PATRIOT ACT COMPLIANCE

The Issuer agrees to provide any necessary documentation to Escrow Agent as required for the Escrow Agent to comply with verification procedures specified in the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Documents include but are not limited to: (1) certified articles of incorporation, (2) a corporate resolution with the signature of the person signing this Escrow Agreement, (3) a completed IRS Form W-9, and (4) a government-issued photo I.D. In addition, the Issuer will have its investors provide identifying documentation as required for the Escrow Agent to comply with verification procedures specified in the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

 

 

SECTION XIV. GENERAL

Whenever under the terms of this Escrow Agreement the performance date of any provision of this Escrow Agreement shall fall on a holiday of the Escrow Agent, the performance thereof on the next successive business day of the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to be in full compliance with this Escrow Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of California, and all obligations of the parties under this Escrow Agreement are performable in Santa Monica, California. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Escrow Agreement and their respective heirs, executors, administrations, legal representatives, successors and assigns. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Escrow Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby, and this Escrow Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had never been contained in this Escrow Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the sole and only agreement of the parties to this Escrow Agreement and supersedes any prior understandings or written or oral agreements between the parties respecting the within subject matter, save and except those agreements entered into contemporaneously in this Escrow Agreement and as are referred to in this Escrow Agreement. The headings used in this Escrow Agreement have been included only in order to make it easier to locate the subject covered by each provision and are not to be used in construing this Escrow Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart shall for all purposes be deemed an original. This Agreement may not be modif ied or amended except by a written instrument signed by the parties to this Escrow Agreement and referring specifically to this Escrow Agreement. Each party shall, upon the request of the other party, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry into effect the intention of the parties as expressed in this Escrow Agreement.

The parties have executed this Escrow Agreement the day and year first set forth above.

ISSUER” Barfresh food group, inc.   By:  /s/ Riccardo Delle Coste Name: Riccardo Delle Coste Title: Chief Executive Officer Date:  3/19/20	“ESCROW AGENT” Libertas law group, inc.   By:  /s/ Mark Abdou Name: Mark Abdou Title: Partner
PURCHASER Name:  Justin Borus       By: /s/ Justin Borus   Name:  Justin Borus Title:   Date:  3/18/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

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