UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):

December 23, 2008

FLO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   000-52851   20-8651669

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

  (Commission File No.)  

(I.R.S. Employer Identification

No.)

14000 Thunderbolt Place, Building R

Chantilly, Virginia 20151

(Address of principal executive offices)

(724) 925-8383

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

As used in this current report on Form 8-K, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “the Company,” and “FLO” refer to FLO Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 23, 2008, we completed a closing of a private placement to accredited investors of Series A and Series B 15% original issue discount senior secured debentures, due on the earlier of March 31, 2009 or the date of our sale of any of our assets. The Series A debentures we issued in connection with the closing were for an aggregate amount of approximately $152,280.00 in principal. The Series B debentures we issued in connection with the closing were in exchange for 25% of the principal and accrued but unpaid interest payable under certain of our outstanding 12% Senior Convertible Promissory Notes, for an aggregate amount of approximately $1,952,835.14. Each Series B debenture has a principal amount equal to 25% of the outstanding principal plus accrued but unpaid interest on the exchange of the 12% Senior Convertible Promissory Note, multiplied by 1.1765.

Under the terms of the debenture purchase agreement, we may conduct up to two additional closings of the Series A and Series B debentures. The optional second closing may be for an aggregate subscription amount of up to $5,429,729.61, and the final closing may be for an aggregate subscription amount of up to $5,429,729.61, less the aggregate subscription amount of any optional second closing. The final closing is required to take place on or before March 23, 2009. We must receive at least one executed letter of intent with respect to the sale of certain of our assets on or prior to the final closing.

Interest on the Series A and Series B debentures is payable in cash on the maturity date. Upon an event of default, we have agreed to pay to the holder, in cash on demand, interest at 18% per annum on the outstanding principal balance from the date of such event of default until it is cured. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the holder of a Series A or Series B debenture may declare due and payable 120% of the unpaid principal balance and 100% all accrued and unpaid interest. The Series A and Series B debentures contain standard events of default and remedies, and do not permit us to prepay the principal and interest amounts due thereunder unless we have obtained the consent of the holder.

In connection with the closing, we entered into a security agreement with the purchasers of the Series A and Series B debentures pursuant to which we agreed to secure the full amounts due under the Series A and Series B debentures with our assets. We also entered into a subordination agreement with certain of the holders of our 12% notes that did not purchase Series A and Series B debentures pursuant to which such holders agreed that all amounts due under the 12% notes will be subordinated to the Series A and Series B debentures.

The foregoing description of the financing and related documents does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete copies of the form of Series A / Series B debenture, the debenture purchase agreement, the security agreement and the subordination agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 2.04. Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

Under the terms of the 12% notes, it is considered an event of default if we default in the performance or observance of any material covenant, condition or agreement contained in the note and warrant purchase agreement pursuant to which we issued the 12% notes and such default is not fully cured within five business days after a holder of the 12% notes delivers written notice to us of the occurrence of such event. If an event of default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under the 12% notes, a holder may at any time at its option, among other remedies, declare the entire unpaid principal balance of the 12% note held by such holder, together with all interest accrued thereon, due and payable, and thereupon, such 12% note shall be accelerated and become due and payable.

Under the terms of the note and warrant purchase agreement, we covenanted to timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934. We have not yet filed with the SEC our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, which filing was required to be filed with the SEC on or before November 14, 2008 in order to be considered timely.


We have not received written notice from any holder of 12% notes with respect to the occurrence of any event which may be an event of default under the 12% notes. Nonetheless, under the terms of the debenture purchase agreement, we acknowledged that, as of December 23, 2008, an event of default existed and was continuing under the 12% notes by virtue of our failure to file our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. In connection with the execution of the debenture purchase agreement, each purchaser of the Series A / Series B debentures waived such event of default with respect to such purchaser’s 12% notes.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Historically, we have been a service provider for the Registered Traveler program, which has been supported and overseen by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, or TSA. The Registered Traveler program was designed to identify air passengers who pose a minimal security risk and then to provide those passengers with access to faster processing at airport security checkpoints. We designed our Registered Traveler solution to provide Registered Traveler program enrollment services using enrollment stations, credentialing of registered travelers through the issuance of a proprietary smart card, and registered traveler authentication services at security checkpoints using authentication kiosks.

However, as we previously disclosed, in July 2008 the TSA announced that Registered Traveler programs are no longer limited to the initial 20 airports in which the program previously operated and that, while the TSA would continue to set security standards for the Registered Traveler program and to oversee airlines and airports to ensure compliance with those standards, the TSA would no longer set other standards for registered traveler applicants or conduct security threat assessments of them. In addition, beginning in July 2009, service providers will no longer be required to accept all valid Registered Traveler cards at all locations, but only to verify and recognize revocation of each other’s cards. The TSA will no longer require service providers to guarantee interoperability, and the private sector must determine how to address the acceptance of Registered Traveler cards, including the possibility of transfer fees. In light of these and other developments related to the travel industry, the general economic downturn and other expedited security lane programs, the Registered Traveler program may not be accepted by consumers and businesses as a viable retail offering.

We have expected our principal source of revenue to consist of a portion of the annual fees individual travelers enrolling with us will pay to participate in the Registered Traveler program. However, the revenues generated from our Registered Traveler business to date have not been material, and, consequently, we have incurred net losses and negative cash flows since inception. We may never be able to generate adequate revenues from our Registered Traveler business to cover our operating expenses or achieve profitability.

As a result, we have been working to expand our smart card technology and solutions into other markets to provide preferred access for members, including travel and non-travel markets such as venues and events where access for participants can be expedited. For example, in July 2008 we announced the rollout of additional membership benefits that include discounts on travel, services and retail purchases for our members. We also announced agreements with the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens football teams under which we agreed to provide access to faster entrance to the teams’ respective stadiums through specially marked and dedicated stadium gates.

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which are incorporated herein by reference and which are intended to update and supersede the risk factors set forth in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as modified by the disclosure in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008, and June 30, 2008. Any of the risk factors described in Exhibit 99.1 could cause our actual results to vary materially from anticipated results or from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us in any reports we file with the SEC, press releases or other statements we issue from time to time. In addition, any of the risk factors described in Exhibit 99.1 could cause our business, financial condition or results of operations to be materially and adversely affected, and we may be required to reduce the scope of, or cease, our operations.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  4.1    Form of Series A / Series B 15% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Debenture
10.1    Debenture Purchase Agreement, dated December 23, 2008
10.2    Security Agreement, dated December 23, 2008
10.3    Subordination Agreement, dated December 23, 2008
99.1    Risk Factors, dated as of December 23, 2008


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    FLO CORPORATION
Dated: December 24, 2008     By:   /s/ William M. Lutz
        William M. Lutz
        President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.1

$            

[SERIES A/SERIES B] 15% ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SENIOR SECURED DEBENTURE

DUE MARCH 31, 2009

THIS DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Original Issue Discount Senior Debentures of FLO Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at                     , designated as its 15% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Debenture due March 31, 2009 (this debenture, the “Debenture” and, collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “Debentures”).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to                      or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $             on March 31, 2009 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder. This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Asset Sale” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement; (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment; (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

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

Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (i) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company, or (ii) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (iii) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, or (iv) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof), or (v) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

Fundamental Transaction” means any of the following transactions: (A) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property.

Mandatory Default Amount” means the sum of 120% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest hereon, plus all other amounts, costs, and expenses due in respect of this Debenture.

 

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Mandatory Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Mandatory Redemption Amount” means 100% of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest hereon, plus all other amounts, costs, and expenses due in respect of this Debenture.

Mandatory Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debentures.

Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures and (b) the Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule 3.1(v) attached to the Purchase Agreement.

Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien; and (c) Liens incurred in connection with clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

Purchase Agreement” means the Debenture Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2008, among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Subsidiary” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Section 2.

a) Payment of Interest in Cash. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 15% per annum, payable in cash on the Maturity Date (the “Interest Payment Date”) and if the Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day.

b) Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “Debenture Register”).

c) Late Fee. All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “Late Fees”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

d) Prepayment. Except as otherwise set forth in this Debenture, the Company may not prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture without the prior written consent of the Holder.

Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

a) Different Denominations. This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of exchange.

b) Investment Representations. This Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

c) Reliance on Debenture Register. Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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Section 4. Redemption.

a) Mandatory Redemption. In the event of an Asset Sale and contemporaneous with the consummation of such Asset Sale (such date, the “Mandatory Redemption Date” and such redemption, the “Mandatory Redemption”), the Company shall redeem all of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture for cash in an amount equal to the Mandatory Redemption Amount. The Mandatory Redemption Amount is payable in full on the Mandatory Redemption Date. Any Mandatory Redemption shall be applied ratably to all Holders based on their initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. In addition, so long as the Debentures are outstanding, the Company shall be prohibited from using the proceeds from any Asset Sale for any purpose other than the payment of the Debentures.

b) Redemption Procedure. The payment of cash pursuant to a Mandatory Redemption shall be payable on the Mandatory Redemption Date. If any portion of the payment pursuant to a Mandatory Redemption shall not be paid by the Company by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law until such amount is paid in full. Upon entering into an agreement for an Asset Sale, the Company shall enter into an escrow agreement acceptable to the Holders holding 75% or more of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debentures for purposes of establishing an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) to hold and distribute the gross proceeds from any Asset Sale. The terms of any Asset Sale shall require that the purchaser in such transaction pay the purchase price directly to the Escrow Account.

Section 5. Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, unless the holders of at least 75% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debentures shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries (whether or not a Subsidiary on the Original Issue Date) to, directly or indirectly:

a) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

b) other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

 

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c) amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder;

d) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock;

e) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties, assets and rights except for sales to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

f) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness, other than the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis;

g) pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;

h) enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

i) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

Section 6. Events of Default.

a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

i. any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest or other amounts owing to a Holder on any Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of any other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within 5 Trading Days;

ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder and (B) 7 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

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iii. a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents or (B) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below);

iv. any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

v. the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

vi. the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

vii. the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 20% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

viii. any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days.

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount (provided, however, in the case of an Event of Default under Section 6(a)(vii) occasioned by an Asset Sale, the amount due and payable in cash shall be equal to the Mandatory Redemption Amount). Commencing 5 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the

 

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maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount or Mandatory Redemption Amount, as applicable, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 6(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 7. Miscellaneous.

a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purpose by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 7. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section 7 prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time), (ii) the date immediately following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section 7 between 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) and 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and accrued interest on, as applicable, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.

c) Lost or Mutilated Debenture. If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution

 

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for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Debenture shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts 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 such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or 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 Debenture 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 applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Debenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Debenture, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

f) Severability. If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision

 

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is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

g) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

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

i) Assumption. Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all of the obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) issue to the Holder a new debenture of such successor entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture, including, without limitation, having a principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Debenture and having similar ranking to this Debenture, which shall be satisfactory to the Holder (any such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The provisions of this Section 7(i) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations of this Debenture.

j) Waivers and Amendments. This Debenture and all other Debentures issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the prior written consent of the Company and the holders of 75% or more of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding.

k) Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are secured by all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2008 between the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company and the Secured Parties (as defined therein).

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

 

FLO CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices:  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

DEBENTURE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Debenture Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 23, 2008, between FLO Corporation, 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, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.

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

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Debentures (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

12% Notes” means the 12% Senior Convertible Notes issued by the Company on or about April 3, 2008, May 8, 2008 and May 21, 2008 to the 12% Note Holders.

12% Note Holders” means each of the holders of the 12% Notes.

Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.2.

Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(j).

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

Asset Sale” means the sale by the Company or any Subsidiary of any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary.

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

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


Closing(s)” means the closing(s) of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 and any reference to “Closing” or “Closings” shall be construed to include the First Closing, the Optional Second Closing and the Final Closing unless only one such closing is expressly referred to.

Closing Dates” means, collectively, the First Closing Date, the Optional Second Closing Date and the Final Closing Date.

Closing Statement” means the Closing Statement in the form Annex A attached hereto.

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries 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.

Company Counsel” means DLA Piper LLP (US), with offices located at 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7000, Seattle, Washington 98104.

Debentures” means the 15% Senior Secured Original Issue Discount Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, March 31, 2009, issued by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).

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

Final Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

Final Closing Date” means the date of the Final Closing.

First Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

First Closing Date” means the date of the First Closing.

 

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FWS” means Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP with offices located at 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620, New York, New York 10170-0002.

GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(v).

Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(o).

Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement” means the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement, by and among, the Company, each Subsidiary and each Non-Participating 12% Note Holder in favor of each of the Purchasers, attached hereto as Exhibit E.

Letter of Intent” means an executed letter of intent from at least one prospective purchaser with respect to the Asset Sale, which letter of intent (i) shall contemplate a transaction with gross cash proceeds equal to at least $3 million and a target closing date no later than the two month anniversary of the date of such letter of intent and (ii) be reasonably acceptable to Purchasers holding at least 75% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debentures.

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

Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

Material Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(m).

Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.16.

Non-Participating 12% Note Holder” means any 12% Note Holder that is not a Purchaser hereunder.

Optional Second Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

Optional Second Closing Date” means the date of the Optional Second Closing.

Participating 12% Note Holder” means each of the 12% Note Holders that is also a Purchaser hereunder.

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.

 

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Principal Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the amounts set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A hereto next to the heading “Principal Amount,” in United States Dollars, which shall equal such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount multiplied by 1.1765.

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.

Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

SEC Reports” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

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

Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company and the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

Security Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement and any other documents and filing required thereunder in order to grant the Purchasers a first priority security interest in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries as provided in the Security Agreement, including all UCC-1 filing receipts.

Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid in the First Closing, the Optional Second Closing and the Final Closing for Debentures purchased hereunder as specified opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A hereto and below the headings “First Closing Subscription Amount”, the “Optional Second Closing Subscription Amount” and “Final Closing Subscription Amount” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds and, as to each Purchaser hereunder that is a Participating 12% Note Holder, through the cancellation of the outstanding principal amount plus accrued but unpaid interest on such Purchaser’s 12% Note. As to each Purchaser, such Purchaser’s cash Subscription Amount for each Closing shall be equal to such Purchaser’s pro-rata portion of the aggregate cash Subscription Amount for the applicable Closing (based on the initial principal amount of such Purchaser’s 12% Notes and the initial aggregate principal amount of all 12% Notes). Each Purchaser’s cash Subscription Amount and Subscription Amount payable for each Purchaser through the cancellation of its 12% Note at each Closing hereunder shall be as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Subsidiary Guarantee, dated the date hereof, by each Subsidiary in favor of the Purchasers, in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market 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: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Debentures, the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., c/o Computershare, Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 350 Indiana Street, Suite 800, Golden, Colorado 80401 and a facsimile number of (214) 343-4008, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

ARTICLE II.

PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1 Closing. On the Closing Dates, 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, Debentures for an aggregate Subscription Amount of up to $7,239,639.48, up to $600,000 of which shall represent Subscription Amounts payable in cash. Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company via wire transfer or a certified check of immediately available funds equal to its cash Subscription Amount as to the applicable Closing (as set forth on Schedule A hereto)) and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Debenture, as determined pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at each Closing. As to each Purchaser, such Purchaser’s cash Subscription Amount for each Closing shall be equal to such Purchaser’s pro-rata portion of the aggregate cash Subscription Amount for the applicable Closing (based on the initial principal amount of such Purchaser’s 12% Notes and the initial aggregate principal amount of all 12% Notes). The Closings shall take place in multiple stages as set forth below (respectively, the “First Closing”, the “Optional Second Closing” and the “Final Closing”). Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, each Closing shall occur at the offices of FWS or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree.

(a) First Closing. The First Closing aggregate Subscription Amount shall be for up to $1,809,909.87 (up to $150,000 of which shall represent Subscription Amounts payable in cash) and shall occur on, or as soon as reasonably practicable following, the date hereof.

 

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(b) Optional Second Closing. The Optional Second Closing aggregate Subscription Amount shall be for up to $5,429,729.61 (up to $450,000 of which shall represent Subscription Amounts payable in cash and subject to increase as described in Section 2.3(b)(iv)) and shall occur at any time after the First Closing Date and prior to the Final Closing Date, at the option of the Purchasers holding at least 75% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debentures and each such participating Purchaser shall purchase up to such Purchaser’s pro-rata share of the aggregate Subscription Amount of such Optional Second Closing.

(c) Final Closing. The Final Closing aggregate Subscription Amount shall be for up to $5,429,729.61 minus the aggregate Subscription Amount of any Optional Second Closing (up to $450,000 of which shall represent Subscription Amounts payable in cash and subject to increase as described in Section 2.3(b)(iv)), and shall occur on or prior to the earlier of (i) March 23, 2009, and (ii) the date the Company shall have received at least one executed Letter of Intent and is continuing negotiations with respect to the Letter of Intent in good faith, provided that (i) the conditions set forth in Section 2.3 herein have been satisfied and (ii) each Purchaser shall have delivered such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount for the Final Closing to the Company.

2.2 Deliveries.

(d) On or prior to each Closing Date (except as otherwise specified), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following:

(i) as to the First Closing only, this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

(ii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto;

(iii) a Debenture (a “Series A Debenture”) with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Principal Amount (based on its cash Subscription Amount as to such Closing), registered in the name of such Purchaser;

(iv) as to the First Closing only, a Debenture (a “Series B Debenture”) with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount under Column 5 on Schedule A hereto multiplied by 1.1765, registered in the name of such Purchaser;

(v) as to any Optional Second Closing or Final Closing, a Series B Debenture with a principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount under Column 9 on Schedule A hereto multiplied by 1.1765, registered in the name of such Purchaser; and

(vi) as to the First Closing only, the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Company, along with all of the Security Documents, duly executed by the parties thereto.

 

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(e) On or prior to each Closing Date (except as otherwise specified), each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

(i) as to the First Closing only, this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

(ii) such Purchaser’s cash Subscription Amount as to the applicable Closing, by wire transfer to the account as specified in writing by the Company; and

(iii) as to the First Closing only, the Security Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser.

2.3 Closing Conditions.

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

(i) the accuracy in all material respects on each Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein),;

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

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

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

(i) the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein), and the Company shall deliver each Purchaser an officer’s certificate with respect thereto;

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to each Closing Date shall have been performed, and the Company shall deliver each Purchaser an officer’s certificate with respect thereto;

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

(iv) as to the Optional Second Closing and Final Closing, the Company shall have delivered each Purchaser an updated Schedule A, which reflects additional interest that has accrued under such Purchaser’s 12% Note;

 

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(v) as to the Final Closing, such Closing shall occur on or before March 23, 2009;

(vi) as to the Final Closing, the Company shall have received at least one executed Letter of Intent and is continuing negotiations with respect to the Letter of Intent in good faith;

(vii) as of the applicable Closing Date, there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;

(viii) from the date hereof to the applicable 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 Debentures at the applicable Closing; and

(ix) as to the Optional Second Closing Date and the Final Closing Date, the Company shall have received the executed Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement from each of the Non-Participating 12% Note Holders.

ARTICLE 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 as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date to each Purchaser:

(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.

 

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(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, 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, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection therewith. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Debentures and the consummation by it to which it is a party 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, (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

 

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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, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as 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 filings set forth on Schedule 3.1(e) hereto, if any (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

(f) Issuance of the Debentures. The Debentures 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.

(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g), which Schedule 3.1(g) shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right granted by the Company to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Debentures, 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 Debentures will not obligate

 

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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. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Company’s registration statement on Form 10-SB, as amended, filed with the Commission, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published 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 or may be condensed or summary statements, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial year-end audit adjustments.

(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report 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

 

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and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Debentures 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 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

(j) Litigation. 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 Debentures 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 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. To the knowledge of the Company there has not been, and there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving 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, which 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

 

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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) Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(l), 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, to its knowledge, 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 as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so

 

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have could reasonably be expected to 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, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Subscription Amount. 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 $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of each Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined

 

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in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(s) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(t) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Debentures and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Debentures.

(u) Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and except with respect to information on the Disclosure Schedules hereto that was disclosed under a written confidentiality agreement executed by the Purchasers that expressly survives the Closing, 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. 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, when taken as a whole, 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

 

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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) Solvency. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(v)(i), the Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the applicable Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(v) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments, as well as the amounts and types of any other outstanding liabilities (including the due dates thereof). For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

(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) 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.

 

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(y) Accountants. The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(y) of the Disclosure Schedules. 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 for the year ending December 31, 2008.

(z) Seniority. As of each Closing Date, no Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).

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

(bb) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Debentures. 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 Debentures. 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) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

(dd) Equal Consideration. No consideration has been offered or paid to any person to amend or consent to a waiver, modification, forbearance or otherwise of any provision of any of the agreements between the Company and the 12% Note Holders.

 

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(ee) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market.

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 each Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein):

(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) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Debentures, it was, and as of the date hereof it is: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) 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.

(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Purchaser or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become

 

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a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Purchaser, except in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Purchaser to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

ARTICLE IV.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

4.1 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a Current Report on Form 8-K, disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto (provided, however, the Company shall not be required to disclose any information on the Disclosure Schedules hereto that was disclosed under a written confidentiality agreement executed by the Purchasers that expressly survives the Closing). By 8:30 a.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day immediately following the consummation of each Closing, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the occurrence and material terms of such Closing. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. 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 written consent of such Purchaser, except: (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents (including signature pages thereto) with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

4.2 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Debentures under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

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4.3 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (and, except for information included on the Disclosure Schedules hereto that was disclosed under a written confidentiality agreement executed by the Purchasers that expressly survives the Closing), 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.

4.4 Use of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4 attached hereto, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Debentures hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds for: (a) the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (c) the settlement of any outstanding litigation.

4.5 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.5, 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)

 

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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 (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.

4.6 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment of principal or interest on the Debentures in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective principal amounts outstanding on the Debentures at any applicable time. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Debentures or otherwise.

4.7 Asset Sale. Upon the consummation of the Asset Sale, the Company shall cause the gross proceeds of such Asset Sale to be placed directly into an escrow account by the purchaser in such transaction and distributed pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement entered into prior to such Asset Sale that reflects the priorities and rankings set forth in the Debentures and the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement, the terms of which shall be acceptable to the Purchasers.

4.8 Consent of the 12% Note Holders. In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, each of the 12% Note Holders hereby consent to the issuance of the Debentures hereunder and consents that the Debentures shall be senior to the 12% Notes.

4.9 Subsidiaries. As of the date of the First Closing, the Company does not have any Subsidiaries. The Company hereby agrees that it shall immediately cause each of its Subsidiaries formed or acquired on or subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date all Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement) have been indefeasibly satisfied in full, to become a party to the Security Agreement and to execute and deliver each Purchaser the Subsidiary Guarantee.

4.10 Default. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company acknowledges that an event of default exists and is continuing under the 12% Notes by virtue of its failure to file its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 (the “Existing Default”). Subject to the

 

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terms and conditions herein, and as partial consideration for the transactions contemplated hereby, each Purchaser hereby waives, severally, and not jointly, the Existing Default. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, nothing herein shall be deemed a waiver, modification or amendment to any agreements between the Company and the Purchasers.

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the First Closing has not been consummated on or before December 24, 2008; provided, however, that such termination will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).

5.2 Fees and Expenses. At the First Closing, the Company has agreed to reimburse Midsummer Capital, LLC (“Midsummer”) the non-accountable sum of $10,000 for its legal fees and expenses, none of which has been paid prior to the Closing. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser, prior to the First Closing, a completed and executed copy of the Closing Statement, attached hereto as Annex A. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Debentures to the Purchasers.

5.3 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.

5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

 

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5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least 75% in interest of the Debentures then outstanding. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

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

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

5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.5.

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

 

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

5.10 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Debentures for the applicable statute of limitations.

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 were 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 Debentures. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Debentures 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 Debentures.

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

5.15 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such

 

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enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

5.16 Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by any Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Purchaser’s election.

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

 

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5.18 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.

5.19 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.

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

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

 

FLO CORPORATION     Address for Notice:  
By:  

 

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

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO FLRP DEBENTURE PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

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

 

Name of Purchaser:  

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:   

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:   

 

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

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

EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]

 

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Annex A

CLOSING STATEMENT

Pursuant to the attached Debenture Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the purchasers shall purchase Debentures from FLO Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) for an aggregate cash Subscription Amount of up to $600,000. All funds will be wired into an account maintained by the Company. All funds will be disbursed in accordance with this Closing Statement.

Disbursement Date: December 23, 2008

 

I. PURCHASE PRICE

    
  Gross Proceeds to be Received    $ 129,438

II. DISBURSEMENTS

    
  Feldman, Weinstein & Smith (counsel to Midsummer and deducted from Midsummer’s cash Subscription Amount)    $ 10,000
 

DLA Piper LLP (US)

   $ 25,000
     $  
     $  
     $  

Total Amount Disbursed:

     $  

 

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS:
To:  

 

To:  

 

 

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Schedule A

 

              FIRST CLOSING   OPTIONAL / FINAL CLOSING   TOTALS

Holder

  Original
Stated

Value of
12% Sr.
Convertible
Notes
  %
Ownership
    Cash
subscription
amount
  Series A
Debenture
Principal
Amount
  Other
Subscription
(25% of

principal
amount
plus
accrued
but unpaid
interest
under

12% Note)
  Series B
Debenture
Principal
Amount
  Cash
subscription
amount
  Series A
Debenture
Principal
Amount
  Other
Subscription
(75% of
principal
amount

plus
accrued
but unpaid
interest
under

12% Note)
  Series B
Debenture
Principal
Amount
  Cash
Subscription
Amount
  Series A
Debenture
Principal
Amount

Midsummer Ventures, LP

  $ 1,750,000   24.5 %   $ 36,791   $ 43,283   470,895.83   553,995.10   $ 110,373   $ 129,850   1,412,687.50   1,661,985.29   $ 147,163   $ 173,133

Enable Growth Partners LP

  $ 1,125,000   15.8 %   $ 23,651   $ 27,825   302,718.75   356,139.71   $ 70,954   $ 83,475   908,156.25   1,068,419.12   $ 94,605   $ 111,300

Vicis Capital Master Fund

  $ 1,006,500   14.1 %   $ 21,160   $ 24,894   270,832.38   318,626.32   $ 63,480   $ 74,682   812,497.13   955,878.97   $ 84,640   $ 99,576

SXJE LLC

  $ 1,000,000   14.0 %   $ 21,023   $ 24,733   271,916.67   319,901.96   $ 63,070   $ 74,200   815,750.00   959,705.88   $ 84,093   $ 98,933

International Ram Associates LC

  $ 325,000   4.6 %   $ 6,833   $ 8,038   87,452.08   102,884.80   $ 20,498   $ 24,115   262,356.25   308,654.41   $ 27,330   $ 32,153

Enable Opportunity Partners LP

  $ 225,000   3.2 %   $ 4,730   $ 5,565   60,543.75   71,227.94   $ 14,191   $ 16,695   181,631.25   213,683.82   $ 18,921   $ 22,260

Forum Partners, a Partnership

  $ 219,015   3.1 %   $ 4,604   $ 5,417   59,005.26   69,417.96   $ 13,813   $ 16,251   177,015.79   208,253.87   $ 18,418   $ 21,668

Pierce Diversified Strategy Master Fund LLC

  $ 150,000   2.1 %   $ 3,154   $ 3,710   40,362.50   47,485.29   $ 9,461   $ 11,130   121,087.50   142,455.88   $ 12,614   $ 14,840

Crescent Capital

  $ 110,000   1.5 %   $ 2,313   $ 2,721   29,599.17   34,822.55   $ 6,938   $ 8,162   88,797.50   104,467.65   $ 9,250   $ 10,883

Baci Associates, LLC

  $ 55,000   0.8 %   $ 1,156   $ 1,360   14,955.42   17,594.61   $ 3,469   $ 4,081   44,866.25   52,783.82   $ 4,625   $ 5,441

Glenn L. Argenbright

  $ 50,905   0.7 %   $ 1,070   $ 1,259   13,825.19   16,264.93   $ 3,211   $ 3,777   41,475.56   48,794.78   $ 4,281   $ 5,036

Harry Rosen IRA

  $ 50,000   0.7 %   $ 1,051   $ 1,237   13,400.00   15,764.71   $ 3,154   $ 3,710   40,200.00   47,294.12   $ 4,205   $ 4,947

Kenneth Gaspar

  $ 25,000   0.4 %   $ 526   $ 618   6,727.08   7,914.22   $ 1,577   $ 1,855   20,181.25   23,742.65   $ 2,102   $ 2,473

Kelda M. Sledz

  $ 25,000   0.4 %   $ 526   $ 618   6,727.08   7,914.22   $ 1,577   $ 1,855   20,181.25   23,742.65   $ 2,102   $ 2,473

Demetrios Manthous

  $ 16,968   0.2 %   $ 357   $ 420   4,608.31   5,421.54   $ 1,070   $ 1,259   13,824.92   16,264.61   $ 1,427   $ 1,679

John R. Cohagen

  $ 15,000   0.2 %   $ 315   $ 371   4,036.25   4,748.53   $ 946   $ 1,113   12,108.75   14,245.59   $ 1,261   $ 1,484

Capital Placement Holdings, Inc. (Oyer)

  $ 8,484   0.1 %   $ 178   $ 210   2,304.15   2,710.77   $ 535   $ 630   6,912.46   8,132.30   $ 713   $ 839
                                                               

TOTAL Participation

  $ 6,156,872   86.3 %   $ 129,438   $ 152,280   1,659,909.87   1,952,835.14   $ 388,314   $ 456,840   4,979,729.61   5,858,505.42   $ 517,752   $ 609,120
                                                               


Disclosure Schedules

These Disclosure Schedules set forth the disclosures and exceptions of FLO Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to various sections of the Debenture Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2008 (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Purchasers identified on the signature page to the Agreement.

The section numbers in these Disclosure Schedules correspond to the section or schedule numbers in the Agreement; provided, however, that any information disclosed herein under any section or schedule number shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated into any other paragraph, section or schedule number under the Agreement where such disclosure would be appropriate or applicable. Any terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in these Disclosure Schedules as when used in the Agreement unless the context otherwise requires.


Schedule 3.1(a) Subsidiaries

The Company has no subsidiaries.

Schedule 3.1(d) No Conflicts

Pursuant to that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2008, May 8, 2008 and May 21, 2008 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company and the purchasers listed on Exhibit A thereto (the “Purchasers”), the Company shall not issue any securities that rank pari passu or senior to the Company’s 12% Senior Convertible Promissory Notes (the “12% Notes”) without the prior written consent of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the principal amount of the 12% Notes outstanding at such time. The Company has obtained the consent of at least seventy-five percent of the principal amount of the 12% Notes to issue the Debentures.

Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, until April 3, 2009, upon any issuance by the Company of Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents, Indebtedness (as such terms are defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) (or a combination of units thereof) (a “Subsequent Financing”), each Purchaser (as such term is defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) shall have the right to participate in up to an amount of the Subsequent Financing equal to 50% of the Subsequent Financing on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing and in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.

Schedule 3.1(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals

 

   

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(d).

 

   

All state and federal filings required under Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

   

All filings required under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

   

Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, no provision of the Note Purchase Agreement may be waived or amended other than by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least a majority of the principal amount of the 12% Notes then held by the Purchasers.

Schedule 3.1(g) Capitalization

As of the date of the Agreement, the Company’s authorized capital stock consists of the following:

 

   

100,000,000 shares of Common Stock; and

 

   

15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, 2,000 of which are designated as Series A Preferred Stock and 5,000 of which are designated as Series B Preferred Stock.


As of the date of the Agreement, the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of capital stock consist of the following:

 

   

2,784,649 shares of Common Stock; and

 

   

1,519.9994 shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

As of the date of the Agreement, the following outstanding securities are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Company’s Common Stock:

 

   

Equity awards pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan for 175,000 restricted shares of Common Stock;

 

   

12% Notes convertible into 9,370,640 shares of Common Stock;

 

   

Warrants issued to placement agents (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase 3,683,541 shares of Common Stock;

 

   

Series A-1 Warrants (the “Series A-1 Warrants”) to purchase 2,965,811 shares of Common Stock;

 

   

Series A-2 Warrants (the “Series A-2 Warrants”) to purchase 2,965,811 shares of Common Stock;

 

   

Note Warrants (the “Note Warrants”) to purchase 8,918,661 shares of Common Stock;

 

   

Short-Term Warrants (the “Short-Term Warrants” and together with the Placement Agent Warrants, Series A-1 Warrant, Series A-2 Warrants and Note Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase 7,134,932 shares of Common Stock; and

 

   

1,519.9994 shares of Series B Preferred Stock convertible into 19,884,647 shares of Common Stock.

Pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2007, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2007, as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form 10-SB, the Company agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, the Series A-1 Warrants and the Series A-2 Warrants.

Pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock and the Warrants, the Company may become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock of the Company or options, securities or rights convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company under certain circumstances. The Company is not obligated to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and Warrants in connection with the issuance of the Debentures.


Pursuant to that certain Sponsorship Agreement, dated July 21, 2008, among WFI Stadium, Inc., Pro-Football, Inc., d/b/a/ the Washington Redskins (collectively, the “Washington Redskins”), and the Company, the Company agreed to issue 400,000 shares of Common Stock to the Washington Redskins’s designated entity, which share have not been issued.

Schedule 3.1(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements

The Company has not filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008.

Schedule 3.1(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(h).

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(v).

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(y).

Since June 30, 2008, the Company has not disclosed its liabilities required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission.

The Company has incurred unpaid fees of approximately $1.3 million for accounting and audit services performed by BDO Seidman, LLP and for legal services performed by DLA Piper LLP (US).

Schedule 3.1(j) Litigation

The Company is in receipt of a notice dated October 21, 2008, from the attorneys for Hospital Shared Services, Inc., requesting immediate payment of the outstanding amount of $249,884.80 for staffing services provided at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

Schedule 3.1(k) Labor Relations

The Company may owe amounts for wages to its employees.

Schedule 3.1(l) Compliance

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(h).

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(i).

Pursuant to the 12% Notes, an Event of Default under the 12% Notes may have occurred if default shall be made in the performance or observance of any material covenant, condition or agreement contained in the Note Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Documents (as defined in the 12% Notes) which is not covered by any other provisions of Section 2.1 of the 12% Notes, including Sections 3.2 (Registration and Listing), 3.9 (Reporting Status) and 3.19


(Participation in Future Financing) of the Note Purchase Agreement, and such default is not fully cured within five (5) business days after the Holder delivers written notice to the Company of the occurrence thereof.

Pursuant to that certain promissory note, dated May 8, 2008, issued by the Company to Unisys Corporation in the principal amount of $1.0 million (the “Unisys Note”), an Event of Default under the Unisys Note shall have occurred if the Company shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due. The Company has not received written notice of an Event of Default under the Unisys Note.

Schedule 3.1(v) Solvency

The Unisys Note, principal amount of $1.0 million, is due August 8, 2009 and accrues interest at 12% per annum.

The 12% Notes, aggregate principal amount of $7.1 million, are due in April and May 2010 and accrue interest at 12% per annum.

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(i).

Schedule 3.1(v)(i)

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(i).

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(j).

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(l).

Schedule 3.1(y) Accountants

The Company’s accounting firm is BDO Seidman, LLP.

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(i).

BDO Seidman, LLP has advised the Company that it will not (i) consent to the inclusion of its reports related to the Company’s financial statements in the Company’s SEC Reports or (ii) express its opinion with respect to the financial statements to be included in the Company’s Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 2008, until such outstanding fees have been paid.

Schedule 3.1(z) Seniority

As noted in the disclosure under Schedule 3.1(d) above, pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company shall not issue any securities that rank pari passu or senior to the 12% Notes without the prior written consent of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the principal amount of the 12% Notes outstanding at such time. The Company has obtained the consent of at least seventy-five percent of the principal amount of the 12% Notes to issue the Debentures.


Schedule 3.1(aa) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(i).

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(y).

Schedule 3.1(ee) Listing and Maintenance Requirements

See disclosure under Schedule 3.1(h).

Schedule 4.4 Use of Proceeds

In addition to general corporate and working capital purposes, the Company intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Debentures to pay outstanding accounts payable.

Exhibit 10.2

SECURITY AGREEMENT

This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 23, 2008 (this “Agreement”), is among FLO Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), all of the Subsidiaries of the Company hereafter formed or acquired (such subsidiaries, the “Guarantors” and together with the Company, the “Debtors”) and the holders of the Company’s 15% Senior Secured Original Issue Discount Debentures, issued and issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Debentures) (collectively, the “Debentures”) signatory hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the “Secured Parties”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Debentures), the Secured Parties have severally agreed to extend the loans to the Company evidenced by the Debentures;

WHEREAS, pursuant to a certain Subsidiary Guarantee, (the “Guarantee”), the Company has agreed to cause each Guarantor hereafter formed or acquired to jointly and severally agree to guarantee and act as surety for payment of such Debentures; and

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend the loans evidenced by the Debentures, each Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties, pari passu with each other Secured Party and through the Agent (as defined in Section 18 hereof), subject to the terms herein, a security interest in certain property of such Debtor to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Debentures and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guarantee.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”, “commercial tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”, “general intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”, “letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”) shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.

(a) “Collateral” means the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest by this Agreement and which shall include the following personal property of the Debtors, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming into existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and all

 

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substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in connection therewith, and all dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities, equity interest or other property at any time and from time to time acquired, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Securities (as defined below):

(i) All goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers, motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment of every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with any Debtor’s businesses and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;

(ii) All contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation, all partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities, rights under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged Securities, licenses, distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”, licensed from any third party or developed by any Debtor), computer software development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, trademarks, service marks, trade styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, copyrights, and income tax refunds;

(iii) All accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing any of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title, security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of stoppage in transit;

(iv) All documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;

(v) All commercial tort claims;

(vi) All deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit accounts);

(vii) All investment property;

(viii) All supporting obligations; and

(ix) All files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs; and

 

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(x) the products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i)-(ix) above.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the “Collateral” shall include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership and/or other equity interests in each Guarantor, including, without limitation, the shares of capital stock and the other equity interests listed on Schedule H hereto (as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof), and any other shares of capital stock and/or other equity interests of any other direct or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor obtained in the future, and, in each case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and, in each case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or equity interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing and all rights arising under or in connection with the Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all dividends, interest and cash.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of any asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden by Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law); provided, however, that to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in the proceeds of such asset.

(b) “Intellectual Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing, and (vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.

 

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(c) “Majority in Interest” means, at any time of determination, the majority in interest (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of such determination) of the Secured Parties.

(d) “Necessary Endorsement” means undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that term is defined below) may reasonably request.

(e) “Non-Participating 12% Note Holder” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.

(f) “Obligations” means all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, of any Debtor to the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time to time under or in connection with this Agreement, the Debentures, the Guarantee and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Debtor.

(g) “Organizational Documents” means with respect to any Debtor, the documents by which such Debtor was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such Debtor (such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members agreement).

 

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(h) “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.

(i) “Pledged Interests” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(j).

(j) “Pledged Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(i).

(k) “Series A Debentures” and “Series B Debentures” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

(l) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.

2. Grant of Security Interest in Collateral. As an inducement for the Secured Parties to extend the loans as evidenced by the Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, each Debtor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Secured Parties a security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (a “Security Interest” and, collectively, the “Security Interests”).

3. Delivery of Certain Collateral. Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, each Debtor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities, and (b) any and all certificates and other instruments or documents representing any of the other Collateral, in each case, together with all Necessary Endorsements. The Debtors are, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, delivering to Agent, or have previously delivered to Agent, a true and correct copy of each Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged Securities.

4. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the Debtors. Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Secured Parties concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure Schedules”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, each Debtor represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as follows:

(a) Each Debtor has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each Debtor of

 

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this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Debtor and no further action is required by such Debtor. This Agreement has been duly executed by each Debtor. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Debtor, enforceable against each Debtor in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity.

(b) The Debtors have no place of business or offices where their respective books of account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. No Debtor owns any real property. Except as disclosed on Schedule A, none of such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee, warehouseman, agent or processor.

(c) Except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures) and except as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto, the Debtors are the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by any Debtor in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and are fully authorized to grant the Security Interests. Except as set forth on Schedule C attached hereto, there is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that will be filed in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral. Except as set forth on Schedule C attached hereto and except pursuant to this Agreement, as long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Debtors shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any other financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).

(d) No written claim has been received by any Debtor that any Collateral or any Debtor’s use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse decision to any Debtor’s claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to any Debtor’s right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of any Debtor, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.

(e) Each Debtor shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 30 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary documents have been filed and

 

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recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interests to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral.

(f) This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures) securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. Upon making the filings described in the immediately following paragraph, all security interests created hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements shall have been duly perfected. Except for the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the immediately following paragraph, the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as defined in Section 4(p) hereof) with respect to copyrights and copyright applications in the United States Copyright Office referred to in paragraph (m), the execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit account of the Debtors, and the delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in Section 3, no action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests created hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the filing of said financing statements, the recordation of said Intellectual Property Security Agreement, and the execution and delivery of said deposit account control agreements, no consent of any third parties and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection of the Security Interests created hereunder in the Collateral or (iii) the enforcement of the rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder.

(g) Each Debtor hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing statements under the UCC, with respect to the Security Interests, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it.

(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtors does not (i) violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of any Debtor or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to any Debtor 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, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing any Debtor’s debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which any Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset of any Debtor is bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of any Debtor) necessary for any Debtor to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.

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the Guarantors, and represent all capital stock and other equity interests owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company. All of the Pledged Securities are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the Company is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Securities, free and clear of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance except for the security interests created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures).

(j) The ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability companies (if any) included in the Collateral (the “Pledged Interests”) by their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial intermediary.

(k) Except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Debentures), each Debtor shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interests provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 14 hereof. Each Debtor hereby agrees to defend the same against the claims of any and all persons and entities. Each Debtor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured Parties. At the request of the Agent, each Debtor will sign and deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Agent to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interests hereunder, and each Debtor shall obtain and furnish to the Agent from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interests hereunder.

(l) Other than Permitted Liens, no Debtor will transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business, sales of worn out or obsolete equipment and sales of inventory by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business) without the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest.

(m) Each Debtor shall keep and preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible Collateral in good condition, repair and order and shall not operate or locate any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from insurance coverage.

(n) Each Debtor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the Collateral, including Collateral hereafter acquired, against loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by entities of established reputation having similar properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by other such entities and otherwise

 

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as is prudent for entities engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient to cover the full replacement cost thereof. Each Debtor shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer issuing such policy to certify to the Agent, that (a) the Agent will be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage under the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty (30) days of notice from the insurer of such default. If no Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) exists and if the proceeds arising out of any claim or series of related claims do not exceed $100,000, loss payments in each instance will be applied by the applicable Debtor to the repair and/or replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to the applicable Debtor; provided, however, that payments received by any Debtor after an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or in excess of $100,000 for any occurrence or series of related occurrences shall be paid to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and, if received by such Debtor, shall be held in trust for the Secured Parties and immediately paid over to the Agent unless otherwise directed in writing by the Agent. Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in each case, naming the Agent as lender loss payee and additional insured shall be delivered to the Agent at least annually and at the time any new policy of insurance is issued.

(o) Each Debtor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Parties’ security interest, through the Agent, therein.

(p) Each Debtor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Agent such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Agent may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce the Secured Parties’ security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, if applicable, the execution and delivery of a separate security agreement with respect to each Debtor’s Intellectual Property (“Intellectual Property Security Agreement”) in which the Secured Parties have been granted a security interest hereunder, substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Secured Parties, which Intellectual Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.

(q) Each Debtor shall permit the Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Agent from time to time.

 

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(r) Each Debtor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.

(s) Each Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against any Collateral and of any other information received by such Debtor that may materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder.

(t) All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties by or on behalf of any Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.

(u) The Debtors shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises material to its business.

(v) No Debtor will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it provides at least 30 days prior written notice to the Secured Parties of such change and, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.

(w) Except in the ordinary course of business, no Debtor may consign any of its inventory or sell any of its inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale without the consent of the Agent which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(x) No Debtor may relocate its chief executive office to a new location without providing 30 days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Parties and so long as, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.

(y) Each Debtor was organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state set forth next to such Debtor’s name in Schedule D attached hereto, which Schedule D sets forth each Debtor’s organizational identification number or, if any Debtor does not have one, states that one does not exist.

 

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(z) (i) The actual name of each Debtor is the name set forth in Schedule D attached hereto; (ii) no Debtor has any trade names except as set forth on Schedule E attached hereto; (iii) no Debtor has used any name other than that stated in the preamble hereto or as set forth on Schedule E for the preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into any Debtor or been acquired by any Debtor within the past five years except as set forth on Schedule E.

(aa) At any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments, certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the applicable Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.

(bb) Each Debtor, in its capacity as issuer, hereby agrees to comply with any and all orders and instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent with the terms of this Agreement without the further consent of any Debtor as contemplated by Section 8-106 (or any successor section) of the UCC. Further, each Debtor agrees that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one that would confer “control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any other person or entity.

(cc) Each Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral to be delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, the applicable Debtor shall cause the underlying chattel paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or successor section thereto).

(dd) If there is any investment property or deposit account included as Collateral that can be perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, upon the request of the Agent, the applicable Debtor shall cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance in each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into and delivered to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

(ee) To the extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights, the applicable Debtor shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to consent to an assignment of the proceeds thereof to the Secured Parties.

(ff) To the extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the applicable Debtor shall join with the Agent in notifying such third party of the Secured Parties’ security interest in such Collateral and shall use its best efforts to obtain an acknowledgement and agreement from such third party with respect to the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(gg) If any Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, such Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in a writing signed by such Debtor of the particulars thereof and grant to the Secured Parties in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

 

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(hh) Each Debtor shall immediately provide written notice to the Secured Parties of any and all accounts which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority and, to the extent necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and deliver to the Agent an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate with the Agent in taking any other steps required, in its judgment, under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof.

(ii) Each Debtor shall cause each subsidiary of such Debtor to immediately become a party hereto (an “Additional Debtor”), by executing and delivering an Additional Debtor Joinder in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable to the Debtors. Concurrent therewith, the Additional Debtor shall deliver replacement schedules for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or referred to in) this Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall supersede, or supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in effect. The Additional Debtor shall also deliver such opinions of counsel, authorizing resolutions, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates, organizational documents, financing statements and other information and documentation as the Agent may reasonably request. Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Agent, the Additional Debtor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same rights and obligations as the Debtors, for all purposes hereof as fully and to the same extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed to have made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein as of the date of execution and delivery of such Additional Debtor Joinder, and all references herein to the “Debtors” shall be deemed to include each Additional Debtor.

(jj) Each Debtor shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Debentures.

(kk) Each Debtor shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on the books of such Debtor. Each Debtor shall notify each issuer of Pledged Securities to register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the name of the Secured Parties on the books of such issuer. Further, except with respect to certificated securities delivered to the Agent, the applicable Debtor shall deliver to Agent an acknowledgement of pledge (which, where appropriate, shall comply with the requirements of the relevant UCC with respect to perfection by registration) signed by the issuer of the applicable Pledged Securities, which acknowledgement shall confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its books and records; and (b) at any time directed by Agent during the continuation of an Event of Default, such issuer will transfer the record ownership of such Pledged Securities into the name of any designee of Agent, will take such steps as may be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply with all other instructions of Agent regarding such Pledged Securities without the further consent of the applicable Debtor.

 

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(ll) In the event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall sell all or any of the Pledged Securities to another party or parties (herein called the “Transferee”) or shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, each Debtor shall, to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee, as the case may be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock certificate books, corporate seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements, evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other Organizational Documents and records of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations of the persons then serving as officers and directors of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, if so requested; and (iii) use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that are required by any governmental or regulatory body in order to permit the sale of the Pledged Securities to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the Pledged Securities by Agent and allow the Transferee or Agent to continue the business of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries.

(mm) Without limiting the generality of the other obligations of the Debtors hereunder, each Debtor shall promptly (i) cause the security interest contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office to be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (ii) give the Agent notice whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any additional material Intellectual Property.

(nn) Each Debtor will from time to time, at the joint and several expense of the Debtors, promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, and take all such further action as may be necessary, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder and with respect to any Collateral or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

(oo) Schedule F attached hereto lists all of the patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by any of the Debtors as of the date hereof. Schedule F lists all material licenses in favor of any Debtor for the use of any patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule F, all material patents and trademarks of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.

(pp) Except as set forth on Schedule G attached hereto, none of the account debtors or other persons or entities obligated on any of the Collateral is a governmental authority covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule in respect of such Collateral.

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occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that the pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or the enforcement of any of Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the type of event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any Debtor is party.

6. Defaults. The following events shall be “Events of Default”:

(a) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) under the Debentures;

(b) Any representation or warranty of any Debtor in this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;

(c) The failure by any Debtor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder for five (5) days after delivery to such Debtor of notice of such failure by or on behalf of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such time frame and such Debtor is using best efforts to cure same in a timely fashion; or

(d) If any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any Debtor, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Debtor, or by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any Debtor, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Debtor shall deny that any Debtor has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this Agreement.

7. Duty To Hold In Trust.

(a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, each Debtor shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income, dividend, interest or other sums subject to the Security Interests, whether payable pursuant to the Debentures or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to their respective then-currently outstanding principal amount of Debentures for application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Debenture is not outstanding, pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining Debentures).

(b) If any Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or other property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or instruments representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof, or any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or

 

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reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization of such Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities or otherwise), such Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth business day following the receipt thereof by such Debtor, in the exact form received together with the Necessary Endorsements, to be held by Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.

8. Rights and Remedies Upon Default.

(a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Parties, acting through the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the following rights and powers:

(i) The Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and each Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Debtor’s premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Agent, without rent, all of such Debtor’s respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Agent taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or disposable form.

(ii) Upon notice to the Debtors by Agent, all rights of each Debtor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise and all rights of each Debtor to receive the dividends and interest which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain with respect to any Collateral (including all Pledged Securities), shall cease. Upon such notice, Agent shall have the right to receive, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the option of Agent, to exercise in such Agent’s discretion all voting rights pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other readjustment concerning or involving the Collateral or any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries.

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dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to any Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of any Debtor, which are hereby waived and released.

(iv) The Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce the Debtors’ rights against such account debtors and obligors.

(v) The Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other person or entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or its designee.

(vi) The Agent may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in the name of any Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.

(b) The Agent shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtors will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition, each Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.

(c) For the purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, each Debtor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.

 

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9. Applications of Proceeds/Inter Secured Party Rights.

(a) All obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall rank in the following order of priority:

(i) first, any sums secured or owed to the Secured Parties pursuant to the Series A Debentures shall rank senior to amounts owed under the Series B Debentures, in proportion to such Secured Parties outstanding principal amounts of Debentures;

(ii) second, any sums secured or owed to the Secured Parties under the Series B Debentures shall rank senior to amounts owed to the Non-Participating 12% Note Holder under their respective 12% Notes; and

(iii) third and last, any sums owed to the to the Non-Participating 12% Note Holder under the 12% Notes shall rank junior to amounts owed to the Secured Parties under the Series A Debentures and Series B Debentures and their respective 12% Notes in proportion to such Non-Participating 12% Note Holder outstanding principal amounts of such 12% Notes at any given time that a determination needs to be made of pro-rata holdings.

The Company and each Subsidiary agree that all payments under the Debentures and the 12% Notes shall be made in accordance with the relative priorities and proportions set forth herein.

(b) If an Event of Default occurs, or if any party hereto receives payment from the Company not in compliance with this Agreement, the other parties hereto shall be immediately notified and such payment shall be shared with all of the other Secured Parties in proportion to their respective pro-rata holdings as set forth above and in accordance with the priorities set forth above.

(c) If an Event of Default occurs and any party hereto collects proceeds pursuant to its rights under any indebtedness, the other parties shall be immediately notified and such payment shall be shared with all of the other Secured Parties as set forth above in proportion to their respective pro-rata holdings as set forth above and in accordance with the priorities set forth above.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, adjustments shall be made between the Secured Parties from time to time to reflect the fact that any contingent obligation taken into account as an obligation under the Debentures or Transaction Documents becomes satisfied or incapable of maturing into an actual obligation.

 

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(e) Each Secured Party (other than the Agent) agrees not to commence any action or proceeding concerning the Obligations or the Collateral without providing at least two business day’s notice to all Secured Parties.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Purchase Agreements or any document executed in connection with the Obligations and irrespective of: (i) the time, order or method of attachment or perfection of the security interests created in favor of Secured Parties, (ii) the time or order of filing or recording of financing statements or other documents filed or recorded to perfect security interests in any Collateral; (iii) anything contained in any filing or agreement to which any Secured Party now or hereafter may be a party; and (iv) the rules for determining perfection or priority under the UCC or any other law governing the relative priorities of secured creditors, each Debtor and Secured Party acknowledge that (x) all other Secured Parties have a valid security interest in the Collateral and (y) the security interests of the Secured Parties in any Collateral pursuant to any outstanding Obligations shall rank in accordance with the provisions of this section and enforced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement through the Agent. Each Secured Party, severally and not jointly with the other Secured Parties, shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the other Secured Parties against and in respect of any and all claims, demands, losses, costs, expenses, obligations, liabilities, damages, recoveries, and deficiencies, including interest, penalties, and reasonable professional and attorneys’ fees, including those arising from settlement negotiations, that the other Secured Parties shall incur or suffer, which arise, result from, or relate to a breach of, or failure by such Secured Party to perform under this Agreement.

(g) The proceeds of any sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring any portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the obligations in accordance with the rankings and priorities set forth in subsection (a) above, and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the applicable Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtors will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 18% per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “Default Rate”), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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10. Securities Law Provision. Each Debtor recognizes that Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal or state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities Laws”), and may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Debtor agrees that sales so made may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public, and that Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Laws. Each Debtor shall cooperate with Agent in its attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including, without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable to the sale of the Pledged Securities by Agent.

11. Costs and Expenses. Each Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Agent. The Debtors shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interests therein. The Debtors will also, upon demand, pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur in connection with the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure, collection or enforcement of the Security Interest and the preparation, administration, continuance, amendment or enforcement of this Agreement and pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Debentures. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Debentures and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

12. Responsibility for Collateral. The Debtors assume all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) each Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Debtor thereunder. Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment

 

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received by the Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.

13. Security Interests Absolute. All rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Debtors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Debentures or any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Debentures or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to a Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part of the Security Interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Each Debtor expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, each Debtor’s obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Each Debtor waives all right to require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Each Debtor waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.

14. Term of Agreement. This Agreement and the Security Interests shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Debentures have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all indemnities of the Debtors contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Annex B hereto) shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.

 

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15. Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.

(a) Each Debtor authorizes the Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Agent and its officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as such Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Agent or such Debtor, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of the Agent, and at the expense of the Debtors, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interests granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Debentures all as fully and effectually as the Debtors might or could do; and each Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding. The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any Debtor is a party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.

(b) On a continuing basis, each Debtor will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule C attached hereto, all such instruments, and take all such action as may reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the Agent, to perfect the Security Interests granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the Agent the grant or perfection of a perfected security interest in all the Collateral under the UCC.

(c) Each Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as such Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and instead of such Debtor and in the name of such Debtor, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of

 

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one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of such Debtor where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need not) describe the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of like import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.

16. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Debentures).

17. Other Security. To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.

18. Appointment of Agent. The Secured Parties hereby appoint Midsummer Ventures, LP. to act as their agent (“Midsummer” or “Agent”) for purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder. Such appointment shall continue until revoked in writing by a Majority in Interest, at which time a Majority in Interest shall appoint a new Agent, provided that Midsummer may not be removed as Agent unless Midsummer shall then hold less than $20,000 in principal amount of Debentures; provided, further, that such removal may occur only if each of the other Secured Parties shall then hold not less than an aggregate of $150,000 in principal amount of Debentures. The Agent shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in Annex B hereto.

19. Miscellaneous.

(a) No course of dealing between the Debtors and the Secured Parties, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Debentures shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

(b) All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently.

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exhibits and schedules hereto. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Debtors and the Secured Parties holding 75% or more of the principal amount of Debentures then outstanding, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.

(d) 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.

(e) 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.

(f) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company and the Guarantors may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Secured Party (other than by merger). Any Secured Party may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to whom such Secured Party assigns or transfers any Obligations, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Obligations, by the provisions of this Agreement that apply to the “Secured Parties.”

(g) Each party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

(h) Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, each Debtor agrees that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Debentures (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts

 

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sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, each Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such 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 manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(i) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.

(j) All Debtors shall jointly and severally be liable for the obligations of each Debtor to the Secured Parties hereunder.

(k) Each Debtor shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in the Debentures, the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Debentures) or any other agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

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subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member in any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of any such Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted for such Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.

(m) To the extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of any partner or member, as applicable, of any Debtor or any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents, the Debtors hereby grant such consent and approval and waive any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.

 

FLO CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO FLRP SA]

Name of Investing Entity:                                         

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity:                                         

Name of Authorized Signatory:                                         

Title of Authorized Signatory:                                         

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ANNEX A

to

SECURITY

AGREEMENT

FORM OF ADDITIONAL DEBTOR JOINDER

Security Agreement dated as of December 23, 2008 made by

FLO CORPORATION

and its subsidiaries party thereto from time to time, as Debtors

to and in favor of

the Secured Parties identified therein (the “Security Agreement”)

Reference is made to the Security Agreement as defined above; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement.

The undersigned hereby agrees that upon delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder to the Secured Parties referred to above, the undersigned shall (a) be an Additional Debtor under the Security Agreement, (b) have all the rights and obligations of the Debtors under the Security Agreement as fully and to the same extent as if the undersigned was an original signatory thereto and (c) be deemed to have made the representations and warranties set forth therein as of the date of execution and delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE UNDERSIGNED SPECIFICALLY GRANTS TO THE SECURED PARTIES A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE COLLATERAL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL PROVISIONS SET FORTH THEREIN.

Attached hereto are supplemental and/or replacement Schedules to the Security Agreement, as applicable.

An executed copy of this Joinder shall be delivered to the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may rely on the matters set forth herein on or after the date hereof. This Joinder shall not be modified, amended or terminated without the prior written consent of the Secured Parties.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned.

 

[Name of Additional Debtor]
By:  
Name:  
Title:  
Address:  

Dated:


ANNEX B

to

SECURITY

AGREEMENT

THE AGENT

1. Appointment. The Secured Parties (all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings provided in the Security Agreement to which this Annex B is attached (the “Agreement”)), by their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate Midsummer Ventures, LP. (“Midsummer” or “Agent”) as the Agent to act as specified herein and in the Agreement. Each Secured Party shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Agreement and any other Transaction Document (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees.

2. Nature of Duties. The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Agreement. Neither the Agent nor any of its partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it as such under the Agreement or hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any oversight or error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused solely by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction. The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have by reason of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Debtor or any Secured Party; and nothing in the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except as expressly set forth herein and therein.

3. Lack of Reliance on the Agent. Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each Secured Party, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured Party’s investment in the Debtors, the creation and continuance of the Obligations, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the taking or not taking of any action in connection therewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and its subsidiaries, and of the value of the Collateral from time to time, and the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Secured Party with any credit, market or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred or


at any time or times thereafter. The Agent shall not be responsible to the Debtors or any Secured Party for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith, or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectibility, priority or sufficiency of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or for the financial condition of the Debtors or the value of any of the Collateral, or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the financial condition of the Debtors, or the value of any of the Collateral, or the existence or possible existence of any default or Event of Default under the Agreement, the Debentures or any of the other Transaction Documents.

4. Certain Rights of the Agent. The Agent shall have the right to take any action with respect to the Collateral, on behalf of all of the Secured Parties. To the extent practical, the Agent shall request instructions from the Secured Parties with respect to any material act or action (including failure to act) in connection with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and shall be entitled to act or refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of a Majority in Interest; if such instructions are not provided despite the Agent’s request therefor, the Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action, and if such action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate indemnification from the Secured Parties in respect of actions to be taken by the Agent; and the Agent shall not incur liability to any person or entity by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and the Debtors shall have no right to question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions given to, the Agent pursuant to the foregoing and (b) the Agent shall not be required to take any action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be expected to expose it to personal liability or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or applicable law.

5. Reliance. The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone message signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it and upon all other matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of other experts selected by it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Secured Party to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Debtors or is cared for, protected or insured or that the liens granted pursuant to the Agreement have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority.


6. Indemnification. To the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Debtors, the Secured Parties will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Agent, in proportion to their initially purchased respective principal amounts of Debentures, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in performing its duties hereunder or under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or in any way relating to or arising out of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except for those determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the Agent’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Prior to taking any action hereunder as Agent, the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient sums as it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and expenses associated with taking such action.

7. Resignation by the Agent.

(a) The Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice (as provided in the Agreement) to the Debtors and the Secured Parties. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.

(b) Upon any such notice of resignation, the Secured Parties, acting by a Majority in Interest, shall appoint a successor Agent hereunder.

(c) If a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30-day period, the Agent shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Agent until such time, if any, as the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent as provided above. If a successor Agent has not been appointed within such 30-day period, the Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction or may interplead the Debtors and the Secured Parties in a proceeding for the appointment of a successor Agent, and all fees, including, but not limited to, extraordinary fees associated with the filing of interpleader and expenses associated therewith, shall be payable by the Debtors on demand.

8. Rights with respect to Collateral. Each Secured Party agrees with all other Secured Parties and the Agent (i) that it shall not, and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to its security interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant to any other agreement or otherwise (other than pursuant to this Agreement), or take or institute any action against the Agent or any of the other Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral or its rights hereunder (other than any such action arising from the breach of this Agreement) and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights with respect to the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights,


powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of the Agreement including this Annex B shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent.

Exhibit 10.3

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT

[Dated]

[names of Purchasers]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned lenders (each a “Creditor”, and collectively referred to as “Creditors”) are creditors of FLO Corporation (the “Company” or the “Borrower”)), and desire that [names of Participating 12% Note Holders] (each, a “Senior Lender” and collectively, the “Senior Lenders”) extend and continue to extend such financial accommodations to the Borrowers as Borrowers may request and as the Senior Lenders may deem proper, and continue to extend such financial accommodations to the Borrowers as Borrowers. Defined terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 23, 2008 among the Company and the Senior Lenders (the “Purchase Agreement”). For the purpose of inducing Senior Lenders to make the loan contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and to continue or renew such financial accommodations, and in consideration thereof, Creditors agree as follows:

1. Any and all claims of Creditors against any Borrower, now or hereafter existing, are, and shall be at all times, subject and subordinate to any and all claims, now or hereafter existing which any Senior Lender may have against any Borrower (including any claim by the Senior Lenders for interest accruing after any assignment for the benefit of creditors by any Borrower or the institution by or against any Borrower of any proceedings under any “Bankruptcy Law” (as defined below), or any claim by the Senior Lenders for any such interest which would have accrued in the absence of such assignment or the institution of such proceedings) (such claims of the Senior Lenders, the “Senior Claims”). As used herein, “Bankruptcy Law” means any of the following: (x) Title 11, U.S. Code or (y) any similar Federal, foreign, provincial or state law for the relief of debtors.

2. Each Creditor agrees not to commence or threaten to commence any action or proceeding, sue upon, or to collect, or to receive payment of the principal or interest of any claim or claims now or hereafter existing which such Creditor may hold against any Borrower, and not to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or encumber such claim or claims except subject expressly to this Agreement, and not to enforce or apply any security now or hereafter existing therefor, nor to file or join in any petition to commence any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, nor to take any lien or security on any of Borrower’s property, real or personal, until 91 days following the date all claims of the Senior Lenders against any Borrower have been indefeasibly paid in full.

3. In case of any assignment for the benefit of creditors by any Borrower or in case any proceedings under any Bankruptcy Law are instituted by or against any Borrower, or in case of the appointment of any receiver for any Borrower’s business or assets, or in case of any dissolution or winding up of the affairs of any Borrower: (a) Each Borrower and any assignee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession or other person or persons in charge are

 

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hereby directed to pay to Senior Lenders the full amount of Senior Lenders claims against any Borrower (including interest to the date of payment) before making any payment of principal or interest to Creditors, and insofar as may be necessary for that purpose, each Creditor hereby assigns and transfers to the Senior Lenders all security or the proceeds thereof, and all rights to any payments, dividends or other distributions, and (b) each Creditor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints each Senior Lender its true and lawful attorney to act in its name and stead: (i) to file the appropriate claim or claims on behalf of such Creditor if such Creditor does not do so prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file claims in such proceeding and if any Senior Lender elects at its sole discretion to file such claim or claims and (ii) to accept or reject any plan of reorganization or arrangement on behalf of Creditors, and to otherwise vote Creditors’ claim in respect of any indebtedness now or hereafter owing from any Borrower to Creditors in any manner the Senior Lenders deem appropriate for their respective own benefit and protection.

4. Each Senior Lender is hereby authorized by Creditors to: (a) renew, compromise, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the time of payment, or any other terms, of any existing or future claim of such Senior Lender against any Borrower, (b) increase or decrease the rate of interest payable thereon or any part thereof, (c) exchange, enforce, waive or release any security therefor, (d) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof in such manner as such Senior Lender may at its discretion determine, (e) release any Borrower or any guarantor of any indebtedness of a Borrower from liability, and (f) make optional future advances to any Borrower, all without notice to Creditors and without affecting the subordination provided by this Agreement.

5. On request of any Senior Lender, a Creditor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) the original of any preferred stock, promissory note or other evidence of any existing or future indebtedness of any Borrower to such Creditor, and mark same with a conspicuous legend which reads substantially as follows:

“THIS PROMISSORY NOTE IS SUBORDINATED TO ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE INDEBTEDNESS OWING FROM THE MAKER TO [NAMES OF SENIOR LENDERS] AND ITS ASSIGNS, AND MAY BE ENFORCED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT DATED December 23, 2008 WITH [NAMES OF SENIOR LENDERS]”

6. In the event that any payment or any cash or noncash distribution is made to any Creditor in violation of the terms of this Agreement, such Creditor shall receive same in trust for the benefit of the Senior Lenders, and shall forthwith remit it to the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in the form in which it was received, together with such endorsements or documents as may be necessary to effectively negotiate or transfer same to the Senior Lenders.

 

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7. Until all such claims of Senior Lenders against the Borrowers, now or hereafter existing, shall be paid in full, no gift or loan shall be made by any Borrower to any Creditor.

8. For violation of this Agreement, each Creditor shall be liable for all loss and damage sustained by reason of such breach, and upon any such violation each Senior Lender may, at its option, accelerate the maturity of any of its existing or future claims against any Borrower.

9. This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, successors and assigns of Creditors, the Borrowers and the Senior Lenders. This Agreement and any existing or future claim of a Senior Lender against a Borrower may be assigned by such Senior Lender, in whole or in part, without notice to Creditors or such Borrower.

10. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

11. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

12. This agreement may be executed in 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.

13. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby and thereby and supersede all previous written, oral or implied understandings among them with respect to such matters.

14. The invalidity of any portion hereof shall not affect the validity, force or effect of the remaining portions hereof. If it is ever held that any restriction hereunder is too broad to permit enforcement of such restriction to its fullest extent, such restriction shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law.

15. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that this agreement has been prepared jointly by the parties hereto, and shall not be strictly construed against either party.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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

 

 

Name of Creditor
By:  

 

Name and Title:  

 

Address for Notice:  

 

 

 

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Acceptance of Subordination Agreement by Borrower

The undersigned being the Borrower named in the foregoing Subordination Agreement, hereby accepts and consents thereto and agrees to be bound by all the provisions thereof and to recognize all priorities and other rights granted thereby to [names of Senior Lenders], their respective successors and assigns, and to perform in accordance therewith. Further, the undersigned shall cause all direct and indirect subsidiaries hereafter formed or acquired to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

 

Dated:                                  ,                   
      FLO CORPORATION
      By:  

 

      Name:  

 

      Title:  

 

      [NAMES OF SUBS]
      By:  

 

      Name:  

 

      Title:  

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

FLO CORPORATION

RISK FACTORS

DECEMBER 23, 2008

You should consider each of the following factors as well as the other information in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008, and June 30, 2008, and in other reports and documents we file with the SEC in evaluating our business and our prospects. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business and financial results could be harmed and we may be required to reduce the scope of, or cease, our operations. You should also refer to the other information set forth in the periodic and current reports we file with the SEC, including our financial statements and the related notes.

We may not obtain necessary additional financing for our operations.

We believe that our currently available funds, including the proceeds from the first closing of the issuance of our Series A and Series B debentures, will only be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs through January 31, 2009. We need to raise additional funds through a combination of the issuance of equity or debt securities, revenues from operations or other sources of financing in the near future. Under the terms of the debenture purchase agreement, we may issue Series A and Series B debentures in up to two additional closings. The optional second closing may be for an aggregate subscription amount of up to $5,429,730, up to $450,000 of which shall be for cash consideration, and the final closing may be for an aggregate subscription amount of up to $5,429,730, less the aggregate subscription amount of any optional second closing. The final closing is required to take place on or before March 23, 2009. However, the purchasers’ obligation to complete the additional closings are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth in the debenture purchase agreement, including the condition that we receive at least one executed letter of intent with respect to the sale of certain of our assets on or prior to the final closing.

We do not have a credit line or other borrowing facility to fund our operations. Other than the potential to receive up to an additional $450,000 in proceeds through the issuance of additional Series A and Series B debentures, we do not currently have any arrangements in place for future financings and may not be able to secure sufficient financing on favorable terms, or at all. Our failure to raise sufficient funds to support our operations would harm our financial condition and future prospects and could cause us to reduce the scope of or discontinue our operations. In addition, any future equity or convertible debt financing will likely cause immediate and substantial dilution to new and existing stockholders.


Our auditors have expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Since our inception through June 30, 2008, we have accumulated net losses of approximately $24.2 million and have continued to accumulate net losses since June 30, 2008. During the period when we operated as a division and wholly-owned subsidiary of Saflink, our operations were financed through contributed capital from Saflink. During the six months ended June 30, 2008, we financed our operations primarily from the issuance of our 12% senior convertible notes and prior to that cash and cash equivalents and working capital as of December 31, 2007, which resulted from proceeds of the issuance of debt and equity securities during 2007. In the quarter ended June 30, 2008, our average monthly negative cash flow from operating and investing activities was approximately $300,000, and we anticipate that such negative cash flows may increase materially as we work to expand our smart card technology and solutions into markets other than the Registered Traveler market, including travel and non-travel markets such as venues and events where access for participants can be expedited. Due to our recurring losses from operations and net capital deficiency, our auditors have found that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

If we do not pay our obligations under the Series A and Series B debentures by March 31, 2009, the holders could foreclose their security interest and liquidate all of our assets.

On December 23, 2008, we issued Series A and Series B 15% original issue discount senior secured debentures, due on the earlier of March 31, 2009, or the date of our sale of any of our assets. We issued the Series A debentures for cash consideration in an aggregate amount of approximately $152,280 in principal. We issued the Series B debentures in exchange for 25% of the principal and accrued but unpaid interest payable under certain of our outstanding 12% Senior Convertible Promissory Notes, for an aggregate amount of approximately $1,952,835. Each Series B debenture has a principal amount equal to 25% of the outstanding principal plus accrued but unpaid interest on the exchange of the 12% Senior Convertible Promissory Note, multiplied by 1.1765. Interest on the Series A and Series B debentures accrues at a rate of 15% per annum and is payable in cash on the maturity date. Our obligations under the Series A and Series B debentures are secured by all of our assets. We will need to seek additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities or other sources of financing to pay our obligations under the Series A and Series B debentures when they become due and payable. Because our obligations under the debentures are secured by all of our assets, if we default under the terms of the debentures the holders may be able to foreclose their security interest and liquidate all of our assets. This would cause our operations to cease.

The Registered Traveler program may not be accepted by consumers and businesses as a viable retail offering.

In July 2008, the TSA announced that Registered Traveler programs are no longer limited to the initial 20 airports in which the program previously operated and that, while the TSA would continue to set security standards for the Registered Traveler program and to oversee airlines and airports to ensure compliance with those standards, the TSA would no longer set other standards for registered traveler applicants or conduct security threat assessments of them. In addition,

 

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beginning in July 2009, service providers will no longer be required to accept all valid Registered Traveler cards at all locations, but only to verify and recognize revocation of each other’s cards. The TSA will no longer require service providers to guarantee interoperability, and the private sector must determine how to address the acceptance of Registered Traveler cards, including the possibility of transfer fees. In light of these and other developments related to the travel industry, the general economic downturn and other expedited security lane programs, the Registered Traveler program may not be accepted by consumers and businesses as a viable retail offering. Because we have targeted the Registered Traveler program to grow our business, a failure by consumers or businesses to accept the Registered Traveler program will severely harm our business.

We may not successfully expand our smart card technology and solutions into new markets.

We are working to expand our smart card technology and solutions into other markets to provide preferred access for members, including travel and non-travel markets such as venues and events where access for participants can be expedited. For example, we recently announced agreements with the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens football teams under which we agreed to provide access to faster entrance to the teams’ respective stadiums through specially marked and dedicated stadium gates. We do not have experience providing our solutions in these markets, and we do not know how its particular risks may affect our operations or financial results over time. Entering into a new market may involve numerous risks, including, among others, difficulties in effectively marketing to purchasers, difficulties in identifying and implementing optimal operational practices, difficulties in negotiating contracts specific to the new market, diversion of management’s time and attention from other business concerns and unanticipated costs. In addition, as we pursue this expansion, we anticipate that our historically negative cash flows may increase materially. We may not achieve the expected benefits of entering into this new market in the near term, or at all. Our failure to successfully expand into these markets could harm our business and future prospects. Even if we are successful in entering into contracts to offer our solution in these markets, the costs we incur in doing so could significantly harm our business, financial condition and future prospects.

Our business may never generate sufficient revenue to cover our operating expenses.

We have expected our principal source of revenue to consist of a portion of the annual fees individual travelers enrolling with us will pay to participate in the Registered Traveler program. However, the revenues generated from our Registered Traveler business to date have not been material, and, consequently, we have incurred net losses and negative cash flows since inception. We may never be able to generate adequate revenues from our Registered Traveler business or other business in travel or non-travel markets such as venues and events where access for participants can be expedited to cover our operating expenses or achieve profitability. If we are not able to generate significant revenues from our smart card technology and solutions, or if we incur substantial additional expenses related to our business before we earn associated revenues, we may not have adequate resources to continue to operate.

 

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Declines or disruptions in the travel industry, including those caused by general economic downturns, may negatively impact our revenues and seriously harm our business.

Our revenues may increase or decrease with the level of travel activity. Travel-related accidents, bad weather and increased fuel prices, which make travel more expensive or more difficult, may reduce demand for travel services. Negative economic conditions may also decrease demand for travel services. A decrease in demand for travel services could impact our revenues and adversely affect our results of operations. If such a decrease continued for a long period of time, our financial condition could be significantly harmed.

We may not be able to establish and maintain strategic relationships with travel services, technology, and other companies, or our current relationships with these companies may weaken.

Our business will depend on our ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships with credentialing, security, access control, travel services, political lobbying, and corporate and consumer marketing companies. Many of our strategic relationships currently consist of non-binding letters of understanding that contemplate future agreements that would contain specific obligations of the respective parties and would set forth the financial terms of the relationships. We may not be able to establish such future agreements on terms that are satisfactory to us or at all, and any arrangements that we enter into may not result in the type of collaborative relationship with the third party that we are seeking. Further, these third parties may not regard their relationship with us as important to their own business operations and may not perform their obligations as agreed. If we are unable to establish and maintain satisfactory strategic relationships, our ability to implement a smart card technology solution may be significantly impaired and our financial condition adversely effected.

We may not be able to compete successfully with other expedited security lane programs.

We may face competition from airlines that offer expedited security lanes for first-class fliers, for elite fliers who travel a minimum number of miles annually, or under other incentive programs. For instance, Northwest Airlines offers express security checkpoint services to its elite WorldPerks members at 20 airports. Several other airlines have offered similar programs to their elite fliers. While the Registered Traveler program is intended to identify passengers who pose a minimal security risk and then to provide those passengers with access to faster and simpler processing at airport security checkpoints, many travelers may not perceive a significant benefit to becoming a registered traveler if airlines can expedite them through security lanes quickly. In addition, while we believe the target market for our solution is a broader group of business travelers, airlines may appeal to such travelers by offering expedited security lanes to a broad group of executive-class, business-class, or certain economy-class fliers. Similarly, the TSA has recently instituted self-select lanes, also known as “black diamond lanes,” at numerous airports in an effort to help speed travelers through security lanes. Self-select lanes are comprised of a series of lanes designated by signage that directs passengers based on their travel needs and knowledge, including lanes for families or beginning travelers who may require additional attention, casual travelers, and expert travelers who know TSA rules and arrive a checkpoints ready to go through them efficiently. Participation in self-select lanes is voluntary and free of

 

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charge to the traveler, and the TSA has reported that expert lanes have seen an average of 21% increase in throughput (with some as high as 40%). If the Registered Traveler program is unable to distinguish itself from the expedited security lanes that airlines may provide or the TSA’s self-select lanes, our business, results of operation and financial condition could be materially impacted.

We cannot provide meaningful historical information that you can use to evaluate our business and potential for future success.

We are a newly-organized entity that, until January 2008, was a subsidiary of Saflink Corporation, or Saflink (now known as IdentiPHI, Inc.). FLO Corporation itself has a very limited operating history that commenced in March 2007, and there is very limited financial information that can be used reliably to evaluate our business and prospects. Although our senior management founded, developed and oversaw the Registered Traveler business of Saflink that we acquired, that business has a limited operating history and there is no meaningful historical operating or financial information about us or that business that you can use to evaluate our business and prospects. You must consider the risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by new or early-stage businesses in rapidly evolving markets. We have incurred and will likely continue to incur significant operating losses and generate negative cash flow from operating activities. We may be unable ever to generate an overall profit or to reach profitability on a sustained basis.

We may not be able to compete successfully in the Registered Traveler market against current and potential competitors.

We face intense competition in both the Registered Traveler and travel services markets. Our primary competitors include Verified Identity Pass, Inc. and Vigilant Solutions. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition and substantially greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we have. For instance, Verified Identity Pass currently operates its Registered Traveler program at multiple U.S. airports. Although we recently completed our acquisition of Unisys’s rtGO Registered Traveler business, we are continuing to roll out our rtGO solution following the Unisys transaction and we may not be able to compete effectively with these competitors. In addition, as the market evolves there may be smaller competitors that can respond more rapidly to changes in the market. For instance, in July 2008, the TSA announced that Registered Traveler programs are no longer limited to the initial 20 airports in which the program previously operated, that the TSA will no longer set standards for registered traveler applicants or conduct security threat assessments of them, and that in July 2009 service providers will no longer be required to guarantee interoperability of Registered Traveler cards, which may remove barriers to entry for competitors. Our competitors may also be able to adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies and standards or changes in customer requirements or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products. Furthermore, we may face competition from airlines that offer expedited security lanes for first-class fliers, for elite fliers who travel a minimum number of miles annually, or under other incentive programs. If we are unable to compete successfully with existing and potential competitors in the Registered Traveler market, our ability to implement our Registered Traveler solution and our business will suffer.

 

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We may be unable to keep up with rapid technological change in the biometric technology and smart card markets.

Our future success will depend upon our ability to keep pace with the developing biometric technology and smart card market and to integrate new technology into our smart card solution and introduce new products and product enhancements to address the changing needs of the marketplace. Various technical problems and resource constraints may impede the development, production, distribution and marketing of our smart card products and services. More advanced or alternate technology employed by competitors and unavailable to us could give our competitors a significant advantage. It is possible that products and services developed by our competitors will significantly limit the potential market for our smart card products and services or render our products and services obsolete.

Government regulation and legal uncertainties associated with the Registered Traveler program could hurt our business and future prospects.

The Registered Traveler program is currently supported and overseen by the TSA. The TSA has stated that Registered Traveler solutions will only need to be interoperable among participating airports and air carriers until July 2009, after which service providers will only be required to verify and recognize revocation of each other’s cards and may impose transfer fees on the cards of competitors. Numerous U.S. airports are participating in the Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium, or RTIC, which is working to establish common technical and business processes required for a national Registered Traveler program. However, not all such processes have been established yet, including whether any transfer fees may be charged or the amount of such fees, resulting in uncertainty regarding the implementation of interoperability usage. Any technical or business processes or practices established by RTIC may impose additional burdens on us. In addition, although private industry has been tasked with the responsibility of crafting specifications and guidelines for this program, it is possible that a number of laws and regulations may be adopted with respect to Registered Traveler, covering issues such as user privacy, pricing, and characteristics and quality of products and services. Furthermore, the growth and development of the market for Registered Traveler may prompt calls for more stringent consumer protection laws that may impose additional burdens on those companies conducting business in this space. Any such new legislation or regulation, or the application of laws or regulations from jurisdictions whose laws do not currently apply to our business, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may be unsuccessful in protecting, or incur significant costs in defending, our intellectual property and other proprietary rights.

Our success depends, in large part, on our ability to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights. We rely primarily on trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition laws, as well as license agreements and other contractual provisions, to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights. However, our technology is not patented, we do not currently intend to seek patents for any of our technology and in the future we may be unable or may not seek to obtain patent protection for our technology. Moreover, existing U.S. legal

 

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standards relating to the validity, enforceability and scope of protection of intellectual property rights offer only limited protection, may not provide us with any competitive advantages and may be challenged by third parties. Accordingly, despite our efforts, we may be unable to prevent third parties from infringing upon or misappropriating our intellectual property or otherwise gaining access to our technology. Unauthorized third parties may try to copy or reverse engineer our products or portions of our products or otherwise obtain and use our intellectual property. Moreover, many of our employees have access to our trade secrets and other intellectual property. Although we have entered into non-disclosure and non-competition agreements with all of our employees, if one or more of these employees leave us to work for one of our competitors, then they might disseminate this proprietary information, which may as a result damage our competitive position. If we fail to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights, then our business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially harmed.

The failure of our network infrastructure could result in unanticipated expenses and prevent users from effectively utilizing our services.

Our success will depend upon the capacity, reliability and security of our network infrastructure. We must continue to expand and adapt our network infrastructure as the number of users and the amount of information at risk increases, and to meet changing customer requirements. The expansion and adaptation of our network infrastructure will require substantial financial, operational and management resources. We may be unable to expand or adapt our infrastructure to meet additional demand or our customers’ changing requirements on a timely basis, at a commercially reasonable cost, or at all. If we fail to expand our network infrastructure on a timely basis or adapt it either to changing customer requirements or to evolving industry standards, our business could be significantly impacted.

In addition, our operations depend on our ability to protect our network infrastructure against damage from fire, earthquakes, floods, mudslides, power loss, telecommunications failures and similar events. Despite our precautions, the occurrence of a natural disaster or other unanticipated problem at our network operations center or co-location centers (sites at which we will locate routers, switches and other computer equipment which make up the backbone of our network infrastructure) could cause interruptions in our services. The failure of our telecommunications providers to provide our required data communications capacity as a result of a natural disaster, of operational disruption or for any other reason could also cause interruptions in our services. Any damage or failure that causes interruptions in our operations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Any compromises of the security measures we use to protect the highly sensitive biometric and other information we collect could be catastrophic to our business.

In addition to financial and biographic information, we will collect highly sensitive biometric information, such as fingerprints and iris scans, from participating travelers. We will rely on encryption and authentication technology to provide secure transmission of confidential information, but these security measures may be compromised or the confidential information

 

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may be stolen or unintentionally disclosed by us or other parties. The failure to prevent theft or unintended disclosures of confidential information or compromises of our security may disrupt our business, damage our reputation and expose us to regulatory action or private litigation and liability. A party that is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate sensitive or proprietary information or materials, interrupt our systems, or otherwise damage our reputation or the property of our customers. If unauthorized parties obtain sensitive data and information, or create bugs or viruses or otherwise sabotage the functionality of our systems or products, we may receive negative publicity, incur liability to our customers or suffer termination of client contracts. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect ourselves against the threat of security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by these breaches. Protective or remedial measures may not be available at a reasonable price or at all, or may not be entirely effective if commenced. We expect to obtain errors and omissions and professional liability insurance in part to address these risks, but we have not yet obtained such coverage and it may be insufficient to cover losses and liabilities that may result from theft or unintended disclosures of confidential information or security breaches. If any such theft or unintended disclosure of confidential information or compromise of our security were to occur, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are dependent on a small number of individuals.

Much of our future success depends on the continued service and availability of our senior management and other members of our executive team. These individuals have acquired specialized knowledge and skills with regards to the Registered Traveler industry. The loss of any of these individuals could severely harm our business. Our business is also highly dependent on our ability to retain, hire and motivate talented, highly skilled personnel. Experienced personnel in the Registered Traveler industry are in high demand and competition for their talents is intense. If we are unable to successfully attract, retain and motivate key personnel, our business may be severely harmed.

The interests of our significant stockholders may be different than your interests.

SXJE LLC owns approximately 20.91% of our outstanding voting securities. Entities affiliated with Enable Capital, LLC together own approximately 14.28% of our outstanding voting securities. Lyrical Opportunity Partners II LP and its affiliate Lyrical Opportunity Partners II Ltd. together own approximately 13.38% of our outstanding voting securities. In addition, any of Midsummer Ventures, LP, Vicis Capital Master Fund, Forum Partners, International RAM Associates, LLC, Melleos Onshore Fund LLC and entities affiliated with Soundpost Partners, LP could acquire significant holdings of our voting securities through the exercise of warrants held by them or the conversion of senior convertible notes or shares of Series B preferred stock held by them. The interests of these stockholders may be different than your interests.

 

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Our stock price may be volatile, and you may not be able to resell shares of our common stock at or above the price you paid.

There could be significant volatility in the volume and market price of our common stock, and this volatility may continue in the future. Our common stock is quoted on the OTCBB and there is a greater chance for market volatility for securities that trade on the OTCBB as opposed to a national exchange or quotation system. This volatility may be caused by a variety of factors, including the lack of readily available quotations, the absence of consistent administrative supervision of “bid” and “ask” quotations and generally lower trading volume. In addition, the trading prices of our common stock could be subject to significant fluctuations in response to, among other factors, variations in operating results, developments in the industries in which we do business, general economic conditions, changes in securities analysts’ recommendations regarding our securities and our performance relative to securities analysts’ expectation for any quarterly period. Such volatility may adversely affect the market price of the common stock.

A significant number of shares of our common stock are or will be eligible for sale in the open market, which could reduce the market price for our common stock and make it difficult for us to raise capital.

As of December 23, 2008, 2,784,649 shares of our common stock were outstanding, and approximately 1,793,118 of such shares were freely tradable. In addition, there were a total of 19,884,647 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of outstanding shares of preferred stock, 9,370,640 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of outstanding convertible notes and 25,668,756 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of additional outstanding warrants. The issuance of a large number of additional shares of our common stock upon the conversion of outstanding shares of preferred stock, the exercise of outstanding warrants, or the conversion of outstanding notes would cause substantial dilution to existing stockholders and could decrease the market price of our common stock due to the sale of a large number of shares of common stock in the market, or the perception that these sales could occur. These sales, or the perception of possible sales, could also impair our ability to raise capital in the future.

Because our common stock is considered a “penny stock,” a stockholder may have difficulty selling shares in the secondary trading market.

Our common stock is subject to certain rules and regulations relating to “penny stock” (generally defined as any equity security that has a price less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions). Broker-dealers who sell penny stocks are subject to certain “sales practice requirements” for sales in certain nonexempt transactions (i.e., sales to persons other than established customers and institutional “accredited investors”), including requiring delivery of a risk disclosure document relating to the penny stock market and monthly statements disclosing recent price information for the penny stocks held in the account, and certain other restrictions. For as long as our common stock is subject to the rules on penny stocks, the market liquidity for such securities could be significantly limited. This lack of liquidity may also make it more difficult for us to raise capital in the future through sales of equity in the public or private markets.

 

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