UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): June 30, 2022

 

CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

  

Delaware

 

File No. 001-41354

 

90-0471969

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

125 Park Avenue, 25th Floor

New York, NY

 

 

10017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 921-2100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

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

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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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of Exchange on which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001

 

CRGE

 

Nasdaq Global Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 30, 2022, Charge Enterprises, Inc. (sometimes referred to herein as “we,” “us,” “our” or similar terms) entered into and closed an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with funds affiliated with Arena Investors LP (the “Arena Investors”) pursuant to which we issued 1,177,023 shares of our newly-designated Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series D Preferred Stock”). The Series D Preferred Stock was issued in exchange for the Arena Investors’ $3,000,000 principal amount convertible notes issued on May 8, 2020, $3,888,889 principal amount convertible notes issued on November 3, 2020, and $5,610,000 principal amount convertible notes issued on May 19, 2021.

 

The Series D Preferred Stock and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Securities”) issued pursuant to the Exchange Agreement are issued in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Arena Investors represented that each is an accredited investor and that each is acquiring the Securities for investment purposes and not with a view to any distribution of the Securities in violation of the United States federal securities laws. Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K, nor any Exhibit attached hereto, is an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein.

 

Background

 

On May 8, 2020, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain of the Arena Investors pursuant to which we issued convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “May 2020 Notes”), in addition to other securities. The May 2020 Notes, with a maturity date of May 8, 2023, were original issue discount notes and accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum. The May 2020 Notes were convertible at any time, at the holder’s option into shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) at a conversion price of $0.25 per share. Immediately prior to the closing of the Exchange Agreement, the May 2020 Notes were convertible into 12,000,000 shares of our Common Stock.

 

On November 3, 2020, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain of the Arena Investors pursuant to which we issued convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount of $3,888,889 (the “November 2020 Notes”), in addition to other securities. The November 2020 Notes, with a maturity date of November 3, 2024, were original issue discount notes and accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum. The November 2020 Notes were convertible at any time, at the holder’s option into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.25 per share. Immediately prior to the closing of the Exchange Agreement, the November 2020 Notes were convertible into 15,555,556 shares of our Common Stock.

 

On May 19, 2021, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain of the Arena Investors pursuant to which we issued convertible notes in an aggregate principal amount of $5,610,000 (the “May 2021 Notes”), in addition to other securities. The May 2021 Notes, with a maturity date of May 19, 2024, were original issue discount notes and accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum. The May 2021 Notes were convertible at any time, at the holder’s option into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $3.00 per share. Immediately prior to the closing of the Exchange Agreement, the May 2021 Notes were convertible into 1,870,000 shares of our Common Stock.

 

 
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Reference to Transaction Documents

 

The following descriptions of the Exchange Agreement, the Certificate of Designation (as defined herein), the form of Registration Rights Agreement - Series D Preferred Stock (as defined herein), the form of Registration Rights Agreement - New Preferred Stock (as defined herein), and the Amendment, Consent and Waiver (as defined herein), and the transactions contemplated thereby, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Exchange Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the Registration Rights Agreement - Series D Preferred Stock, the Registration Rights Agreement - New Preferred Stock, and the Amendment, Consent and Waiver (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”), copies of which are filed as Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Transaction Documents were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Transaction Documents, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Transaction Documents are incorporated herein by reference only to provide information regarding the terms of the Transaction Documents, and not to provide any other factual information regarding us or our business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in our periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

The Exchange Agreement

 

On June 30, 2022, we consummated the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement to exchange the May 2020 Notes, the November 2020 Notes and the May 2021 Notes for 1,177,023 shares of our newly-designated Series D Preferred Stock. The representations, warranties and covenants in the Exchange Agreement are typical for transactions similar to those contemplated by the Exchange Agreement.

 

At the closing of the Exchange Agreement, none of the May 2020 Notes, the November 2020 Notes and the May 2021 Notes had been converted into our Common Stock. In addition, at the closing of the Exchange Agreement, all accrued and unpaid interest was paid to the holders of the May 2020 Notes, November 2020 Notes and May 2021 Notes.

 

The transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement were structured such that the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock is the same as the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of the May 2020 Notes, the November 2020 Notes and the May 2021 Notes. The aggregate number of shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the May 2020 Notes, the November 2020 Notes and the May 2021 Notes immediately prior to the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement was 29,425,556 shares. The aggregate number of shares of our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock immediately after the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement is 29,425,556 shares.

 

Certificate of Designation

 

A Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations (the “Certificate of Designation”), designating 1,177,023 shares of our Series D Preferred Stock setting forth the terms of the Series D Preferred Stock created thereby, were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 30, 2022. There has been no increase in the authorized shares of our capital stock effected by the Certificate of Designation.

 

The following is a summary of the material terms of the Certificate of Designation and the Series D Preferred Stock:

 

 
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Liquidation Preference

 

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs, holders of the Series D Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive a liquidation distribution (the “Liquidation Preference”), per share equal to $10.6191 per share (the “Stated Value”), plus all accrued but unpaid dividends. The Liquidation Preference is senior in liquidation rights to the holders of our Common Stock.

 

Dividends

 

Holders of our Series D Preferred Stock will receive a quarterly dividend at a fixed annual rate of 2.25% of the Liquidation Preference, or $0.23893 per share of Series D Preferred Stock per year, payable, at our option, in cash or in shares of our Common Stock valued at the conversion price (as described herein).

 

Voting

 

Except as otherwise provided in our Certificate of Incorporation, the Certificate of Designation or as otherwise required by law, holders of the Series D Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, however, we shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of 66 2/3% of the then outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock:

 

 

·

alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series D Preferred Stock or alter or amend the Certificate of Designation,

 

·

amend our Certificate of Incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that materially adversely affects any rights of any holder of Series D Preferred Stock,

 

·

increase the number of authorized shares of Series D Preferred Stock, or

 

·

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

 

Conversion

 

Each share of Series D Preferred Stock is convertible, at any time, at the option of the holder, into such number of shares of our Common Stock equal to the Stated Value divided by the conversion price of $0.4248 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designation. The Certificate of Designation includes remedies for our failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon conversion by a holder typical for preferred stock issued in transactions similar to that contemplated by the Exchange Agreement.

 

Each holder is prohibited from converting the Series D Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock if, as a result of such conversion, the holder, together with its affiliates, would own more than 9.99% of the total number of shares of our Common Stock then issued and outstanding, (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). Any holder may reset the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to a higher or lower number, but never in excess of 19.99%, upon providing written notice to us. Such notice will be effective 61 days after delivery to us.

 

Registration Rights Agreement - Series D Preferred Stock

 

On June 30, 2022, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the Arena Investors in connection with the issuance of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Registration Rights Agreement - Series D Preferred Stock”) requiring us to file no later than September 28, 2022, and cause to be declared effective by the SEC as promptly as possible thereafter, but not less than six months later, a resale Securities Act registration statement for the offer and resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Conversion Shares”). If we fail to have it filed by such date, or if we fail to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement until all of such Conversion Shares have been sold or are otherwise able to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, then we will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to the holders of such securities of $75,000, in addition to any other rights such holders may have, upon the occurrence of any such event and on each monthly anniversary thereafter until the event is cured. The Registration Rights Agreement - Series D Preferred Stock also contains mutual indemnifications by us and the holders of registrable securities thereunder, which we believe are customary for transactions of this type.

 

 
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Amendment, Consent and Waiver

 

We also entered into that certain Amendment, Consent and Waiver dated June 30, 2022 (the “Amendment, Consent and Waiver”) with the Arena Investors, which provides for the following:

 

Amend Arena Warrants

 

In connection with (i) the issuance of the May 2020 Notes, (ii) the issuance of the May 2021 Notes and (iii) the issuance of certain senior secured non-convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $14,814,814.67, we issued certain Arena Investors (A) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,600,000 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.50 per share (the “May 2020 Warrants”), (B) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,870,000 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “May 2021 Warrants”), and (C) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,370,370 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “December 2021 Warrants” and together with the May 2020 Warrants and the May 2021 Warrants, the “Arena Warrants”), respectively.

 

We agreed to allow each holder of any of the Arena Warrants the option to require us to issue to such holder, upon exercise, in lieu of issuing Common Stock, such number of shares of a to-be-issued class of our preferred stock, which shall be convertible into the same number of shares of Common Stock as would have been issued upon exercise of such Arena Warrants. The preferred stock will be of like tenor as our Series D Preferred Stock, except such newly issued preferred stock shall not pay any dividends (the “New Preferred Stock”).

 

Amend May 2020 Warrants

 

We granted the holders of the May 2020 Warrants the right to net cashless exercise as described in the Amendment, Consent and Waiver. As a result, with respect to any holder who utilizes such net cashless exercise, we will receive no cash proceeds upon such net cashless exercise.

 

Waiver

 

The Arena Investors consented, among other matters in the Amendment, Consent and Waiver, to the following:

 

 

·

the waiver under any restrictive covenant included in the May 2020 Notes, the November 2020 Notes or May 2021 Notes and the consent under certain registration rights agreements to include the securities issued in our April 2022 private placement in the resale Securities Act registration statement for the offer and resale of the shares of Common Stock; and

 

·

the waiver of certain restrictions, covenants and obligations of ours in any agreement between us and the Arena Investors of any consent to enter into the Exchange Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

 
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Registration Rights Agreement - New Preferred Stock

 

On June 30, 2022, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Arena Investors in connection with the potential issuance of New Preferred Stock (the “Registration Rights Agreement - New Preferred Stock”). The Registration Rights Agreement - New Preferred Stock granted the holders of New Preferred Stock up to two demand registration rights requiring us to file no later than 90 days after demand a resale Securities Act registration statement for the offer and resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the New Preferred Stock (the “New Preferred Stock Conversion Shares”). If we fail to have it filed by such date, or if we fail to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement until all of such New Preferred Stock Conversion Shares have been sold or are otherwise able to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, without any volume or manner of sale restrictions, then we will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to the holders of such securities of $75,000, in addition to any other rights such holders may have, upon the occurrence of any such event and on each monthly anniversary thereafter until the event is cured. The Registration Rights Agreement - New Preferred Stock also contains mutual indemnifications by us and the holders of registrable securities thereunder, which we believe are customary for transactions of this type.

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in response to this Item 1.02.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in response to this Item 3.02.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in response to this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

  

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in response to this Item 5.03.

   

 
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Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Information

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect current expectations or beliefs regarding future events or our future performance. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “continues”, “forecasts”, “projects”, “predicts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “targets” or “believes”, or variations of, or the negatives of, such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “should”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. All forward-looking statements, including those herein, are qualified by this cautionary statement.

 

Although we believe that the expectations expressed in such forward looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include our business plans and strategies, our future business development, market acceptance of electric vehicles, our ability to generate profits and positive cash flow, changes in government regulations and government incentives, subsidies, or other favorable government policies, and other risks discussed in our filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risks and uncertainties is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

 

The forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K speak only as of the date hereof or as of the date or dates specified in such statements. For more information on us, investors are encouraged to review our public filings with the SEC which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward- looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock filed on June 30, 2022.

 

 

 

10.1*

 

Exchange Agreement dated June 30, 2022 by and between Charge Enterprises, Inc. and the investors signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement (Series D Preferred Stock) dated June 30, 2022 by and between Charge Enterprises, Inc. and the investors signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement (New Preferred Stock) dated June 30, 2022 by and between Charge Enterprises, Inc. and the investors signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Amendment, Consent and Waiver dated June 30, 2022 by and between Charge Enterprises, Inc. and the investors signatory thereto.

 

 

 

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

* Schedules omitted pursuant to item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon request, provided, however, that the registrant may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act, as amended, for any schedule or exhibit so furnished.

 

 
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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Leah Schweller

 

 

Leah Schweller

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Dated: July 7, 2022

 

 

 

 
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Exhibit 3.1

 

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 12:29 PM 06/30/2022

FILED 12:29 PM 06/30/2022

SR 20222875933 – File Number 3785962

 

 

CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES D CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 141 OF THE

DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

 

The undersigned, Andrew Fox, does hereby certify that:

 

1. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”).

 

2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, 8,621,475 of which are issued and outstanding.

 

3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”):

 

WHEREAS, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 10,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of up to 1,177,023 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:

 

TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK

 

Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

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 of the Securities Act.

 

Alternate Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).

 

Attribution Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

 
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Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

Board of Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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

 

Buy-In” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(iv).

 

Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) 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 Corporation, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the Corporation (other than by means of conversion or exercise of Preferred Stock), (b) the Corporation merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Corporation and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the Corporation or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Corporation sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a one 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 Original Issue Date (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 Original Issue Date), or (e) the execution by the Corporation of an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Corporation or its 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.

 

Compounded Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c).

 

Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

Conversion Amount” means the sum of the Stated Value at issue.

 

Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

 

 
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Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

Dividend Period” means a period of time from and including the preceding Dividend Payment Date (other than the initial Dividend Period, which shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date), to but excluding the next Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period.

 

Dividend Rate” means 2.25% per annum.

 

Dividend Share Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

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

 

Exchange Agreement” means the Exchange Agreement, dated as the date hereof, among the Corporation and the purchasers signatory thereto, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).

 

Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Junior Securities” means the Common Stock and all other Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari passu to the Preferred Stock in dividend rights or liquidation preference (including without limitation any other series of preferred stock of the Corporation which is issued and outstanding as of the Original Issue Date).

 

Liquidation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.

 

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.

 

Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Preferred Stock Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

 

Purchase Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

 

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

 

Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(i).

 

Stated Value” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a), as the same may be increased pursuant to Section 3(c).

 

Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.

 

 
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Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or any successors to any of the foregoing.

 

Transaction Documents” means all agreements, certificates and other instruments (including this Certificate of Designation) to be delivered in connection with the Exchange Agreement.

 

VWAP” means, for each of 22 consecutive Trading Days, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page  “CRGE <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “VWAP” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

 

Section 2. Designation, Amount, Par Value and Stated Value.

 

a) The series of preferred stock shall be designated as its Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares so designated shall be up to 1,177,023 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of all of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”)). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.0001 per share and a stated value equal to $10.6191, subject to increase set forth in Section 3(c) below (the “Stated Value”).

 

b) The Corporation shall register shares of the Preferred Stock, upon records to be maintained by the Corporation for that purpose (the “Preferred Stock Register”), in the name of the Holders thereof from time to time. The Corporation may deem and treat the registered Holder of shares of Preferred Stock as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any conversion thereof and for all other purposes. The Corporation shall register the transfer of any shares of Preferred Stock in the Preferred Stock Register, upon surrender of the certificates evidencing such shares to be transferred, duly endorsed by the Holder thereof, to the Corporation at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new certificate evidencing the shares of Preferred Stock so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a new certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the shares not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder, in each case, within three Business Days.

 

Section 3. Dividends.

 

a) Dividends in Cash or in Kind. Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, cumulative dividends at the Dividend Rate per share (as a percentage of the Stated Value per share), payable quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning on the first such date after the Original Issue Date and on each Conversion Date (with respect only to Preferred Stock being converted) (each such date, a “Dividend Payment Date”) (if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Trading Day, the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Trading Day) in cash or, at the Corporation’s option, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as set forth in this Section 3(a), or a combination thereof (the dollar amount to be paid in shares of Common Stock, the “Dividend Share Amount”). The Dividend Share Amount shall be calculated by dividing the dividends payable on a Dividend Payment Date by the VWAP of the Common Stock for the 22-day trading period immediately preceding the Dividend Payment Date. The Holders shall have the same rights and remedies with respect to the delivery of any such shares as if such shares were being issued pursuant to Section 6. Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation shall make the applicable payment to the Holders (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated by the Holders, for any portion of such dividend to be paid in cash, or (ii) by delivery of shares of Common Stock for any portion of such dividend to be paid in shares of Common Stock.

 

b) Corporation’s Ability to Pay Dividends in Cash or Kind. If at any time the Corporation has the right to pay dividends in cash or shares of Common Stock, the Corporation must provide the Holders with at least 5 Trading Days’ notice of its election to pay a regularly scheduled dividend in shares of Common Stock (the Corporation may indicate in such notice that the election contained in such notice shall continue for later periods until revised by a subsequent notice).

 

 
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c) Dividend Calculations. Dividends on the Preferred Stock 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, and shall be deemed to accrue from such date whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends. Dividends on the Preferred Stock shall accumulate in each Dividend Period from and including the preceding Dividend Payment Date (other than the initial dividend on the Preferred Stock, which shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date), to but excluding the next Dividend Payment Date. Payment of dividends in shares of Common Stock shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) herein and, solely for purposes of the payment of dividends in shares, the Dividend Payment Date shall be deemed the Conversion Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Corporation pays dividends partially in cash and partially in shares, then such payment shall be distributed ratably among the Holders based upon the number of shares of Preferred Stock held by each Holder on such Dividend Payment Date. With respect to any Dividend Payment Date for which the Corporation does not for any reason (including because payment of any such Dividends are prohibited by law) pay all Dividends that accumulated during the relevant Dividend Payment Period in cash or in shares of Common Stock as set forth in Section 3(a) above, any such accumulated and unpaid Dividends on a share of the Preferred Stock (“Compounded Dividends”) will (whether or not earned or declared) become part of the Stated Value of such share of the Series D Preferred Stock as of the applicable Dividend Payment Date.

 

Section 4. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66 2/3% of the then-outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (b) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the Holders, (c) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or (d) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 5. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, subject to the rights and preferences of the Corporation’s other series of preferred stock which is issued and outstanding on the Original Issue Date, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “Liquidation”), the Holders shall (i) first be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Corporation an amount equal to the Stated Value (as such Stated Value may have been increased pursuant to Section 3(c)), plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon and any other fees then due and owing thereon under this Certificate of Designation, for each share of Preferred Stock before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities, and if the assets of the Corporation shall be insufficient to pay in full such amounts, then the entire assets to be distributed to the Holders shall be ratably distributed among the Holders in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. A Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction shall be deemed a Liquidation, and (ii) then be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Corporation the same amount and same form of consideration that a holder of Common Stock would receive if the Preferred Stock were fully converted (disregarding for such purposes any conversion limitations hereunder) to Common Stock which amounts shall be paid pari passu with all holders of Common Stock. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.

 

Section 6. Conversion.

 

(a) Conversions at Option of Holder. Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the Original Issue Date at the option of the Holder thereof, into such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Stated Value divided by the Conversion Price (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(d)). Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a “Notice of Conversion”). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by email such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued.

 

(b) Conversion Price. The conversion price for the Preferred Stock shall initially equal $0.4248, subject to adjustment herein (the “Conversion Price”).

 

(c) Mechanics of Conversion

 

(i) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than three (3) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder (A) the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock, which Conversion Shares shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions, provided that the Corporation has received customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Corporation in connection therewith and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends, to the extent any dividends are not paid in shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(b) above. The Corporation shall deliver the Conversion Shares electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

 

(ii) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and the Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.

 

(iii) Obligation Absolute. The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the Stated Value of its Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to such Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 100% of the Stated Value of the Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) on the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Corporation shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Stated Value of Preferred Stock being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the first Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or such Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

 
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(iv) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to a Holder, if the Corporation fails for any reason to deliver to a Holder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6(c)(i), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Preferred Stock submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(c)(i). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of any such Buy-In and, upon request of the Corporation, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporation’s failure to timely deliver Conversion Shares upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(v) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the certain adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(vi) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive upon such conversion, the Corporation shall round up to the next whole share.

 

 
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(vii) Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all transfer agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

 

(d) Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Stated Value of Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Preferred Stock) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6(d) applies, the determination of whether the Preferred Stock is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of Preferred Stock are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether the shares of Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many shares of the Preferred Stock are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 6(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request (which may be via email) of a Holder, the Corporation shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including the Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder. By written notice to the Corporation, which will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation, a Holder may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation applicable solely to such Holder to such other percentage limit as may be determined by the Holder, not to exceed 19.99%, provided that any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

 

 
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Section 7. Certain Adjustments.

 

(a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, this Preferred Stock), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re‑classification.

 

(b) Dilutive Issuance. If the Company shall issue or sell any Common Stock for a consideration per Common Stock less than the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale, then immediately upon such issuance or sale the Conversion Price shall be reduced to a price determined by multiplying such prior Conversion Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale plus the number of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company for the total number of Common Stock so issued or sold would purchase at such prior Conversion Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale plus the number of Common Stock so issued or sold.

 

(c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7(a) above, if at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder of will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such Holder’s Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

(d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Preferred Stock is outstanding, if the Corporation shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Preferred Stock, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

 
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(e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person, (ii) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization 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, or (v) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of this Preferred Stock), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Corporation, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of this Preferred Stock). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall adjust the Conversion Price in respect of the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Certificate of Designation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders’ right to convert such preferred stock into the Alternate Consideration. The Corporation shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation in accordance with the provisions of this Section pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and approved by the Holders (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of each Holder, deliver to such Holder in exchange for its Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Preferred Stock which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Stock) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and at a Conversion Price which applies the Conversion Price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such Conversion Price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of the Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designation and any other Transaction Documents referring to the “Corporation” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein.

 

 
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(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.

 

(g) Notice to the Holders.

 

(i) Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

(ii) Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then, in each case, the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be delivered to each Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Corporation or any of the subsidiaries, the Corporation shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert the Conversion Amount of this Preferred Stock (or any part hereof) during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

Section 8. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Noncircumvention. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that the Corporation will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate of Designation, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Certificate of Designation and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of any Preferred Stock above the Conversion Price then in effect and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Preferred Stock.

 

 
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(b) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or electronic mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at 125 Park Avenue, 25th Floor New York, NY 10017; Attention: Andrew Fox; email: a@charge.us or such e-mail address, facsimile number or address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 8. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or electronic mail, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, electronic mail address or physical address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such facsimile number, electronic mail address or physical address appears on the books of the Corporation, at the principal place of business of such 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 electronic mail or facsimile prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via electronic mail or facsimile on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given if delivered personally.

 

(c) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Designation shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay liquidated damages and accrued dividends, as applicable, on the shares of Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the amounts, herein prescribed.

 

(d) Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock the certificate for which was so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.

 

(e) Governing Law; Exclusive Jurisdiction. This Certificate of Designation shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. Except as otherwise required by this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in New York County, New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or by any of the Transaction Documents or discussed herein or therein (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 brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Corporation in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Corporation’s obligations to such Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of such Holder. The Corporation hereby irrevocably waives any right it may have to, and agrees not to request, a jury trial for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection with or arising out of this Certificate of Designation or any transaction contemplated hereby. If any Holder shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the Corporation shall reimburse such Holder for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

(f) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Certificate of Designation shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Certificate of Designation, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designation. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder thereof and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Corporation (or the performance thereof). The Corporation acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holders of the Preferred Stock and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Corporation therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

 
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(g) Waiver. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation 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 Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing.

 

(h) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Designation so long as this Certificate of Designation as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

(i) 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.

 

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

 

(k) Status of Converted Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may only be issued pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series D Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

(l) Form of Security. The Preferred Stock shall be issued as book-entry securities directly registered in the Holder’s name on the Corporation’s books and records or, if requested by any Holder of the Preferred Stock, such Holder’s shares may be issued in certificated form.

 

(m) Assignment and Enurement. The shares of Preferred Stock and any right or obligation under this this Certificate of Designation may be assigned by any Holders thereof by submitting an assignment form to the Corporation in the form of Annex B hereto. The provisions hereunder enure to the benefit of and is binding upon the Parties and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, estate trustees, trustees, personal or legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of Charge Enterprises, Inc. to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer on this 30th day of June, 2022.

 

/s/ ANDREW FOX 

Name:

Andrew Fox  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  
     

 

 
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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER

IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK)

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series ___ Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

Date to Effect Conversion:                                                                                                                                               

 

Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion:                                                                           

 

Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted:                                                                                              

 

Stated Value of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted:                                                                                      

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued:                                                                                                      

 

Applicable Conversion Price:                                                                                                                                           

 

Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion:                                                                             

 

Address for Delivery:                                                                                                                                                         

 

or

 

DWAC Instructions:

Broker no:                                            

Account no:                                         

 

[HOLDER]

 

By:

Name:

 
Title:  
     

 

 
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ANNEX B

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

For value received, _______________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 

 

 

Please Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Assignee

 

 

 

 

 

(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, of Assignee)

 

 

 

 

 

 

shares of the capital stock represented by the within certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated _______________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE:

 

 

 

The Signature to this Assignment Must Correspond with the Name As Written Upon the Face of the Certificate in Every Particular, Without Alteration or Enlargement or Any Change Whatever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature Must Be Guaranteed by a Member of a

Medallion Signature Program)

 

 
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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

THIS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 30th day of June 2022, by and between Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and such persons listed on Schedule I who have executed a signature page to this Agreement (each, an “Investor”).

 

WHEREAS, each Investor has previously acquired various securities from the Company in the form of convertible promissory notes, in such amounts as set forth on Schedule I (the “Exchanged Securities”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company has authorized a new series of convertible preferred stock of the Company designated as Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series D”), the terms of which are set forth in the Certificate of Designation (the “Certificate of Designation”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

WHEREAS, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, the Company and each Investor desire to enter into a transaction wherein the Company shall issue such aggregate number of shares of Series D in exchange for each of the Exchanged Securities as set forth on Schedule I(collectively, the “New Securities”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Defined Terms. In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement or in any supplement, amendment or exhibit hereto, when used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.25.

 

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 of the Securities Act, including, among others, executive officers, directors, large stockholders, subsidiaries, parent entities and sister companies.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Arena Investors” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

 

Balance Sheet Date” means March 31, 2022.

 

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

 

Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation in respect of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock to be filed prior to or in connection with the Closing by the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Closing” means the closing of the Exchange pursuant to Section 2.

 

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 
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Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.

 

Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series D in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation.

 

COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions thereof or any other epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks.

 

COVID-19 Action” means an inaction or action by the Company, including the establishment of any policy, procedure or protocol, in response to COVID- 19 or any COVID-19 Measures (i) that is consistent with the past practice of the Company in response to COVID-19 prior to the date of this Agreement (but only to the extent in compliance with applicable law), or (ii) that would, given the totality of the circumstances under which the Company acted or did not act, be unreasonable for Investor to withhold, condition or delay consent with respect to such action or inaction (whether or not Investor has a consent right with respect thereto).

 

COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other law, governmental order, action, directive, guidelines or recommendations by any governmental authority in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including, but not limited to, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

 

Disqualification Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.

 

Environmental Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.42.

 

Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

 

Event Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

 

Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchanged Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

FCPA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12.

 

 
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GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.

 

Hazardous Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.42.

 

Holders” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or the purchaser under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all capital lease obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under acceptance, letter of credit, surety bond or similar facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any capital stock of such Person, (h) all obligations for any earn-out consideration, (i) the liquidation value of preferred capital stock of such Person, (j) all guarantee obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above, (k) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation and all obligations of such Person in respect of hedge agreements; and (l) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of any Person of the kind referred to in clauses (a)-(k) above. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include, without duplication, the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Instruments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

 

Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.17.

 

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Liens” or “liens” means a lien, mortgage, charge pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction, or other clouds on title.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (c) the rights or remedies of the Investor hereunder or thereunder, or (d) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, nothing herein shall prevent the Company from taking or failing to take any COVID-19 Actions and (x) no such COVID-19 Actions shall be deemed to violate or breach this Agreement in any way or be deemed a Material Adverse Effect, (y) all such COVID-19 Actions shall be deemed to constitute an action taken in the ordinary course of business and (z) no such COVID-19 Actions shall serve as a basis for Purchaser to terminate this Agreement or assert that any of the conditions to the applicable Closing contained herein have not been satisfied.

 

New Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

 
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OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19.

 

Other Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.

 

Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

 

Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) any Indebtedness with a yield of 8% per annum or less and that is secured by all or substantially all of the assets of the Company through a first priority security interest; (b) any indebtedness outstanding as of the date hereof, (c) lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased assets in the ordinary course of business, and (d) any indebtedness issued by the Company to any SBA-approved lender or SBA-approved financial institution.

 

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 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; (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; (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness thereunder; (d) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations; (e) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and (f) any Liens in favor of an Investor.

 

Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

 

Principal Market” means the principal Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

Public Information Failure” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

 

Public Information Failure Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Company and each Investor as hereinafter amended and/or supplemented altogether with all exhibits, schedules and annexes to such Registration Rights Agreement, which Registration Rights Agreement is annexed hereto as Exhibit B.

 

RDO” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

 

Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness that is material to the operations or financial results of the Company (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company.

 

Sanctions Authorities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.41.

 

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

 

Subsequent Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

 

Subsequent Financing Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, and such other documents, instruments, certificates, supplements, amendments, exhibits and schedules required and/or attached pursuant to this Agreement and/or any of the above documents, and/or any other document and/or instrument related to the above agreements, documents and/or instruments, and the transactions hereunder and/or thereunder and/or any other agreement, documents or instruments required or contemplated hereunder or thereunder, whether now existing or at any time hereafter arising.

 

Underlying Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

 

2. Exchange. The Closing will occur on or before June 30, 2022 (or such later date as the parties hereto may agree) following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth herein (such date, the “Closing Date”). On the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Investor shall, and the Company shall, pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, exchange the Exchanged Securities for the New Securities. At the Closing, the following transactions shall occur (such transactions in this Section 1, the “Exchange”):

 

2.1 Delivery of New Securities. On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the New Securities to each Investor (or its designees); provided that such Investor has complied with its obligations in this Section 2. The New Securities shall be issued as book-entry securities directly registered in each Investor’s name on the Company’s books and records and with the Company’s transfer agent, or, if requested by such Investor, such Investor’s New Securities may be issued in certificated form. On the Closing Date, each Investor shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the New Securities and shall have the right to convert the Series D, irrespective of the date the Company delivers the certificate (if any) evidencing the Series D to such Investor.

 

2.2 No Rights Following Exchange. Upon receipt of the New Securities in accordance with Section 1.1, each Investor’s rights under the Exchanged Securities shall be extinguished (including, without limitation, the rights to receive, as applicable, any principal, premium, make-whole amount, accrued and unpaid interest, dividends or other payment thereon or any other shares of Common Stock with respect thereto (whether in connection with a fundamental transaction, event of default or otherwise)). In consideration for the issuance of the New Securities, each Investor hereby irrevocably waives any obligations of the Company under the Exchanged Securities or any purchase agreement, security agreement, pledge agreement, warrant, guarantee or any other document executed in connection with the issuance of the Exchanged Securities (but solely in respect of the Exchanged Securities (and not any other securities or indebtedness covered thereby)).

 

 
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2.3 Further Assurances. The Company and each Investor shall execute and/or deliver such other documents and agreements as are customary and reasonably necessary to effectuate the Exchange and the Company and/or any Investor (or their respective designees) are authorized to file any documents which it deems necessary or required to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including any document to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.

 

2.4 Representations and Warranties True at Closing. It shall be a condition to the obligation of each Investor on the one hand and Company on the other hand, to consummate the Exchange contemplated hereunder, that the other party’s representations and warranties contained herein are true and correct on the Closing Date with the same effect as though made on such date, unless waived in writing by the party to whom such representations and warranties are made.

 

2.5 Deliveries.

 

(a) In addition to the delivery of the New Securities in accordance with Section 2.1 above, at or before the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor the following:

 

(i) all accrued and unpaid interest or dividends under any of the Exchanged Securities;

 

(ii) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(iv) evidence of the filing by the Company of the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

 

(v) a certificate, in the form acceptable to the Investor and its counsel, executed by the secretary of the Company dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to (A) the resolutions as adopted by the Board of Directors relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in a form acceptable to the Investor, (B) the certificate of incorporation or other similar organizational document of the Company, and (C) the bylaws or other similar organizational document of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing; and

 

(b) At or before the Closing, each Investor shall deliver or caused to be delivered (or, in the case of clause (i) below, be deemed to have delivered) to the Company the following:

 

(i) the Exchanged Securities held by such Investor free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, options or other purchase rights, equities, charges, claims, pledges, defects of title or other restrictions of any kind (other than federal and state securities laws);

 

(ii) this Agreement duly executed by such Investor;

 

(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by such Investor; and

 

 
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(iv) other items (if any) required to effectuate the Exchange.

 

2.6 Conditions to Exchange.

 

(a) In addition to the condition described in Section 2.4 above, the obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

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

 

(ii) the delivery by each Investor of the items set forth in Section 2.5(b) of this Agreement.

 

(b) In addition to the condition described in Section 2.4 above, the respective obligations of the Investors hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

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

 

(ii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.5(a) of this Agreement;

 

(iii) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof;

 

(iv) from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on the Common Stock which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of such Investor, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to acquire the New Securities at the Closing.

 

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Investor that:

 

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect on its business or properties.

 

3.2 Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the Registration Rights Agreement and any other Transaction Documents and the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and the authorization of the Exchange, the issuance and reservation for issuance of the Series D and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D pursuant to the Certificate of Designation (the “Underlying Shares”) have been taken on or prior to the date hereof. The Certificate of Designation has been validly filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and, as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, remains in full force and effect.

 

 
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3.3 Valid Issuance of the Series D. The Series D shares when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, for the consideration expressed herein, and the Common Stock when issued upon conversion of the shares of Series D in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, for the consideration expressed therein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company shall reserve from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 100% of the maximum number of Underlying Shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each Investor’s Series D.

 

3.4 Consents; Waivers. No consent, waiver, approval or authority of any nature, or other formal action, by any individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof (each, a “Person”), not already obtained, is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company or the consummation by the Company of the transactions provided for herein and therein.

 

3.5 Validity; Enforcement; No Conflicts. The Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Company, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which 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 of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities or “Blue Sky” laws) applicable to the Company, except in the case of clause (ii) above, for such conflicts, defaults or rights which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6 Title to Assets. The Company and its 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 its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and the payment of which is not delinquent, and (iii) Permitted Liens. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

3.7 Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to securities, corporate law, taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 
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3.8 Taxes. 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 its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

3.9 Licenses and Permits. The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities (collectively, the “Permits”), necessary to conduct its business as now conducted. All of such Permits are valid and in full force and effect. There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation that individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to lead to the revocation, modification, termination, suspension or any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit.

 

3.10 Investment Company. The Company is not (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled,” whether directly or indirectly, by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or (ii) engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).

 

3.11 Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Company is not (i) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar incorporation or organizational documents or (ii) in violation or default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject (collectively, “Instruments”). The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and compliance by the Company with its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, (w) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or Repayment Event under, (x) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens) upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the Instruments, (y) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company, or (z) result in any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets, properties or operations, except in the case of this clause (z) for such conflicts, violations, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

 
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3.12 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents or other person acting on behalf of the Company is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a material violation by such person of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in material compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

3.13 Rule 506(d) Bad Actor Disqualification Representations and Covenants.

 

(a) No Disqualification Events. Neither the Company, nor any of its predecessors, affiliates, any manager, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering, any beneficial owner (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity as of the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date (each, a “Company Covered Person” and, together, “Company Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine (A) the identity of each person that is a Company Covered Person; and (B) whether any Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e) as set forth on Schedule 3.1(l).

 

(b) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Company Covered Person) who has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration in connection with the purchase and sale of the New Securities who is subject to a Disqualification Event (each, an “Other Covered Person”).

 

(c) Reasonable Notification Procedures. With respect to each Company Covered Person, the Company has established procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the Company receives notice from each such Company Covered Person of (A) any Disqualification Event relating to that Company Covered Person, and (B) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to that Company Covered Person; in each case occurring up to and including the Closing Date.

 

(d) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchaser immediately in writing upon becoming aware of (A) any Disqualification Event relating to any Company Covered Person and (B) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Company Covered Person and/or Other Covered Person.

 

3.14 Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished to the Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company in writing for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the other Transaction Documents contained, as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was made or furnished, as the case may be, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading. There is no fact known to the Company that would reasonably be expected to materially affect the Company that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Transaction Documents, or in any other documents, certificates and written statements furnished to the Purchaser for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents.

 

 
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3.15 Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). 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 Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

3.16 Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except for the payment of any exercise price upon the exercise or conversion of any existing securities of the Company, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is 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 providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

3.17 Intellectual Property. The Company has, or has 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 that are material to the conduct of its business (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). The Company has not received a notice (written or otherwise) that any material Intellectual Property Right has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned. The Company has not received, since the Balance Sheet Date, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company has taken commercially reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of its intellectual property.

 

3.18 USA Patriot Act. The Company is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law on October 26, 2001). No part of the proceeds of the Exchange, if any, will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

 
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3.19 Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, joint venture employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently, or in the past 5 years, has been subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

3.20 Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and the declaration of effectiveness by the Commission of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Securities and the listing of the Conversion Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws.

 

3.21 Exemption from Registration. The issuance of the New Securities, when issued pursuant to this Agreement, as contemplated by this Agreement, is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the qualification or registration requirements of state securities laws or other applicable blue sky laws. Neither the Company nor any authorized agent acting on its behalf will take any action hereafter that would cause the loss of such exemptions.

 

3.22 Capitalization and Voting Rights. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule II, which Schedule II 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 authorized capital stock of the Company and all securities of the Company issued and outstanding are set forth on Schedule II as of the dates reflected therein. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and other securities of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth on Schedule II, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule II, there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of the Company’s securities under the Securities Act. Except as set forth on Schedule II, no shares of Common Stock and/or other securities of the Company are entitled to preemptive rights and there are no outstanding debt securities and no contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of the capital stock and/or other securities of the Company or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company other than those issued or granted in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive and/or compensatory plans or arrangements. Except for customary transfer restrictions contained in agreements entered into by the Company to sell restricted securities and/or as set forth on Schedule II, the Company is not a party to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the capital stock and/or other securities of the Company. Except as set forth on Schedule II, the offer and sale of all capital stock, convertible or exchangeable securities, rights, warrants, options and/or any other securities of the Company, when any such securities of the Company were issued, complied in all material respects with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and no current and/or prior holder of any securities of the Company has any right of rescission or damages or any “put” or similar right with respect thereto. Except as set forth on Schedule II, there are no securities or instruments of the Company containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance and/or sale of the Securities and/or the consummation of the transactions described herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

 
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3.23 Shell Company Status; Financial Statements. The Company has been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The unaudited financial statements of the Company as of the Balance Sheet Date is included in Schedule IV hereto. The financial statements of the Company included on Schedule IV have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

3.24 Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the Balance Sheet Date: (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Company, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission (if the Company is an issuer required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act), (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 except for regularly scheduled dividend payments under its Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans or acquisition agreements entered into on or prior to the date of this Agreement. Except for the issuance of the New Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

3.25 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 Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

3.26 Disclosure. . The Company understands that each Investor may rely on the Transaction Documents, the information included therein, including, but not limited to, the foregoing representation in purchasing the New Securities. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investor in the Transaction Documents regarding, among other matters relating to the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents, is true and correct in all material respects as of the date made and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor does not make nor has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents other than those specifically set forth in Section 5 hereof.

 

 
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3.27 No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause the issuance and/or sale of the New Securities to be integrated with prior offerings of securities by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act that would require the registration of any such New Securities and/or any other securities of the Company under the Securities Act, or that would invalidate the exemptions from registration relied upon by the Company, or (ii) any stockholder-approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed, eligible for quotation and/or designated.

 

3.28 Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the business in which it is engaged. The Company has not been refused any coverage sought or applied for, and the Company does not have 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.

 

3.29 Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the New Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the New Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

 

3.30 Registration Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule II, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.

 

3.31 Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which 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. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 
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3.32 Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series D, pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation, will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations to issue the Underlying Shares pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation and in accordance with this Agreement is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that any such issuances may have on the percentage ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

3.33 Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. 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 provisions under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, or the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation that are or could become applicable to the Investor as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the New Securities and the Investor’s ownership of the New Securities. The Company has not adopted a stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.

 

3.34 Intentionally Omitted.

 

3.35 DTC Eligible. The Common Stock is DTC eligible and DTC has not placed a “freeze” or a “chill” on the Common Stock and the Company has no reason to believe that DTC has any intention to make the Common Stock not DTC eligible, or place a “freeze” or “chill” on the Common Stock. No federal or state regulatory authority has indicated that it will prohibit the listing of the Company’s securities based upon its prior business in the cannabis or cannabis-related markets nor will the Investor be prohibited from depositing, clearing or settling the New Securities, including through the DTC or otherwise.

 

3.36 Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Common Stock is eligible for quotation on the Principal Market and the Company has no reason to believe that the Principal Market has any intention of delisting or no longer quoting the Common Stock from the Principal Market. The issuance of the New Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market. All Underlying Shares have been approved, if so required, for listing or quotation on the Trading Market, subject only to notice of issuance.

 

3.37 No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any Person acting on its behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the issuance or Exchange of the New Securities.

 

3.38 Acknowledgment Regarding the Investor’s Exchange for the New Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length investor with respect to the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that the Investor is not (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an Affiliate of the Company or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act). The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not 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 hereby and thereby, and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the Investor’s Exchange for the New Securities. The Company further represents to the Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

 

 
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3.39 Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its Exchange Act filings and is not so disclosed.

 

3.40 Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries 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 Purchaser 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.

 

3.41 Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption; Sanctions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any director or officer of any of them is an individual or entity currently, or has not in the past five years been, subject to any Sanctions or is on any Sanctions List. Each of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and, to the knowledge of the Company, agents and any other person or entity acting on behalf of the Company, has complied with the Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws, in each case as applicable to them, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or any arbitrator or any governmental agency, authority or body involving the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or their respective directors or officers and, to the knowledge of the Company, the employees, agents, or representatives of each of them, is pending or threatened with respect to Money Laundering, Anti- Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor their respective directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, the employees or agents of any of them has: (a) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or unlawful expense relating to political activity; (b) taken any action in furtherance of an unlawful offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for public office) or made any other bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment or kickback intended to improperly influence official action or secure an improper advantage; (c) nor will it use any corporate funds in furtherance of any such unlawful payment or violation of Sanctions or Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary will promote and ensure compliance with Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws in all jurisdictions where they operate and with the representations and warranties contained herein. As used in this Section 4.33: “Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws” means money laundering and anti-corruption statutes of all jurisdictions (including, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, and any similar national or local law or regulation in the United Kingdom or elsewhere where the Company and each other Subsidiary conducts business), the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency or any such jurisdiction. “Sanctions” means any laws or regulations or restrictive measures relating to economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by a Sanctions Authority. “Sanctions Authority” means (i) the United Nations Security Council; (ii) the United States government; (iii) the European Union; (iv) the United Kingdom government; (v) the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, OFAC, the United States Department of State and Department of Commerce, and Her Majesty’s Treasury; and (vi) any other governmental institution or agency with responsibility for imposing, administering or enforcing Sanctions with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (together, “Sanctions Authorities”). “Sanctions List” means the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC, the Denied Persons List maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets maintained by Her Majesty’s Treasury, or any other list issued or maintained by any Sanctions Authority of persons subject to Sanctions (including investment or related restrictions), each as amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time.

 

 
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3.42 Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, (i) are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4. Representations and Warranties of the Investors. Each Investor hereby represents, warrants and covenants that:

 

4.1 Authorization. Such Investor has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4.2 Exchange Only. Such Investor is a current holder of Exchanged Securities and has not provided any consideration to the Company for the Series D received in the Exchange other than the Exchanged Securities. Such Investor understands that the New Securities issued in the Exchange may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (a) subsequently registered, (b) pursuant to Rule 144, or (c) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, including but not limited to Section 3(a)(9) thereunder.

 

4.3 No Governmental Review. Such Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Series D or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the New Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the New Securities.

 

4.4 Validity; Enforcement; No Conflicts. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Investor and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Investor enforceable against such Investor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

4.5 Ownership of Exchanged Securities. Such Investor owns and holds, beneficially and of record, the entire right, title, and interest in and to the Exchanged Securities free and clear of all rights and liens (other than pledges or security interests (a) arising by operation of applicable securities laws and (b) that such Investor may have created in favor of a prime broker under and in accordance with its prime brokerage agreement with such broker). Such Investor has full power and authority to transfer and dispose of the Exchanged Securities to the Company free and clear of any right or lien.

 

 
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5. Certain Covenants

 

5.1 Furnishing of Information; Public Information.

 

(a) The Company agrees to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) after the date hereof all reports required to be filed by the Company on the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

(b) At any time until such time that all of the New Securities may be sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144, if the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) (a “Public Information Failure”) then, in addition to such Investor’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to each Investor, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the New Securities, an amount in cash equal to 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Value (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) of such Investor’s New Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (a) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (b) such time that such public information is no longer required for the Investors to transfer the Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which an Investor shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) are referred to herein as “Public Information Failure Payments.” Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (ii) the third (3rd) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. Nothing herein shall limit such Investor’s right to pursue actual damages for the Public Information Failure, and such Investor shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

5.2 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the New Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the New Securities or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the New Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

5.3 Acknowledgement of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the New Securities may result in dilution of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its obligation to issue the Conversion Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution or any claim the Company may have against any Investor and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership of the other stockholders of the Company.

 

 
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6. Other Agreements of the Parties

 

6.1 Liquidated Damages. The Company and the Investor agree that the holders of the Series D (the “Holders”) will suffer damages if the Company fails to fulfill its obligations hereunder, under the Registration Rights Agreement or under the Certificate of Designation, and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Company agrees that for each material breach of a material provision or obligation of the Company hereunder, under the Registration Rights Agreement (with the exception of Section 2(d) thereof) or under the Certificate of Designation (with the exception of Section 6(c)(i)-(iv) thereof) (each, an “Event,” and the date on which such Event occurs, an “Event Date”), in addition to any other rights such Holders may have hereunder, under the Registration Rights Agreement or under the Certificate of Designation, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay such Holders an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, their pro rata portion of $25,000 on the Event Date and on every 30th day (prorated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to such Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

 

6.2 Consent to Future Sales of Series D. The Company agrees that, so long as any Affiliate of Arena Investors, LP (collectively, the “Arena Investors”) holds any portion of the outstanding Series D, it will not, without the prior written consent of the Arena Investors, issue, sell, convey or otherwise transfer any Series D to any Person except as such transfer may be permitted as a payment of dividends pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Certificate of Designation.

 

7. Miscellaneous

 

7.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

7.2 Governing Law; Exclusive Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts sitting in New York County, New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or by any of the Transaction Documents or discussed herein or therein (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 brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. 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 to such party at the address for such 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 HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

 
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7.3 Notices. All notices, offers, acceptance and any other acts under this Agreement (except payment) shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if delivered to the addressees in person, by FedEx or similar overnight next business day delivery, or by email followed by overnight next business day delivery, to the address as provided for on the signature page to this Agreement.

 

7.4 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and each Investor.

 

7.5 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

7.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

7.7 Survival. Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement shall survive the Closing and delivery of the New Securities.

 

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date provided above.

 

COMPANY:

CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC

By:

 /s/ ANDREW FOX

Name:

Andrew Fox

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Address for Notices:

125 Park Avenue, 25th Floor

New York, NY 10017

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]

 

 
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INVESTORS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARENA SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ LAWRENCE CUTLER

 

 

Name:

 Lawrence Cutler

 

 

Title:

 Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

 

 

405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10174

 

 

 

ARENA SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS, LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ LAWRENCE CUTLER

 

 

Name:

Lawrence Cutler

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

 

 

405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10174

 

 

 

ARENA FINANCE MARKETS, LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ LAWRENCE CUTLER

 

 

Name:

Lawrence Cutler

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

 

 

405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10174

 

  

 
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  MT. WHITNEY SECURITIES, LLC
       
By: /s/ LAWRENCE CUTLER

 

Name:

Lawrence Cutler  
  Title: Authorized Signatory  

 

 

 

  Address for Notices:  

 

405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10174

 

            

  ARENA STRUCTURED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS (CAYMAN), LLC
       
By: /s/ LAWRENCE CUTLER

 

Name:

Lawrence Cutler  
  Title: Authorized Signatory  
       

 

Address for Notices:

 

 

405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10174

 

 

 
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Schedule I

 

Investors

Exchanged Securities

(Principal Amounts)

New Securities

(# of Preferred D Shares)

New Securities

(Value of Preferred D Shares)

Arena Finance Markets, LP

 

$166,092 (May 2020 Convertible Note)

 

26,575

 

$282,202

 

Mt Whitney Securities, LLC

 

$1,807,872 (May 2020 Convertible Note)

 

289,260

 

$3,071,672

 

Arena Special Opportunities Fund, LP

 

$635,938 (May 2020 Convertible Note)

 

101,750

 

$1,080,490

 

Arena Special Opportunities Partners, LP

 

$390,098 (May 2020 Convertible Note)

 

62,416

 

$662,800

 

Arena Structured Private Investments (Cayman), LLC

 

$3,888,889 (Nov 2020 Convertible Note)

 

622,222

 

$6,607,419

 

Arena Special Opportunities Fund, LP

 

$666,657 (May 2021 Convertible Note)

 

8,889

 

$94,393

 

Arena Special Opportunities Partners, LP

 

$4,943,343 (May 2021 Convertible Note)

 

65,911

 

$699,913

 

Total

 

$12,498,889

 

1,177,023

 

$12,498,889

 

 

 
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Schedule II

 

[Omitted pursuant to item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K]

 

 
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Schedule III

 

[Omitted pursuant to item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K]

 

 
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Schedule IV

 

[Omitted pursuant to item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K]

 

 
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EXHIBIT A

 

Certificate of Designations

 

[Included as Exhibit 3.1]

 

 
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EXHIBIT B

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

[Included as Exhibit 10.2]

 

 
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Exhibit 10.2

 

[FORM OF] REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 30, 2022, between Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons signatory hereto (each, an “Investor”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Investors (the “Exchange Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that Section 2.1 of the Exchange Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate 1,177,023 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Company to the Investors;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors wish to determine registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company to be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Investor hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Exchange Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Exchange Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation in respect of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock to be filed prior to or in connection with the Closing by the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation.

 

 
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Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Filing Date” means, (a) with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 90th calendar day following the date hereof, and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.

 

Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities. The initial Holders are the Investors.

 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

 
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Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (a) all Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock (assuming on such date the Preferred Stock is converted in full without regard to any conversion limitations therein), (b) any additional shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Certificate of Designation (without giving effect to any limitations on conversion set forth in the Certificate of Designation) and (c) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (iii) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144, and the conditions of Rule 144(i)(2) have been met, as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company.

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.

 

Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

 
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2. Shelf Registration.

 

(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least 85% in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A and substantially the “Selling Stockholder” section attached hereto as Annex B; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to be named as an “underwriter” without such Holder’s express prior written consent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof (in any case within six (6) months of the Closing Date), and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, and the conditions of Rule 144(i)(2) have been met, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement by the next Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the Trading Day five (5) days after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within two (2) Trading Days of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(d).

 

(b) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d) with respect to the payment of liquidated damages; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.

 

 
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(d), if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced pro rata based on all other securities to be included on such Registration Statement.

 

In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.

 

(d) If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a) herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, or (iii) [reserved], or (iv) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen (15) calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period or (v) the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144 or the requirements of Rule 144(i)(2) as to the applicable Registrable Securities (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i), (iii) and (v), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five (5) Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iv) the date on which such ten (10) or fifteen (15) calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to the Holders an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, their pro rata portion of $75,000, on the Event Date and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter. The foregoing liquidated damages shall not apply if the Registrable Securities may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 at the time the Event occurs, provided that the Company shall also be in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(i)(2) and the current public information requirement under Rule 144 to the extent required. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

 

 
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(e) [Reserved]

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company be permitted to name any Holder or affiliate of a Holder as any Underwriter without the prior written consent of such Holder.

 

3. Registration Procedures.

 

In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.

 

 
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(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company shall excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

 

(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock constituting Registrable Securities then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file, as soon as reasonably practicable, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.

 

 
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(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided, however, in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(e) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

 

 
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(f) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.

 

(g) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

 

(h) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, or from time to time as requested by the Holder, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(i) If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Exchange Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.

 

 
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(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its shareholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(j) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(d), for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.

 

(k) Otherwise use reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.

 

(l) [Intentionally Omitted.]

 

(m) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.

 

 
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4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (vii) reasonable and reasonably-documented fees and disbursements, not to exceed $10,000 in the aggregate, of one counsel for the Investor. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

5. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(h).

 

 
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(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s information provided in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or the proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a selling Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

 
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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

 

 
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, provided that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

 

 
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6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities or any securities held by Affiliates of the Holders or otherwise set forth on Schedule 6(b) hereunder. The Company shall not file any other registration statements until at least six months after all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(c) [Reserved]

 

(d) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(d).

 

(e) Piggy-Back Registrations. If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or on Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(e) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 (without volume restrictions or current public information requirements) promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement that is available for resales or other dispositions by such Holder.

 

 
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(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 50.1% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that, if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall be required. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(f). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Exchange Agreement.

 

(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under Section 8(m) of the Certificate of Designation.

 

 
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(i) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(b), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.

 

(j) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by 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.

 

(k) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Agreement.

 

(l) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

(m) 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.

 

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

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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

 

  CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC.
       
By:

 

Name:

 
  Title:  
       

     

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF INVESTOR]

 

Name of Investor: __________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: __________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: __________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]

 

 
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Annex A

 

Plan of Distribution

 

Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Shareholders”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal Trading Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:

 

 

·

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker‑dealer solicits purchasers;

 

 

 

 

·

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

 

 

 

 

·

purchases by a broker‑dealer as principal and resale by the broker‑dealer for its account;

 

 

 

 

·

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

 

 

 

·

privately negotiated transactions;

 

 

 

 

·

settlement of short sales;

 

 

 

 

·

in transactions through broker‑dealers that agree with the Selling Shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;

 

 

 

 

·

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

 

 

 

·

a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

 

 

 

·

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The Selling Shareholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker‑dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholders may arrange for other brokers‑dealers to participate in sales. Broker‑dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Shareholders (or, if any broker‑dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.

 

 
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In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the Selling Shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Shareholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The Selling Shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.

 

The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Shareholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the common stock by the Selling Shareholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Shareholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

 
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Annex B

 

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

The common stock being offered by the selling shareholders are those issuable to the selling shareholders upon conversion of the Preferred Stock. For additional information regarding the issuances of the Preferred Stock, see “Private Placement” above. We are registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the notes and the shares of common stock, the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the shares of common stock, Preferred Stock and warrants, as of ________, 2022, assuming conversion of the Preferred Stock [and exercise of Warrant] held by the selling shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.

 

The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, determined as if the outstanding Preferred Stock were converted and exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, subject to adjustment as provided in the registration rights agreement, without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Stock. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Under the terms of the Certificate of Designation, a selling shareholder may not convert shares of Preferred Stock to the extent such conversion would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of shares of common stock that would exceed 9.99% of our then outstanding common stock following such conversion (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”), excluding, for purposes of such determination, shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Preferred Stock that have not been converted[ or exercise of warrants that have not been exercised]. A holder may, upon written notice to the Company, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation applicable to it to such other percentage limit, not to exceed 19.99%, as such holder may determine; provided, however, that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The number of shares in the second column does not reflect any such Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

 Name of Selling Shareholder

 

 Number of shares of

Common Stock Owned

Prior to Offering

 

 Maximum Number of

shares of Common Stock

to be Sold Pursuant to this

Prospectus

 

 Number of shares of

 Common Stock Owned

 After Offering

 

 
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Annex C

 

CHARGE ENTERPRISES, inc.

 

Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable Securities”) of Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 

 
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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1.

Name.

 

 

(a)

Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):

 

 

 

 

2.

Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:

 

 

 

Telephone:                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Fax:                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Contact Person:                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

3.

Broker-Dealer Status:

 

 

 

 

(a)

Are you a broker-dealer?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

(b) 

If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

Note:

 If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

     

 
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(c)

Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

(d)

If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

Note:

If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

4.

Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.

 

 

 

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Exchange Agreement.

 

 

 

(a)

Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 
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5.

Relationships with the Company:

 

 

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

 

 

State any exceptions here:

 

 

 

 

                

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any material inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective; provided, that the undersigned shall not be required to notify the Company of any changes to the number of securities held or owned by the undersigned or its affiliates.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that it is familiar with and understands Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and agrees to abide by the provisions of Regulation M during any time Regulation M applies to the undersigned via the Registrable Securities. By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Date:                                                                       Beneficial Owner:                                                                           
       
By:

 

Name:

 
  Title:  
       

                                                                                             

PLEASE FAX A COPY (OR EMAIL A .PDF COPY) OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:

 

 
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Schedule 6(b)

 

The Company has granted the following registration rights on or prior to the date of this Agreement:

 

 

·

Registration rights relating to the securities issued to funds managed by Arena Investors LP pursuant to the terms of the May 2020 Private Placement, November 2020 Private Placement, May 2021 Private Placement and the December 2021 Private Placement, all as described in the Company’s SEC filings.

 

 

 

 

·

Registration rights relating to the securities issued to funds managed by Island Capital Group LLC pursuant to the terms of the February 2022 Private Placement and April 2022, as described in the Company’s SEC filings.

 

 

 

 

·

Investors in the Company’s December 2020 private placement received demand registration rights, whereby if the Company receives a request from investors in the December 2020 financing (the “Dec 2020 Holders”) holding at least 50% of the shares of common stock issued in the December 2020 private placement (the “Shares”) then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Dec 2020 Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the date such request, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Shares requested to be registered, as specified by notice given by each such Purchaser to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations set forth below. Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Purchasers requesting a registration a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such registration statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after the request is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; and provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period.

    

 
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Exhibit 10.3

 

[FORM OF] REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 30, 2022, between Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons signatory hereto (each, an “Investor”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2020 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “May 2020 Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the Investors party thereto, the Investors have extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000.00 issued by the Company to the May 2020 Purchasers (together with any notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “May 2020 Senior Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the May 2020 Senior Notes, the Purchasers were issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $0.50 per share (the “May 2020 Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2020 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “May 2020 Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Investors party thereto, the Company agreed to register the securities issued (or issuable upon conversion or exercise) to the Investors pursuant to the May 2020 Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “May 2021 Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the Investors party thereto, the Investors have extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes and certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Non-convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amounts of $5,610,000 and $11,032,609, respectively, issued by the Company to the Investors (together with any notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “May 2021 Senior Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the May 2021 Senior Notes, the Investors were issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,870,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “May 2021 Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “May 2021 Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Investors, the Company agreed to register the securities issued (or issuable upon conversion or exercise) to the Investors pursuant to the May 2021 Purchase Agreement;

 

 
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WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “December 2021 Purchase Agreement” and together with the May 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement, the November 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement and May 2021 Securities Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase Agreements”), among the Company and the Investors, the Investors have extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Senior Secured Non-convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $14,814,814.67 issued by the Company to the Investors (together with any notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof or any additional investment made by the Investors and as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “December 2021 Senior Notes” and together with the May 2020 Senior Notes, the November 2020 Senior Notes and May 2021 Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the December 2021 Senior Notes, the Investors were issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,370,370 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “December 2021 Warrants” and together with the May 2020 Warrants and the May 2021 Warrants, the “Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “December 2021 Registration Rights Agreement,” and together with the May 2021 Registration Rights Agreement, the “Registration Rights Agreements”), among the Company and the Purchasers, the Company agreed to register the securities issued (or issuable upon conversion or exercise) to the Investors pursuant to the December 2021 Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors have amended the Warrants to allow each Investor, at its option within 61 days of the respective termination date of each Warrant, upon prior written notice, to require the Company to issue to the Holder, upon exercise of a Warrant, in lieu of issuing Warrant Shares, such number of shares of a to-be-issued series of preferred stock, which shall be convertible into the same number of Warrant Shares as shall be issuable upon such exercise of such Warrant and be of like tenor as the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, provided that any such newly issued preferred stock shall not pay any dividends to the Holder thereunder (the “New Preferred Stock”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors wish to determine registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company to be issued upon conversion of the New Preferred Stock.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agrees as follows:

 

1. Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Exchange Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Warrants. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

 
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Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation in respect of the New Preferred Stock to be filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of New Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation.

 

Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Filing Date” means, the 90th calendar day following written notice of a Demand Registration.

 

Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities. The initial Holders are the Investors.

 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

 
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Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (a) all Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the New Preferred Stock included in a Demand Registration (assuming on such date the New Preferred Stock is converted in full without regard to any conversion limitations therein), (b) any additional shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Certificate of Designation (without giving effect to any limitations on conversion set forth in the Certificate of Designation) and (c) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (iii) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144, and the conditions of Rule 144(i)(2) have been met, as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company.

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.

 

Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

 
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2. Demand Registration.

 

(a) If, at any time on or after the date of this Agreement, the Investors convert the Warrants into New Preferred Stock, such Investors shall have the right to require the Company to, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, register all or part of their Registrable Securities (a “Demand Registration”) by delivering to the Company a written notice stating that such right is being exercised, naming, if applicable, the Investors whose Registrable Securities are to be included in such registration (collectively, the “Demanding Shareholders”), and specifying the number of each of such Demanding Shareholder’s Registrable Securities to be included in such registration; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to effect, in total, more than two such Demand Registrations. If the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement would require the Company to make a public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good-faith judgment of the Company based on the advice of counsel, (i) would be required to be made in such Registration Statement so that such Registration Statement would not be materially misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement or (iii) would reasonably be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the Company or its business or the Company’s ability to effect a bona fide material proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, then the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Demanding Shareholders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement; provided that the Company shall not be permitted to do so (x) more than once in any six-month period or (y) for any single period of time in excess of 90 days, or for periods exceeding, in the aggregate, 90 days during any 12-month period. In order to defer the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2, the Company shall promptly (but in any event within 10 days), upon determining to seek such deferral, deliver to each Demanding Shareholder a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Company stating that the Company is deferring such filing pursuant to this Section 2 and a statement of the reason for such deferral and an approximation of the anticipated delay.

 

(b) Upon receipt of a Demand Registration request, on or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Registrable Securities specified by the Demanding Shareholders that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least 85% in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A and substantially the “Selling Stockholder” section attached hereto as Annex B; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to be named as an “underwriter” without such Holder’s express prior written consent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof (in any case within six (6) months of the Closing Date), and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, and the conditions of Rule 144(i)(2) have been met, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement by the next Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the Trading Day five (5) days after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within two (2) Trading Days of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(d).

 

 
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(c) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d) with respect to the payment of liquidated damages; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.

 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(d), if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced pro rata based on all other securities to be included on such Registration Statement.

 

In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.

 

 
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(e) If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a) herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, or (iii) [reserved], or (iv) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen (15) calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period or (v) the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144 or the requirements of Rule 144(i)(2) as to the applicable Registrable Securities (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i), (iii) and (v), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five (5) Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iv) the date on which such ten (10) or fifteen (15) calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to the Holders an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, their pro rata portion of $75,000, on the Event Date and on every thirtieth (30th) day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter. The foregoing liquidated damages shall not apply if the Registrable Securities may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 at the time the Event occurs, provided that the Company shall also be in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(i)(2) and the current public information requirement under Rule 144 to the extent required. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

 

(f) [Reserved]

 

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company be permitted to name any Holder or affiliate of a Holder as any Underwriter without the prior written consent of such Holder.

 

3. Registration Procedures.

 

In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.

 

 
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(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company shall excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

 

(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock constituting Registrable Securities then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file, as soon as reasonably practicable, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.

 

(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided, however, in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

 
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(e) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

 

(f) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.

 

(g) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

 

(h) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, or from time to time as requested by the Holder, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

 
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(i) If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Exchange Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.

 

(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its shareholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(j) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(d), for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.

 

(k) Otherwise use reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.

 

(l) [Intentionally Omitted.]

 

(m) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.

 

 
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4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (vii) reasonable and reasonably-documented fees and disbursements, not to exceed $10,000 in the aggregate, of one counsel for the Investor. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

5. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(h).

 

 
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(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s information provided in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or the proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a selling Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

 
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An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, provided that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

 
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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities or any securities held by Affiliates of the Holders or otherwise set forth on Schedule 6(b) hereunder. The Company shall not file any other registration statements until at least six months after all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(c) [Reserved]

 

 
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(d) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(d).

 

(e) Piggy-Back Registrations. If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or on Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(e) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 (without volume restrictions or current public information requirements) promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement that is available for resales or other dispositions by such Holder.

 

(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 50.1% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that, if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall be required. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(f). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Exchange Agreement.

 

 
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(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under Section 8(m) of the Certificate of Designation.

 

(i) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(b), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.

 

(j) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by 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.

 

(k) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Agreement.

 

(l) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

(m) 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.

 

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

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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

 

  CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC.
       
By:

 

Name:

 
  Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]

 

 
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF INVESTOR]

 

Name of Investor: __________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor: __________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: __________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES CONTINUE]

 

 

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Annex A

 

Plan of Distribution

 

Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Shareholders”) of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal Trading Market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:

 

 

·

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker‑dealer solicits purchasers;

 

 

 

 

·

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

 

 

 

 

·

purchases by a broker‑dealer as principal and resale by the broker‑dealer for its account;

 

 

 

 

·

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

 

 

 

·

privately negotiated transactions;

 

 

 

 

·

settlement of short sales;

 

 

 

 

·

in transactions through broker‑dealers that agree with the Selling Shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;

 

 

 

 

·

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

 

 

 

·

a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

 

 

 

·

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The Selling Shareholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker‑dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholders may arrange for other brokers‑dealers to participate in sales. Broker‑dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Shareholders (or, if any broker‑dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.

 

 
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In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the Selling Shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Shareholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The Selling Shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.

 

The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the securities. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the Selling Shareholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the common stock by the Selling Shareholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Shareholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 

 
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Annex B

 

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

The common stock being offered by the selling shareholders are those issuable to the selling shareholders upon conversion of the Preferred Stock. For additional information regarding the issuances of the Preferred Stock, see “Private Placement” above. We are registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the notes and the shares of common stock, the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the shares of common stock, Preferred Stock and warrants, as of ________, 2022, assuming conversion of the Preferred Stock [and exercise of Warrant] held by the selling shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.

 

The third column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, determined as if the outstanding Preferred Stock were converted and exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, subject to adjustment as provided in the registration rights agreement, without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Stock. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Under the terms of the Certificate of Designation, a selling shareholder may not convert shares of Preferred Stock to the extent such conversion would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of shares of common stock that would exceed 9.99% of our then outstanding common stock following such conversion (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”), excluding, for purposes of such determination, shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Preferred Stock that have not been converted[ or exercise of warrants that have not been exercised]. A holder may, upon written notice to the Company, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation applicable to it to such other percentage limit, not to exceed 19.99%, as such holder may determine; provided, however, that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The number of shares in the second column does not reflect any such Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Name of Selling

Shareholder

 

 Number of shares

of Common Stock

 Owned Prior to

Offering

 

Maximum Number

of shares of

Common Stock to

be Sold Pursuant to

this Prospectus

 

 Number of

shares of

Common Stock

Owned After

Offering

 

 
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Annex C

 

CHARGE ENTERPRISES, inc.

 

Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable Securities”) of Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 

 
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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1.

Name.

 

 

(a)

Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:

 

 

 

 

Telephone:                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Fax:                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Contact Person:                                                                                                                                                                                                          

          

3.

Broker-Dealer Status:

 

 

 

 

(a)

Are you a broker-dealer?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

(b) 

If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

Note:

If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

    

 
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(c)

Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

(d)

If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ☐     No ☐

 

 

 

 

Note:

If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

4.

Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.

 

 

 

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Exchange Agreement

 

 

 

(a)

Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 
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5.

Relationships with the Company:

 

 

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

 

 

State any exceptions here:

 

 

 

 

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any material inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective; provided, that the undersigned shall not be required to notify the Company of any changes to the number of securities held or owned by the undersigned or its affiliates.

 

The undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that it is familiar with and understands Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and agrees to abide by the provisions of Regulation M during any time Regulation M applies to the undersigned via the Registrable Securities. By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Date:                                                                      

Beneficial Owner:                                                                           

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

PLEASE FAX A COPY (OR EMAIL A .PDF COPY) OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:

 

 
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Schedule 6(b)

 

The Company has granted the following registration rights on or prior to the date of this Agreement:

 

·

Registration rights relating to the securities issued to funds managed by Arena Investors LP pursuant to the terms of the May 2020 Private Placement, November 2020 Private Placement, May 2021 Private Placement and the December 2021 Private Placement, all as described in the Company’s SEC filings.

 

 

·

Registration rights relating to the securities issued to funds managed by Island Capital Group LLC pursuant to the terms of the February 2022 Private Placement and April 2022, as described in the Company’s SEC filings.

 

 

·

Investors in the Company’s December 2020 private placement received demand registration rights, whereby if the Company receives a request from investors in the December 2020 financing (the “Dec 2020 Holders”) holding at least 50% of the shares of common stock issued in the December 2020 private placement (the “Shares”) then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Dec 2020 Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the date such request, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Shares requested to be registered, as specified by notice given by each such Purchaser to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations set forth below. Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Purchasers requesting a registration a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such registration statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after the request is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; and provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period.

 

 
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Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDMENT, CONSENT AND WAIVER

 

This AMENDMENT, CONSENT AND WAIVER (this “Consent”) is made and entered into as of June 30, 2022 by and among Charge Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the purchasers signatory to the Purchase Agreements (as defined below) (each a, “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2020 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “May 2020 Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the Purchasers, the May 2020 Purchasers have extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000.00 issued by the Company to the May 2020 Purchasers (together with any notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “May 2020 Senior Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the May 2020 Notes, the Purchasers were issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $0.50 per share (the “May 2020 Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2020 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “November 2020 Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the Purchasers, the November 2020 Purchasers have extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $3,888,889.00 issued by the Company to the November 2020 Purchasers (together with any notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “November 2020 Senior Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “May 2021 Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the Purchasers, the Purchasers have extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes and certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Non-convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal amounts of $5,610,000 and $11,032,609, respectively, issued by the Company to the Purchasers (together with any notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “May 2021 Senior Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the May 2021 Notes, the Purchasers were issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,870,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “May 2021 Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “December 2021 Purchase Agreement” and together with the May 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement, the November 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement and May 2021 Securities Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase Agreements”), among the Company and the Purchasers, the Purchasers have extended credit to the Company as evidenced by certain Senior Secured Non-convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $14,814,814.67 issued by the Company to the Purchasers (together with any notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof or any additional investment made by the Purchasers and as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “December 2021 Senior Notes” and together with the May 2020 Senior Notes, the November 2020 Senior Notes and May 2021 Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”);

 

 
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WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the December 2021 Senior Notes, the Purchasers were issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,370,370 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “December 2021 Warrants” and together with the May 2020 Warrants and the May 2021 Warrants, the “Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “May 2021 Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Purchasers, the Company agreed to register the securities issued (or issuable upon conversion or exercise) to the Purchasers pursuant to the May 2021 Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021 (as amended and in effect from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, the “December 2021 Registration Rights Agreement,” and together with the May 2021 Registration Rights Agreement, the “Registration Rights Agreements”), among the Company and the Purchasers, the Company agreed to register the securities issued to (or issuable upon conversion or exercise) the Purchasers pursuant to the December 2021 Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers are contemplating restructuring the existing Senior Notes whereby the Purchasers would exchange the May 2020 Senior Notes, the November 2020 Senior Notes and the May 2021 Senior Notes for shares of a newly created Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Restructuring”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers desire to confirm to the Company the Purchasers’ approval and consent of the following: (i) the waiver under any restrictive covenant included in the Senior Notes for any restrictions on payment of dividends to any Purchaser who participates in the Restructuring (“Dividend Waiver”), (ii) the waiver of providing any non-public information in accordance with Section 4.6 of the Purchase Agreements related to the Restructuring (the “Information Waiver”), (iv) the amendments to the May 2020 Warrants as set forth in Section 3 below, (v) the amendment to Section 2(e) of the May 2021 Warrants as set forth in Section 4 below, (vi) the amendment to Section 2(e) of the December 2021 Warrants as set forth in Section 5 below, (vii) the waiver under any restrictive covenant included in the Senior Notes and the consent in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Registration Rights Agreements to include the securities issued in the Company’s April 2022 private placement on the Registration Statement to be filed in accordance with such Registration Rights Agreements or to file any other registration statement that is required under any registration rights agreement to be entered into in connection with the Restructuring (the “Additional Registrable Securities Consent”); and (viii) the waiver of any restriction, covenant or other obligation of the Company in the Purchase Agreements or any other transaction document entered into between the Company and the Purchasers in connection with the entry into the Purchase Agreements (the “Transaction Documents”) to obtain the consent of the Purchasers to enter into the Restructuring, provided, however, that this is a limited waiver and shall not impact any rights or remedies that the Purchasers have under the Transaction Documents, all of which are fully reserved herein (the “Financing Waiver”).

 

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

 

 
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1. Definitions; Transaction Documents. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreements, the Warrants and Registration Rights Agreements. This Consent shall constitute a Transaction Document for all purposes of the Purchase Agreements and the other Transaction Documents.

 

2. Confirmation of Consent; Waiver. The Purchasers hereby confirm their consent to Company for the Dividend Waiver, the Information Waiver, the Additional Registrable Securities Consent and the Financing Waiver.

 

3. Amendment to the May 2020 Warrants.

 

(a) A new clause (c) to Section 2 of the May 2020 Warrants is hereby added as follows:

 

“Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the Closing Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then by delivering an Exercise Notice and in lieu of making payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in cash or wire transfer, the Holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (the “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = (A x B) – (A x C)

B

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A = the total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

B = the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on the date of exercise of the Warrant.

C = the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), or (b) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchasers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.”

 

 
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(b) The last five sentences of clause (e) to Section 2 of the May 2020 Warrants are hereby deleted and replaced as follows:

 

“The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, which will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation applicable solely to such Holder to such other percentage limit as may be determined by the Holder, not to exceed 19.99%, provided that any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, within 61 days of the Termination Date, the Holder, at its option and in addition to any other rights it has hereunder, may, upon prior written notice, require the Company to issue to the Holder, upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with Section 2 hereunder, in lieu of issuing Warrant Shares, such number of shares of a to-be-issued class of preferred stock of the Company, which shall be convertible into the same number of Warrant Shares as shall be issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant and be of like tenor as the Company’s Series D convertible preferred stock, provided that any such newly issued preferred stock shall not pay any dividends to the Holder thereunder (the “New Preferred Stock”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Holder shall not deliver written notice of its intent to receive New Preferred Stock in lieu of any Warrant Shares on or prior to the 61st calendar day prior to the Termination Date of this Warrant, the Holder shall only be entitled to receive Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant.”

 

(c) The Notice of Exercise in the May 2020 Warrants is hereby amended and restated as set forth on Exhibit A annexed hereto.

 

4. Amendment to May 2021 Warrants. The last five sentences of clause (e) to Section 2 of the May 2021 Warrants are hereby deleted and replaced as follows:

 

“The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, which will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation applicable solely to such Holder to such other percentage limit as may be determined by the Holder, not to exceed 19.99%, provided that any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, within 61 days of the Termination Date, the Holder, at its option and in addition to any other rights it has hereunder, may, upon prior written notice, require the Company to issue to the Holder, upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with Section 2 hereunder, in lieu of issuing Warrant Shares, such number of shares of a to-be-issued class of preferred stock of the Company, which shall be convertible into the same number of Warrant Shares as shall be issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant and be of like tenor as the Company’s Series D convertible preferred stock, provided that any such newly issued preferred stock shall not pay any dividends to the Holder thereunder (the “New Preferred Stock”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Holder shall not deliver written notice of its intent to receive New Preferred Stock in lieu of any Warrant Shares on or prior to the 61st calendar day prior to the Termination Date of this Warrant, the Holder shall only be entitled to receive Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant.”

 

 
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5. Amendment to December 2021 Warrants. The last five sentences of clause (e) to Section 2 of the December 2021 Warrants are hereby deleted and replaced as follows:

 

“The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, which will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation applicable solely to such Holder to such other percentage limit as may be determined by the Holder, not to exceed 19.99%, provided that any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, within 61 days of the Termination Date, the Holder, at its option and in addition to any other rights it has hereunder, may, upon prior written notice, require the Company to issue to the Holder, upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with Section 2 hereunder, in lieu of issuing Warrant Shares, such number of shares of a to-be-issued class of preferred stock of the Company, which shall be convertible into the same number of Warrant Shares as shall be issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant and be of like tenor as the Company’s Series D convertible preferred stock, provided that any such newly issued preferred stock shall not pay any dividends to the Holder thereunder (the “New Preferred Stock”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Holder shall not deliver written notice of its intent to receive New Preferred Stock in lieu of any Warrant Shares on or prior to the 61st calendar day prior to the Termination Date of this Warrant, the Holder shall only be entitled to receive Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant.”

 

6. Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent. This Consent shall become effective upon receipt by the Company and the Purchasers of counterpart signatures to this Consent duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchasers.

 

7. No Implied Consent or Waiver. Except as expressly set forth in this Consent, this Consent shall not, by implication or otherwise, limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect any rights or remedies of the Purchasers under the Purchase Agreements, the Registration Rights Agreements or the other Transaction Documents, or alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, obligations or covenants contained in the Purchase Agreements, Registration Rights Agreements or the other Transaction Documents, all of which shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing in this Consent shall be construed to imply any willingness on the part of the Purchasers to agree to or grant any similar or future amendment, consent or waiver of any of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

 
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8. Counterparts. This Consent may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by e-mail (e.g., “pdf” or “tiff”) or fax transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Consent.

 

9. Governing Law. THIS CONSENT SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PREPARED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ ANDREW FOX

 

Name:

 Andrew Fox

 

Title:

 Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Mt. Whitney Securities, LLC

ARENA FINANCE MARKETS, LP

Arena Special Opportunities Fund, LP

Arena Special Opportunities Partners I, LP

ARENA STRUCTURED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS (CAYMAN) LLC

as Purchasers

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ LAWRENCE CUTLER

 

Name:

Lawrence Cutler

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

   

 
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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: CHARGE ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

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

 

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

 

☐ in lawful money of the United States; or

☐ if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

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

 

_______________________________

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

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

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: ____________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________

Date: __________________________________________________________________________

 

 
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