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 6, 2014

 

 

 

Inventergy Global, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  

 

 

Delaware   000-26399   62-1482176
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)       Identification Number)

 

900 E. Hamilton Avenue #180    
Campbell CA   95008
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 389-3510

 

eOn Communications Corporation

1703 Sawyer Road
Corinth, MS 38834

(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):

 

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On December 17, 2013, eOn Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“eOn” and, following the Merger, the “Company”), Inventergy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Inventergy”), and Inventergy Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of eOn (“Merger Sub”) entered into an Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) providing for the merger of Inventergy with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”). The Merger was consummated on June 6, 2014. Please see Item 2.01 below for a discussion of the Merger. The Company also issued a press release regarding the Merger, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The Merger

 

The Merger was consummated on June 6, 2014, as a result of which Inventergy merged with and into Merger Sub and holders of Inventergy securities were issued securities of the Company. Upon the consummation of the Merger, the Company changed its name from “eOn Communications Corporation” to “Inventergy Global, Inc.” and effected a one-for-two reverse stock split of the Company common stock (the “Reverse Split”).

 

In connection with the consummation of the Merger:

 

(i) each share of Inventergy common stock was exchanged for 1.4139 shares of Company common stock on a post-Reverse Split basis (the “Exchange Ratio”);

 

(ii) the Inventergy Series A Preferred Stock was exchanged for a like number of newly-created Company Series A Preferred Stock;

 

(iii) options and restricted shares of Inventergy common stock awarded pursuant to the Inventergy 2013 Stock Plan and outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger were converted into awards of options to purchase Company common stock and restricted shares of Company common stock with terms and conditions identical to the terms and conditions of the corresponding options to purchase Inventergy common stock and awards of restricted shares of Inventergy common stock (as adjusted for the Exchange Ratio); and

 

(iv)     outstanding warrants to purchase Inventergy common stock were exchanged for warrants to acquire Company common stock with terms and conditions identical to the terms and conditions of the corresponding warrants to purchase Inventergy common stock (as adjusted for the Exchange Ratio).

 

Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, the Company had 20,018,028 shares of common stock, 6,176,748 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 2,231 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. In addition, it had warrants to purchase 700,937 shares of common stock outstanding and 238,412 placement agent warrants outstanding. The Company’s common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “INVT” on June 9, 2014.

 

Please see Item 2.03 for a discussion of the Company Notes.

 

The Transition Transactions

 

In connection with the Merger, on December 17, 2013, eOn, Cortelco Systems Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of eOn (“Cortelco Holding”), eOn Communications Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of eOn (“eOn Subsidiary”), and Cortelco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Cortelco Holding (“Cortelco”) entered into a transition agreement (the “Transition Agreement”). The Transition Agreement provided for several transactions among eOn and its subsidiaries in connection with, and subject to the completion of, the Merger. Each of these transactions were consummated at the time the Merger became effective (the “Effective Time”), including the following (collectively, the “Transition Transactions”):

 

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(1) eOn and Cortelco each transferred certain contracts and other assets to eOn Subsidiary, and eOn Subsidiary assumed the liabilities associated with such contracts on and after the date of assumption;

 

(2) eOn Subsidiary purchased from Cortelco certain inventory for a purchase price equal to Cortelco’s book value of such inventory;

 

(3) eOn and Cortelco Holding redeemed in full those certain contingent notes in the maximum initial amount of $11 million (collectively, the “Contingent Note”) in consideration of paying the holders of the Contingent Note (the “Noteholders”) either cash in the aggregate amount of $300,000 or shares of Cortelco Holding owned by eOn;

 

(4) Cortelco entered into a fulfillment services agreement with eOn Subsidiary providing for certain services to be conducted on behalf of eOn Subsidiary after the Merger;

 

(5) the Company transferred to Cortelco Holding (i) all of its ownership in Cortelco Systems Puerto Rico, Inc., and Symbio Investment Corp., and (ii) eOn’s right to require David S. Lee, former Chairman of eOn, to purchase its investment in Symbio Investment Corp.; and

 

(6) the Company and Cortelco Holding entered into an indemnity agreement providing that Cortelco will indemnify the Company from and against any future losses arising from the Contingent Note and certain other matters.

 

Upon completion of the Merger and the Transition Transactions, the Company owns all of the outstanding stock of Inventergy and eOn Subsidiary and has transferred certain assets held prior to the Merger and no longer owns an interest in Cortelco Holding, Cortelco, Cortelco Systems Puerto Rico, Inc., or Symbio Investment Corp.

 

Indemnity Agreements

 

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, on June 6, 2014, the Company entered into separate indemnity agreements with each of eOn’s and the Company’s officers and directors (each, an “Indemnity Agreement” and collectively, the “Indemnity Agreements”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to indemnify such individuals in connection with claims brought against them in their capacities as officers and directors of eOn prior to the Merger and the Company following the Merger. Each Indemnity Agreement also provides each individual with, among other things, certain advancement rights in legal proceedings so long as such individual undertakes to repay the advancement if it is later determined that such individual is not entitled to be indemnified.

 

The preceding is a summary of the material provisions of the Indemnity Agreements and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the form of Indemnity Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Lock-up Agreements

 

In connection with the pending Merger, on or about May 9, 2014, holders of Inventergy securities who are subject to an existing lock-up agreement (the “Pre-Existing Lock-up Agreements”) entered into a letter agreement addendum to their Pre-Existing Lock-up Agreements (the “Addendum”) providing that, upon the consummation of the Merger, the terms of the Pre-Existing Lock-up Agreements would apply mutatis mutandis to any shares of Company common stock received in the Merger. The Addendum provides that Inventergy’s officers and directors and the majority of the then holders of outstanding common stock of Inventergy would not (a) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock or common stock equivalents owned by such holder; (b) enter into a swap or other arrangement for the transfer of the economic consequences of ownership of the shares; (c) make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a registration statement to register the shares of common stock or common stock equivalents or (d) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, except for 10% of the common stock holdings of each such holder (such threshold increasing to 20% if certain conditions are met). The Pre-Existing Lock-up Agreements, as amended, expire on May 10, 2015.

 

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The preceding is a summary of the material provisions of the Pre-Existing Lock-up Agreements and the Addendum and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the forms of the Pre-Existing Lock-up Agreement and Addendum, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

In addition, on or about June 9, 2014, certain stockholders and founders of Inventergy representing approximately 78% of the issued common stock and preferred stock of Inventergy entered into a lock-up agreement (the “New Lock-up Agreements”) with the Company. Pursuant to the New Lock-up Agreements, each such stockholder agreed (a) to sell no restricted securities of the Company until July 1, 2014 unless the Company’s common stock price is above $6.00 per share; (b) from July 1, 2014 to August 30, 2014, to sell on a monthly basis no more than 6% of that stockholder's beneficially held restricted securities if the Company's stock price is above $4.00 per share; (c) from September 1, 2014 through November 30, 2014, to sell on a monthly basis no more than 6% of that stockholder's beneficially held restricted securities; and (d) sell without limitation any number of restricted securities if the Company’s stock price is above $6.00 per share. In addition, these shareholders have agreed to not engage in any short selling during the restriction period, which expires on November 30, 2014.

 

The preceding is a summary of the material provisions of the form of the New Lock-up Agreements and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the form of New Lock-up Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. A press release regarding the execution of the New Lock-up Agreements is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.

 

Company Notes

 

Registered Notes

 

On May 10, 2013, Inventergy and the investors named therein entered into a securities purchase agreement pursuant to which it issued Senior Secured Convertible Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $5 million (the “Inventergy Notes”). On March 24, 2014, Inventergy and the investors named therein entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Consolidated Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Inventergy Notes were restructured with terms substantially similar to the Inventergy New Notes (which are discussed below). On June 6, 2014, upon consummation of the Merger, the Inventergy Notes were exchanged for Amended and Restated Company Notes (the “Company Registered Notes”) and the obligations pursuant to such notes were assumed in full by the Company.

 

New Notes

 

On March 24, 2014, pursuant to the Consolidated Purchase Agreement, Inventergy issued additional Senior Secured Convertible Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $3 million (the “Inventergy New Notes”). On June 6, 2014, upon consummation of the Merger, the Inventergy New Notes were exchanged for Company New Notes (the “Company New Notes” and, together with the Company Registered Notes, the “Company Notes”) and the obligations pursuant to such notes were assumed in full by the Company.

 

Terms of the Company Notes

 

The terms of the Company New Notes and the Company Registered Notes are substantially similar and described below, provided, however, the Company Registered Notes and the shares of Company common stock issuable upon conversion of such notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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General

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Company Notes, interest accrues on the unpaid principal amount at the rate of 4.0% per annum until the full amount of principal and interest shall be deposited into a control account, and thereafter at the rate of 2% per annum. In the event of the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined below), the interest rate shall increase to 18%. The Company Notes mature and the outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest and late charges, if any, is payable on May 10, 2018 (the “Maturity Date”), as may be extended at the option of the holder of the Note under certain limited circumstances.

 

Events of Default

 

Pursuant to the Company Notes, an “Event of Default” means, among other things:

 

(i) the suspension from trading or failure of the common stock to be listed on an exchange for a period of two consecutive trading days or for more than an aggregate of ten trading days in any 365-day period;

 

(ii) the Company's (A) failure to cure a failure to deliver the required number of shares of common stock within five business days after the applicable conversion date or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Company Notes, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of any Company Notes into shares of common stock that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of the notes;

 

(iii) the Company’s failure to reserve sufficient shares allocable to a holder for five consecutive business days;

 

(iv) prior to the Control Account (as defined in the Company Notes) equalling or exceeding full collateralization of the Company Notes including principal and interest, the Company’s failure to pay to the holder any amount of principal, interest, late charges or other amounts when and as due under the Company Notes or any other transaction document except in limited circumstances;

 

(v) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief of debtors, (A) commences a voluntary bankruptcy case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary bankruptcy case, (C) consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official, (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(vi) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any bankruptcy law that (A) is for relief against the Company or any of its subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

 

(vii) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $100,000 prior to full collateralization and $500,000 thereafter (“Threshold Amount”) are rendered against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within sixty days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within sixty days after the expiration of such stay; providedhowever, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the Threshold Amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty days of the issuance of such judgment;

 

(viii) prior to the Control Account equaling or exceeding full collateralization of the Company Notes including principal and interest, other than as specifically set forth in another clause, the Company or any of its subsidiaries breaches any material representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any transaction document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition of any transaction document which is curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least ten consecutive business days;

 

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(ix) any breach or failure in any respect to comply with the covenants set forth in the Company Note except, where such breach or failure is curable, only if such breach or failure continues for a period of at least ten consecutive business days;

 

(x) the Company or any subsidiary shall fail to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement contained in any Security Document (as defined below) to which it is a party, except, if such breach or failure is curable, only if such breach or failure continues for a period of at least ten consecutive business days;

 

(xi) any material provision of any Security Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or any subsidiary intended to be a party thereto in accordance with its terms, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company or any subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Security Document;

 

(xii) any Security Document, after delivery thereof pursuant hereto, shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority lien in favor of the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Company Notes) for the benefit of the holders of the Company Notes on any Collateral (as defined in the Company Notes) purported to be covered thereby;

 

(xiii) any bank at which any deposit account, blocked account, or lockbox account of the Company or any subsidiary is maintained shall fail to comply with any material term of any deposit account, blocked account, lockbox account or similar agreement to which such bank is a party or any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other financial institution at any time in custody, control or possession of any investment property of the Company or any subsidiary shall fail to comply with any of the terms of any investment property control agreement to which such person is a party (it being understood that only accounts pursuant to which the Collateral Agent has requested account control agreements should be subject to this clause (x));

 

(xiv) any default under, redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of an aggregate amount of Indebtedness (as defined in the Company Notes) in excess of the $100,000 prior to full collateralization and $500,000 thereafter of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

 

(xv) any breach or failure in any respect to deposit of Available Proceeds (as defined in the Company Notes) in the Control Account (as defined in the Company Notes) pursuant to the terms of the Company Note;

 

(xvi) any Event of Default (as defined in the Company New Notes) occurs with respect to any Company New Notes; or

 

(xvii) any Event of Default (as defined in the Company Registered Notes) occurs with respect to any Company Registered Notes.

 

Security

 

The payment of amounts due and payable under the Company Notes is secured by all of the assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of a Pledge and Security Agreement, a Supplement to Security Agreement, a Cash Collateral Agreement and a Deposit and Control Account Agreement (the “Security Documents”). Hudson Bay IP Opportunities Master Fund, LP serves as the collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) pursuant to the Security Documents. In addition, the Company will maintain a cash collateral account for the benefit of the noteholders initially funded with $3.5 million deposited by Inventergy (the “Control Account”). Such Control Account will be increased with a percentage of all future revenues and a lesser percentage of any future capital raises, until such time as the funds in such account equal the remaining principal amount of the Company Notes plus all future interest through maturity of the Company Notes. Until the Control Account is fully funded, the Company may not use the cash in the Control Account to make payments due pursuant to the Company Notes. When such Control Account is fully funded, the interest rate on the Company Notes will decrease to 2%, all liens on the Company’s assets (other than the Control Account itself) will be terminated, all restrictive covenants in the Company Notes will terminate, and a number of potential events of default will also terminate. Repayment of the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Company Notes are also guaranteed by each of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Guaranty Agreement. The Pledge and Security Agreement, Supplement to Security Agreement, Cash Collateral Agreement, Deposit and Control Account Agreement and Guaranty are attached as Exhibits 10.

 

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Conversion

 

The principal and interest under the Company Notes are convertible at any time after issuance into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $5.30448 per share, subject to adjustment as provided therein; provided, however, that the Company will not effect the conversion of any portion of a Company Note, and the holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of a Company Note, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the holder together with other affiliated parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion.

 

Redemption Rights

 

Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the Company is required to deliver written notice thereof to the holder of the Company Note and in such event, or upon the holder becoming aware of an event of default, the holder of the Company Note may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of the Company Note in cash equal to 125% of the amount subject to redemption by delivering written notice to the Company (100% in the event of a bankruptcy event of default), or, in certain circumstances where the holder would not be able to convert the Company Note into common stock and sell such common stock, the market value of the shares into which the Company Note would otherwise be convertible, if higher.

 

During the period beginning on the earlier to occur of any oral or written agreement by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to consummate a transaction which would reasonably be expected to result in a change of control (as defined in the Company Note), or the holder of the Company Note becoming aware of a change of control or the receipt of the Company’s required notice prior to the consummation of a change of control, the holders of the Company Notes have the right to require the Company to redeem all or any portion of the Company Note in cash at a price equal to the greater of (a) 125% of the amount of the Company Note being redeemed and (b) the product of the amount being redeemed and the quotient determined by dividing the greatest closing sale price of the common stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (x) the change of control and (y) the announcement of the change of control and ending on the date the holder delivers the change of control redemption notice.

 

From and after October 15, 2014, the holders of the Company Notes are entitled to a quarterly amortization payment according to an agreed schedule in cash. The Company must also deposit into the Control Account an amount equal to 25% of the gross revenues of the Company (including license fees, settlement amounts, royalties, infringement damages and the like) and shall first be applied to accrued and unpaid late charges, then to accrued and unpaid interest and then to principal. The Company also has the right, exercisable only once, at any time, to prepay one half of the then-outstanding principal amount of the Company Notes.

 

Fundamental Transactions

 

The Company is prohibited pursuant to the Company Notes from entering into a fundamental transaction (as defined in the Company Notes) unless the successor entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under the Company Notes and the other documents related to the transaction. Fundamental transaction is defined to include a consolidation or merger in which the Company’s stockholders are not the holders of a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity, a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, certain tender offers for more than 50% of the outstanding common stock, stock purchase agreement or other business combination in which the entity acquires at least 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock.

 

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Restrictive Covenants

 

Until the notes are fully collateralized through the Control Account, the Company and its subsidiaries will be prohibited pursuant to the terms of the Company Notes from effecting the following:

 

  · Incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness (as defined in the Company Notes) other than Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Company Notes);

 

  · Allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrances upon or in any property or assets other than Permitted Liens (as defined in the Company Notes);

 

  · Redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by payment of cash or cash equivalents; all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than the Company Notes), whether by payment of principal or interest on such Indebtedness if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

  · Redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by payment of cash or cash equivalents, all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than payment of regularly scheduled interest payments or other late fees and liquidated damages which may accrue under Permitted Indebtedness);

 

  · Until all the notes and the additional notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied, (i) redeem or repurchase it Equity Interests (as defined in the Company Notes); (ii) declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on any Equity Interest (other than certain special purpose subsidiaries);

 

  · Any change in the nature of its business or modify its corporate structure or purpose; and

 

  · Encumber or allow any Liens on, any Collateral, other than Permitted Liens;

 

In addition, the Company will be required to effect the following:

 

  · Maintain and preserve its existing and that of each of its subsidiaries and cause each to become or remain qualified and in good standing in each required jurisdiction;

 

  · Maintain and cause its subsidiaries to maintain insurance with respect to its properties and business;

 

  · Refrain from entering into, renewing, extending or being a party to any transaction or series of related transactions with any affiliate except in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it or its subsidiaries than would be obtaining in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a period that is not an affiliate thereof; and

 

  · Maintain on deposit in the Control Account not less than $3,500,000 and shall not use such amounts to make payments due on the Notes or the Additional Notes.

 

The summary of the material provisions of the Company Notes and the Consolidated Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the forms of the Company Notes and the Consolidated Purchase Agreement, which are referenced as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 10.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

 

HORNE LLP has served as the independent registered public accounting firm for eOn. Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company dismissed HORNE LLP and has engaged Marcum LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The audit report of HORNE LLP on the consolidated financial statements of eOn and subsidiaries as of and for the years ended July 31, 2013 and 2012, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

 

The decision to change accountants was approved by the board of directors of the Company.

 

During the fiscal years ended July 31, 2012 and 2013, and the interim period through April 30, 2014, there were no: (1) disagreements with HORNE LLP on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements if not resolved to their satisfaction would have caused them to make reference in connection with their opinion to the subject matter of the disagreement, or (2) reportable events.

 

During the fiscal years ended July 31, 2012 and 2013 and the subsequent interim period through April 30, 2014, Marcum LLP was not consulted as to the application of accounting principles, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered, or any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event.

 

A letter from HORNE LLP is attached as Exhibit 16 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01. Change in Control of Registrant.

 

The information regarding consummation of the Merger set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Information with respect to appointment of executive officers and directors following consummation of the Merger is set forth in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, the former Inventergy stockholders hold approximately 91% of the total combined voting power of all of the Company’s outstanding voting stock.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

 

On June 6, 2014, as a result of and immediately upon consummation of the Merger, Lee M. Bowling resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of eOn and Steven Swartz resigned from his position as Principal Executive Officer of eOn.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at and after the Effective Time, the Company board of directors shall consist of six members. Six persons were nominated to stand for election at the special meeting of stockholders of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, two of whom were current directors of eOn and one of whom was designated by the holders of a majority of the Inventergy Series A Preferred Stock to serve on behalf of the holders of the eOn Series A Preferred Stock after completion of the Merger. Each of such six directors were elected as directors at the Special Meeting of the Company Stockholders on June 3, 2014.

 

Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, the Company’s executive officers and directors are as follows:

 

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Name   Age   Position
Joseph W. Beyers   61   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Wayne Sobon   52   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Jon Rortveit   55   Senior Vice President, Acquisition and IP Licensing
Stephen B. Huang   41   Chief Financial Officer
Francis P. Barton   67   Director (1)
W. Frank King   74   Director (1)
Marshall Phelps, Jr.   69   Director (1)
Robert A. Gordon   63   Director (1)
Robb Knie   45   Director (2)

 

 

(1) Independent director.

(2) Designee of the holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Joseph W. Beyers. Mr. Beyers has served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Inventergy since February 2013 (and of Inventergy LLC from January 2012 until it converted to Inventergy Inc. in February 2013). Since November 2011 Mr. Beyers has been the chairman of Silicon Turbine Systems, an alternative energy developer. He has also served as chairman of JWB IP Consulting, LLC since September 2009 and since August 2009 chairman of Ambature, LLC, an IP creation start-up companies in the green energy field. From September 2009 to November 2011, Mr. Beyers was the chairman and chief executive officer of Ambature LLC, a developer of technologies to improve the efficiency of electrical energy generation, distribution and usage. For the 34 years until August 2009 Mr. Beyers served in various positions at Hewlett-Packard Company. From January 2003 to August 2009, Mr. Beyers was vice president of intellectual property licensing at the Hewlett-Packard where he was responsible for patent licensing, technology licensing, brand licensing, standards based licensing and patent sales and acquisitions for the entity as well as a key driver of IP strategy. His initial position was as an engineer on operating system design and lead inventor of the world’s first 32-bit computer chip. He then led mergers and acquisitions and technology partnership activities for Hewlett-Packard followed by a lead role in corporate strategy. Mr. Beyers was also previously the head of a number of the Hewlett Packard worldwide product businesses. Mr. Beyers holds both an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois in 2007.

 

Mr. Beyers will also serve on the Company’s Board. Mr. Beyers will provide an insider’s perspective in board discussions about the business and strategic direction of the Company.  In addition, he has experience in all aspects of the Company’s business, as well as decades of experience managing patents, technology, licensing and strategic planning, including 30 years of senior executive experience at Hewlett-Packard, advising its board and directing significant merger and acquisition activities.

 

Wayne P. Sobon. Mr. Sobon has served as Inventergy’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel since January 2013. From February 2011 until January 2013, he served as Vice President, Chief IP Counsel for Rambus, Inc., a technology research and development and licensing company. From August 2000 to February 2011, Mr. Sobon was the Associate General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel of Accenture, Inc. (formerly Anderson Consulting), a provider of management consulting, systems integration and technology, and outsourcing services. Prior to joining Accenture, Inc., Mr. Sobon was a partner at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper) from March 1999 to August 2000. Mr. Sobon holds a B.S. in Physics (with honors) and a B.A. in German Studies from Stanford University. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his J.D. (Order of the Coif from Boalt Hall School of Law (now Berkeley Law School)) and M.B.A. (with the Haas Academic Achievement Award for highest achievement from the Haas School of Business). Mr. Sobon is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (the “USPTO”), a member of the California State Bar, the current President and former board member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and an executive committee member and former board member of the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel. He is currently serving in his second three-year term as an appointee by the Secretary of Commerce on the USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee, advising the USPTO on matters of patent administration, regulation and fee setting.

 

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Jon Rortveit. Mr. Rortveit has served as Senior Vice President, Acquisition and IP Licensing for Inventergy since January 2013. From 2005 through 2012 he served as the chief executive officer of Tynax, Inc., a global patent broker. His previous experience includes serving as a venture partner with EuroUS Ventures, a later-stage venture capital firm; serving as chief executive officer of IBA, Inc., a consulting firm which he founded and sold; and serving as vice president of marketing and president of U.S. operations for DAVIS A/S, a leading market maker for Texas Instruments’ DLP technology. Mr. Rortveit holds an MBA from Warwick Business School and currently serves as an MBA student mentor at the Warwick Business School. In addition, Mr. Rortveit serves as a board member of China International Intellectual Property Services, a Hong Kong-based provider of IP services, a board supervisor for the Nansha International Science Park (a Guangzhou company) and advisor to CEO Clubs China.

 

Please see Item 5.02, “Appointment of CFO” for the biography of Mr. Stephen Huang, the Company’s newly-appointed Chief Financial Officer.

 

The officers and directors of the Company have engaged in the following transaction with the Company or its subsidiary:

 

On December 19, 2013, Inventergy issued a promissory note to Mr. Beyers to reflect the loan by Mr. Beyers of $3,000,000 to Inventergy. The note bears interest at 2% per annum. All principal and interest, together with a loan origination fee of $60,000 was originally due on February 7, 2014. This note is secured by certain patent assets of Inventergy. Pursuant to an Amendment to Secured Promissory Note dated February 6, 2014, the maturity date was modified to February 11, 2014. On February 10, 2014, the parties entered into an Amended and Restated Unsecured Promissory Note which extended the maturity date to August 31, 2014.

 

On December 31, 2013, Inventergy issued a promissory note to Mr. Beyers upon the loan by Mr. Beyers of $100,000 to Inventergy. The note bears interest at 2% per annum with a maturity date of February 14, 2014. The $100,000 note was repaid in full in January 2014.

 

On February 10, 2014, Mr. Beyers and Inventergy entered into an Amended and Restated Unsecured Promissory Note evidencing the obligation of Mr. Beyers to pay to Inventergy the principal sum of $3,000,000. The note bears interest at 2% per annum with all principal and accrued but unpaid interest payable upon maturity. The note provides for a maturity date of August 31, 2014 and provided Inventergy with the right to set off the obligation of Mr. Beyers pursuant to the note against Inventergy’s obligations under the December 19, 2013 $3,000,000 note.

 

Pursuant to a Termination and Release dated March 25, 2014, Mr. Beyers acknowledged the payment from Inventergy under the December 19, 2013 promissory note in the principal amount of $3,000,000 and the security interest in the patent assets released and the February 10, 2014 promissory note by Mr. Beyers in the principal amount of $3,000,000 was deemed set off and paid in full.

 

On September 20, 2013, Inventergy entered into a Consulting Services Agreement with Mr. Knie originally expiring in December 2013 but which has been extended to May 31, 2014. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Knie received cash compensation of $80,000 and 65,000 shares of Inventergy restricted stock in 2013, cash compensation of $100,000 to date in 2014 and an additional $100,000 payable $50,000 on April 30, 2014 and $50,000 on May 31, 2014.

 

Appointment of CFO

 

Pursuant to a letter agreement effective as of June 9, 2014 (the “Huang Agreement”), the Company entered into an agreement for the employment of Stephen B. Huang as Chief Financial Officer. Pursuant to the Huang Agreement, he is entitled to a salary of $200,000 per annum, payable semi-monthly, which salary will increase to $235,000 per annum, payable semi-monthly, at the later of (a) the Company raising gross proceeds of $20 million or more in the public markets; or (b) the Company receiving an aggregate of $5 million gross revenue from the licensing of any patent portfolio calculated as set forth in the Huang Agreement. Effective May 19, 2014, Mr. Huang received a grant of 424,170 nonqualified stock options with an exercise price of $3.04 per share, such options of Inventergy (which were converted into options of the Company) vesting over a three year period.

 

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In the event the Company terminates Mr. Huang’s employment "without cause” or Mr. Huang resigns for “good reason” as such terms are defined in the Huang Agreement, the Company will be required to pay monthly base salary for three months and 50% of all unvested options will vest immediately. Mr. Huang is also entitled to participate in company-sponsored benefit plans available to all employees. The Huang Agreement also requires the Mr. Huang to execute the Company’s standard Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement.

 

Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Huang, age 41, served as a consultant to Inventergy from May 19, 2014, until the consummation of the Merger. Prior to joining Inventergy, Mr. Huang served as chief financial officer for a number of technology companies, including Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. from September 2011 to October 2013, Unigen Corporation from February 2010 to September 2010, and Penguin Computing, Inc. from December 2005 to January 2010. Mr. Huang received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from San Francisco State University.

 

There is (a) no family relationship between Mr. Huang, any director or executive officer of the Company or (b) any prior transactions between the Company and Mr. Huang that must be disclosed under Regulation S-K Item 404. A press release regarding the appointment of Mr. Huang is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4.

 

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

 

Amended Certificate of Incorporation

 

On June 6, 2014, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. A copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Reference is made to the information in the section entitled “The Charter Amendment Proposals” beginning on page 83 of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4, as amended (the “Form S-4”), which Form S-4 was declared effective by the SEC on May 5, 2014, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 Certificate of Designation

 

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company issued its Series A Preferred Stock (the “Company Series A Preferred Stock”) in exchange for the Inventergy Series A Preferred Stock on a one for one basis. The Company is authorized to issue an aggregate of 6,176,748 shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock consisting of 5,000,000 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 (the “Series A-1 Stock”) and 1,176,748 shares of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 (“Series A-2 Stock” and collectively with the Series A-1 Stock, the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The rights conferred on the Company Series A Preferred Stock are as follows:

 

Ranking; Dividends. The shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock rank pari passu with each other and with the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Company Series B Preferred Stock”), with the right to receive dividends and distributions on an as-converted basis with the common stock. No dividend or other distribution may be declared and paid on the shares of common stock or other capital stock unless the Company Series A Preferred Stock receives a pro-rata share of such dividend or distribution on an as-converted basis (unless such dividend or distribution would result in a holder of Company Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owning in excess of 4.99% of the common stock in which case the portion of such dividend or distribution shall be held in abeyance for such holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in such holder exceeding 4.99% of the common stock). 

 

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Conversion. The Company Series A Preferred Stock may be converted at the holder’s option for at a conversion price equal to $0.007073 with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock or $1.202065 with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, as applicable (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the Subscription Date), subject to adjustment as provided for in the certificate of designation which is an exhibit to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 6, 2014, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Liquidation Preference. Upon the occurrence of the closing of an underwritten offering of at least $20 million at a price of not less than $1.61 and redemption in full of the Company Notes (or cash deposit into a cash control amount equal to the amount of the outstanding Company Notes plus interest) subject to certain conditions (a “Special Event”), the provisions relating to liquidation preference, redemption right upon the occurrence of a fundamental transaction, the enumerated protective provisions requiring prior consent of the Company Series A Preferred Stock and actions requiring the vote of the Series A Director (as described below) shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect.

 

Holders of the Company Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to a liquidation preference, until the occurrence of a Special Event, subject to the rights of any senior preferred stock of the Company.  Such holders also have redemption rights upon the Company’s entry into a fundamental transaction, such as a merger or acquisition; if the Company is unable to redeem all the Company Series A Preferred Stock, such redemption will be done pro-rata and the Company will pay 1.5% monthly interest for each unredeemed share of Company Series A Preferred Stock until the full redemption amount is paid.

 

Voting. Holders of the Company Series A Preferred Stock may vote their shares on an as-converted basis together with the holders of common stock and holders of Company Series B Preferred Stock as a single class. Except on certain matters described below and to the extent otherwise required by law, holders of Company Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote as a separate class.

 

So long as there continues to be a holder of Company Series A Preferred Stock that initially purchased shares of Inventergy Series A Preferred Stock initially convertible into 1 million shares of Inventergy common stock and continues to hold as of the applicable date of determination at least 20% of the shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock initially issued, and provided a Special Event has not occurred, the Company must obtain the affirmative vote of the majority of Company Series A Preferred Stock for the following actions:

 

  · to create a series of preferred stock that is pari passu with the Company Series A Preferred Stock or superior;

 

  · to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock or preferred stock;

 

  · to issue any debt securities or incur debt (other than permitted indebtedness);

 

  · to authorize and pay dividends or the redemption of Company stock;

 

  · to authorize or effect the sale or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, to engage in a fundamental transaction such as a merger or acquisition, or to engage in a liquidation event;

 

  · to amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws; or

 

  · to take any action that adversely effects the Company Series A Preferred Stock, provided, however, that in the case of actions adverse to the Series A-1 Stock, the holders of the Series A-1 Stock are entitled to vote separately as a class on such action, and further provided that in the case of actions adverse to the Series A-2 Stock, the holders of the Series A-2 Stock are entitled to vote separately as a class on such action.

 

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Approval of Series A Director. Until a Special Event has occurred and for so long as the director designated by a majority of the holders of the Company Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Director”) holds office up until one year after the completion of the Merger, the Company must obtain the affirmative vote of the Series A Director for the following actions:

 

  · to engage in a fundamental transaction, such as a merger or an acquisition;

 

  · to change its business;

 

  · to consummate a material transaction with an affiliate;

 

  · to terminate an executive making more than $225,000 annually;

 

  · to approve annual budgets in excess of $6.9 million, and to approve any payments of expenses made in excess of the annual budget;

 

  · to enter into agreements that restrict the Company’s ability to pay dividends or redeem its securities;

 

  · to adopt or amend a stock option plan;

 

  · to make any loan or advance unless such loan or advance is to a wholly owned subsidiary or in the ordinary course of business;

 

  · to guarantee any indebtedness (except for trade accounts in the ordinary course of business, or permitted indebtedness);

 

  · to invest any amount greater than $3 million (other than purchases of intellectual property or intellectual property rights);

 

  · to increase or decrease the number of directors constituting Company’s Board of Directors;

 

  · to repurchase or redeem any outstanding securities;
     
  · until the sale of Company equity securities generating aggregate proceeds to the Company of at least $10 million, hire any officers or employees on compensation terms more favorable than the terms in effect at the time of the Merger or increase the aggregate compensation of any officer or director; and

 

  · during the 12 month period immediately following the date of the Merger, make any increase to the aggregate compensation of any officer or director that exceeds 35% of such officer or director’s compensation on the date of the Merger or pay aggregate compensation to all officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries in excess of $2.9 million.

 

Fundamental Transactions. The rights and preferences for the Company Series A Preferred Stock provides that the Company will not enter into a fundamental transaction unless: (i) a successor assumes all obligations to the Company Series A Preferred Stock in form and substance satisfactory to the holders of the Company Series A Preferred Stock, including agreements to deliver to each holder of the Company Series A Preferred Stock securities of the successor substantially similar in form and substance to the Company Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) the successor is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on the NYSE, the NYSE MKT or Nasdaq. Until the occurrence of a Special Event, upon notice of a fundamental transaction, a holder of Company Series A Preferred Stock may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of such holder’s Company Series A Preferred Stock at a price per share equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) the stated value and (y) the product of (I) the fair market value of one share of common stock and (II) the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion per share of Company Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed and (ii) any declared accrued and unpaid dividends per share of Company Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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Bylaws

 

Effective as of June 6, 2014, the Company’s board of directors approved and adopted the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”). The Amended and Restated Bylaws amended the eOn Bylaws relating to the following principal matters:

 

·Addition of provisions to facilitate participation in stockholder meetings by remote communication as permitted by Delaware law;
·Revision of the provisions relating to the process for stockholder nominations and other business to be brought before an annual or special meeting of stockholders eliminating the requirement for a stockholder to provide a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of the requisite number sufficient to approve the proposal and providing for notice of a nomination or proposal to the corporation’s secretary; specifying the information required to be provided and providing that if the proposing stockholder does not appear at the meeting to present the nomination or business, such nomination or business shall be disregarded;
·Addition of a provision that a determination of the holders of record entitled to notice of and to vote shall apply to an adjournment of the meeting provided that the board may fix a new record date;
·Addition of a provision to permit action to be taken by written consent by holders of outstanding shares of preferred stock as to matters affecting only such stock;
·Provide for terms of less than three years in the event of reassignment of directors;
·Revisions to permit annual board meetings to be held at a place designated by the board of directors rather than the place where the annual meeting of stockholders is held; and adding a provision that attendance at a board meeting constitutes waiver of notice except for attendance for the purpose of objecting to the transaction of business and clarifying the quorum for board meetings;
·Revision of the provision requiring that the calculation of the quorum for a board meeting be calculated using the total number of directors rather than the exact number of directors fixed from time to time in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation;
·Revisions to eliminate reference to an executive committee, to provide that each committee shall consist of at least two persons rather than one and eliminating the right of committees to appoint another member in place of an absent or disqualified member;
·Authorizing the Board to determine the order for assignment of a vice president to perform the duties of an absent or disabled president and to authorize the board to assign an alternate title to any vice president;
·Addition of a provision requiring direct registration system eligibility of the Company’s stock at all times such stock is listed on a stock exchange, permitting issuance of stock in uncertificated form; and empowering the board to establish rules and regulations concerning the issue, transfer and registration of stock;
·Addition of provisions permitting the setting of separate record dates for notice and for voting at stockholder meetings as permitted by Delaware law;
·Revision the provisions as to indemnification of directors, executive officers and other employees to provide for indemnification if required by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws rather than as the Bylaws and to add a provision that any amendment, repeal or modification of the survival of rights provision shall not affect any right or protection with respect to an act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification; and
·Addition of a provision permitting electronic transmission of notices to stockholders if consented to by the stockholder to whom notice is given as permitted by Delaware law.

 

The preceding is a summary of the material changes in the Amended and Restated Bylaws and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Change in Fiscal Year End

 

On June 6, 2014, the Company adopted the December 31 fiscal year end of its operating subsidiary, Inventergy. All information required to be included on a transition report of the Company will be filed by an amendment to this Current Report.

 

Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics

 

Effective June 6, 2014, the Company adopted amendments to its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) to: (1) address the business of the Company following the consummation of the Merger; (2) make the Code applicable to all employees, officers and directors; (3) delete reference to training sessions and revise the titles of persons from whom approvals or reporting are made; (4) provide a mechanism for raising issues with the Chairman of the Audit Committee; (5) provide for an anonymous hotline for reporting known or suspected violations of the Code to the Company, including the General Counsel and the Chairman of the Audit Committee, as appropriate; and (6) specify within the Code the consequences for non-compliance with the Code. A copy of the amended Code is filed as Exhibit 14 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

Patent Purchase Agreement

 

On June 9, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Inventergy, and effective upon consummation of the Merger, expanded its mobile telecommunications portfolio with the acquisition of certain patents from Nokia Corporation. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Pursuant to a patent purchase agreement (the “PPA”), dated May 23, 2014, by and between Nokia Corporation (“Nokia”) and Inventergy, Inventergy has been assigned a patent portfolio that includes 16 patent families comprised of 77 patents and patent applications pertaining to IP Multimedia Subsystems. In consideration for the assignment, the Company will make future cash payments as described in the PPA. As a result of the PPA, the Company has a fully paid up and royalty free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and irrevocable right and license for the life of the assigned patents to (i) practice all methods, and (ii) make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and dispose of any and all products and/or services that are (a) substantially designed by Nokia or an affiliate of Nokia; and/or (b) specified by Nokia or an affiliate of Nokia; and/or (c) branded (or co-branded) with at least one trademark or other brand item owned or controlled, either through registration or other means, by Nokia and/or an affiliate of Nokia (including without limitation component parts to such products and services but for clarity, only such component parts that are supplied to such products and/or services, and not component parts that are provided to other products or services).

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)  Financial Statements Of Business Acquired.

 

The consolidated financial statements of eOn as of and for the years ended July 31, 2012 and 2013 and as of and for the six months ended January 31, 2013 and 2014 and the notes relating thereto are incorporated herein by reference from the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

The financial statements of Inventergy as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 and as of and for the period beginning January 12, 2012 (date of inception) through December 31, 2013 and the notes relating thereto are incorporated herein by reference from the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

The unaudited financial statements of Inventergy as of and for the period ended March 31, 2014 will be filed by an amendment within 41 days of this Current Report.

 

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(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

The pro forma financial information contained in the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Data” beginning on page 87 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, is hereby incorporated by reference.

 

The pro forma financial statements giving effect to the Merger will be filed within 41 days by an amendment to this Current Report.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Inventergy Global, Inc. (the “Company”) as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 6, 2014
3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company
4.1   Form of Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 as amended filed by eOn Communications Corporation on April 10, 2014)
4.2   Form of New Senior Secured Convertible Note of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 as amended filed by eOn Communications Corporation on April 10, 2014)
4.3   Guaranty, dated June 6, 2014, by and among Inventergy, Inc., eOn Communications Systems, Inc. and each Buyer referenced therein.
10.1   Form of Indemnity Agreement between the Company and certain members of its management
10.2   Form of Pre-Existing Lock-up Agreement and Form of Letter Agreement addendum (1)
10.3   Form of New Lock-up Agreement by and among the Company
10.4   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 24, 2014, by and among Inventergy, Inc. and the investors listed therein
10.5   Cash Collateral Agreement, dated March 26, 2014, by and between Hudson Bay IP Opportunities Master Fund, LP, as Collateral Agent, and Inventergy, Inc.
10.6   Pledge and Security Agreement, between Inventergy, Inc. and the Grantors identified therein, dated May 10, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 as amended filed by eOn Communications Corporation on April 10, 2014).
10.7   Supplement to Security Agreement between Inventergy, Inc, Hudson Bay IP Opportunities Master Fund, LP, as Collateral Agent, and each of the Grantors identified therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 as amended filed by eOn Communications Corporation on April 10, 2014).
10.8   Deposit and Control Account Agreement, dated March 26, 2014, by and among Hudson Bay IP Opportunities Master Fund, LP, as Collateral Agent, First Republic Bank and Inventergy, Inc. (1)
14   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
16   Letter from HORNE LLP
99.1   Press Release dated June 6, 2014, regarding closing of Merger
99.2   Press Release dated June 9, 2014, regarding Acquisition of Nokia Patents
99.3   Press Release dated June 9, 2014, regarding Shareholder Sales Restriction Agreements
99.4   Press Release dated June 11, 2014, regarding Appointment of Stephen B. Huang

 

(1)To be filed by amendment.

 

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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.

 

  Date:  June 12, 2014
   
  INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.
   
  By:   /s/ Joseph W. Beyers
    Joseph W. Beyers
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

eOn Communications Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

 

A.           The name of the corporation is eOn Communications Corporation. The corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 23, 1991 under the name CTC, Inc.

 

B.           All amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, reflected herein have been duly authorized and adopted by the Board of Directors and stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

C.           The corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, is hereby further amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation is Inventergy Global, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

The address, including street, number, city and county, of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of Newcastle, DE 19808. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

Upon the effectiveness of this Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Split Effective Time”) each share of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the date and time of the filing hereof with the Secretary of State of Delaware shall be automatically changed and reclassified into a smaller number of shares such that each two shares of issued Common Stock immediately prior to the Split Effective Time is reclassified into one share of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, there shall be no fractional shares issued and, in lieu thereof, a holder of Common Stock on the Split Effective Time who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share as a result of the reclassification, following the Split Effective Time, shall receive a full share of Common Stock upon the surrender of such stockholders' original stock certificate. No stockholders will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares.

 

A. Common Stock. The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to and imposed on the Common Stock are as follows:

 

1. Dividend Rights. Holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”), out of any assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, any dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors, subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to dividends.

 

 
 

 

2. Liquidation Rights. Holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and subject to any Preferred Stock designations, their pro rata share of such assets being distributed.

 

3. Redemption. The Common Stock is not redeemable at the option of the holder.

 

4. Voting Rights. Holders of Common Stock shall have the right to cast one vote for each share held at all stockholders' meetings for all purposes, including the election of directors, and shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL. The Common Stock does not have cumulative voting rights.

 

B. Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock shall be issued by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in one or more classes or one or more series within any class and such classes or series shall have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, limitations or restrictions as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine from time to time.

 

1.      Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to and imposed on the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are as set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

2.      Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to and imposed on the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are as set forth on Exhibit B hereto.

 

ARTICLE V

 

For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation, of its directors and of its stockholders of any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided, with respect to the Board of Directors, that:

 

A. Powers. The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in the powers of the Board of Directors.

 

B. Number of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

C. Election of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article V, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

D. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

E. Vacancies. Any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director. If at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Delaware Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least twenty percent (20%) of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in offices as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by Section 211 of the DGCL.

 

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F. Election of Directors. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws without any action on the part of the stockholders; provided that any Bylaw adopted or amended by the board of directors, and any powers thereby conferred, may be amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article VII to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended. No amendment to, modification of or repeal of this paragraph shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article VIII, “executive officers” shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the Corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers; and, provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under the DGCL Law or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under this Article VIII.

 

The Corporation shall have power to indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate the determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any such person.

 

The Corporation may advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or executive officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to this Article VIII, no advance shall be made by the Corporation to an executive officer of the Corporation (except by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director or executive officer of the Corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

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Any amendment, repeal or modification of this paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

A. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, except as provided in paragraph B of this Article IX, and all rights conferred upon the stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the voting stock required by law, this Certificate of Incorporation or any Preferred Stock Designation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal Articles V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X.

 

ARTICLE X

 

A. No action shall be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation, other than holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with the Bylaws.

 

B. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation's stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of the Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as said court directs.  If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this Corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, said compromise or arrangement and said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of the Corporation, as the case may be, and also on the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Joe Beyers, its authorized officer this 6th day of June, 2014.

 

EON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

By:    
Name:  
Title:  

  

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES
AND RIGHTS OF SERIES A-1 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND

SERIES A-2 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify that, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) by the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation, and pursuant to Sections 151 and 141 of the DGCL, the Board adopted resolutions (i) designating series of the Corporation's previously authorized preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, namely, “Series A Preferred Stock”, and (ii) providing for the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of five million (5,000,000) shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock and one million one hundred seventy-six thousand seven hundred forty-eight (1,176,748) shares of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, as follows:

 

RESOLVED, that the Corporation is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A-1 Preferred Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, which shall have the powers, designations, preferences and other special rights set forth hereinbelow; and

 

RESOLVED, that the Corporation is authorized to issue 1,176,748 shares of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A-2 Preferred Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, which shall have the powers, designations, preferences and other special rights set forth hereinbelow:

 

1.            Designation and Amount.

 

(a) Series A-1 Preferred Stock. The class of preferred stock hereby classified shall be designated the “Series A-1 Preferred Stock”. The initial number of authorized shares of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be 5,000,000, which shall not be subject to increase without the consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock voting together as a single class and the consent of all Substantial Holders.

 

(b) Series A-2 Preferred Stock. The class of preferred stock hereby classified shall be designated the “Series A-2 Preferred Stock.” The initial number of authorized shares of the Series A-2 Preferred Stock shall be 1,176,748, which shall not be subject to increase without the consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock voting together as a single class and the consent of all Substantial Holders. Each share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001.

 

2.            Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank prior and superior to all of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation (“Common Stock”) and, subject to the rights of any Senior Preferred Stock (as defined in Section 4(a) below) any other capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Series A Preferred Stock) with respect to the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Corporation. Each of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and the Series A-2 Preferred Stock shall rank pari passu with any other Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Corporation. The rights of the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Series A Preferred Stock) shall be subject to the preferences and relative rights of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

3.            Participation. From and after the first date of issuance of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Issuance Date”), the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) shall be entitled to receive such dividends paid and distributions made to the holders of Common Stock to the same extent as if such Holders had converted the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including, without limitation, the Maximum Percentage (as defined in Section 7(d), if applicable) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock. Following the occurrence of a Liquidation Event and the payment in full to a Holder of its applicable liquidation preference, other than as set forth in Section 4 below, such Holder shall cease to have any rights hereunder to participate in any future dividends or distributions made to the holders of Common Stock. Subject to any voting or consent rights contained herein, the Corporation shall not declare or pay any dividends on any other shares of capital stock whether such capital stock is pari-passu (such stock referred to hereinafter as “Pari Passu Stock”) or junior (such stock being referred to hereinafter collectively as “Junior Stock”) unless the holders of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall simultaneously receive a dividend on a pro rata basis as if the shares of Series A Preferred Stock had been converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 7 immediately prior to the record date for determining the stockholders eligible to receive such dividends. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a Holder's right to participate in any such dividend or distribution pursuant to this Section 3 would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such dividend or distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such dividend or distribution shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be granted such rights (and any rights under this Section 3 on such initial rights or on any subsequent such rights to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation.

 

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4.            Liquidation Preference.

 

(a)          Preferential Payment to Holders of Series A Preferred Stock. Upon any Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, after and subject to the payment in full of all amounts required to be distributed to the holders of any other Preferred Stock of the Corporation ranking on liquidation prior and in preference to the Series A Preferred Stock (such Preferred Stock being referred to hereinafter as “Senior Preferred Stock”) upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, but before any payment shall be made to the holders of Junior Stock, an amount in cash equal to a price equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) the product of (I) the Stated Value and (II) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then held by each Holder and (y) the product of (I) the fair market value of one share of Common Stock, as mutually determined by the Corporation and the Required Holders (provided that if the Corporation and the Required Holders are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 7(f)) and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Holder's Series A Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including, without limitation, the Maximum Percentage, if applicable) and (ii) any declared accrued and unpaid dividends. If upon any such Liquidation Event, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for the distribution to its stockholders after payment in full of amounts required to be paid or distributed to holders of Senior Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any class of stock ranking on liquidation on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, shall share ratably in any distribution of the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect to the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to said shares were paid in full. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the term “Stated Value” shall mean $0.01 per share with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and shall mean $1.6996 per share with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, in each case, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, reclassifications, combinations, reverse stock splits or other similar events relating to the Series A Preferred Stock after the Subscription Date.

 

(b)          Distribution of Remaining Assets. Upon a Liquidation Event and subject to the rights of any Senior Preferred Stock, after the payment of all preferential amounts required to be paid to the Holders, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of Junior Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder, treating for this purpose all such securities as if they had been converted to Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.

 

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5.            Fundamental Transactions.

 

(a)          Assumption. The Corporation shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designations and all obligations of Inventergy Inc., the Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, under the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for such Series A Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate of Designations including, without limitation, having a stated value equal to the Stated Value of the Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder and having similar ranking to the Series A Preferred Stock, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any 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 Designations 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 Designations with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction with a Successor Entity whose stock is publicly traded, such Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage, if applicable), such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, which the Holder would have been entitled to receive had such Holder converted the Series A Preferred Stock in full (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage, if applicable) immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (provided, however, to the extent that a Holder's right to receive any such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to receive such shares to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity as a result of such consideration to such extent) and the portion of such shares shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be delivered such shares to the extent as if there had been no such limitation). The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(b)          Redemption Right.

 

(i)          General. No sooner than fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, but not prior to the public announcement of such Fundamental Transaction, the Corporation shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holders (a “Fundamental Transaction Notice”). At any time during the period (the “Fundamental Transaction Period”) beginning after a Holder's receipt of a Fundamental Transaction Notice and ending on the date that is twenty (20) Trading Days after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, such Holder may, except solely to the extent expressly prohibited by law, require the Corporation to redeem all or any portion of such Holder's Series A Preferred Stock by delivering (such date of delivery, the “Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice Date”) written notice thereof (“Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice”) to the Corporation, which Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice shall indicate the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the Holder is electing to redeem. Any Series A Preferred Stock subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be redeemed by the Corporation in cash at a price per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) the Stated Value and (y) the product of (I) the fair market value of one share of Common Stock, as mutually determined by the Corporation and the Required Holders (provided that if the Corporation and the Required Holders are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 7(f)) and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion per share of Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including, without limitation, the Maximum Percentage, if applicable) and (ii) any declared accrued and unpaid dividends per share of Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed (the “Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price”). Upon the Corporation's receipt of a Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice(s) from any Holder, the Corporation shall within one (1) Business Day of such receipt notify each other Holder by facsimile of the Corporation's receipt of such notice(s). The Corporation shall make payment of the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price concurrently with the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction to all Holders that deliver a Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice at least three Trading Days prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction and within five (5) Trading Days after the Corporation's receipt of such notice otherwise (the “Fundamental Transaction Redemption Date”). To the extent redemptions required by this Section 5(b)(i) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Series A Preferred Stock by the Corporation, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5(b)(i), until the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in full, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock submitted for redemption under this Section 5(b)(i) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into shares of Common Stock, or in the event the Conversion Date is after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, shares or equity interests of the Successor Entity substantially equivalent to the Corporation's Common Stock pursuant to Section 7(b)(i). The Holders and the Corporation agree that in the event of the Corporation's redemption of any Series A Preferred Stock under this Section 5(b)(i), the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future dividend rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 5(b)(i) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty. In the event that the Corporation does not pay the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price on the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Date, then the Holder shall have the right to void the redemption pursuant to Section 5(b)(iii).

 

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(ii)         Miscellaneous. If the Corporation is unable to redeem all of the Series A Preferred Stock submitted for redemption, the Corporation shall (i) redeem an amount from each Holder equal to such Holder's pro rata amount of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding multiplied by the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed from all Holders and (ii) in addition to any remedy such Holder may have under this Certificate of Designations and the Securities Purchase Agreement, pay to each Holder interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for partial months) in respect of each unredeemed share of Series A Preferred Stock until paid in full.

 

(iii)        Void Redemption. In the event that the Corporation does not pay a Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price within the time period set forth in this Certificate of Designations, at any time thereafter and until the Corporation pays such unpaid applicable Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price in full, a Holder shall have the option to, in lieu of redemption, require the Corporation to promptly return to such Holder any or all of the Series A Preferred Stock that were submitted for redemption by such Holder and for which the applicable Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price has not been paid, by sending written notice thereof to the Corporation via facsimile (the “Void Redemption Notice”). Upon the Corporation's receipt of such Void Redemption Notice, (i) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock subject to the Void Redemption Notice, (ii) the Corporation shall immediately return any Series A Preferred Stock subject to the Void Redemption Notice, and (iii) the Conversion Price of such returned Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted to the lesser of (A) the Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the Void Redemption Notice is delivered to the Corporation and (B) the lowest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is delivered to the Corporation and ending on the date on which the Void Redemption Notice is delivered to the Corporation, as applicable, subject to further adjustment as provided in this Certificate of Designations.

 

(iv)        Disputes. In the event of a dispute as to the determination of the arithmetic calculation of the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price, such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 7(f) with the term “Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price” being substituted for the term “Conversion Rate”. A Holder's delivery of a Void Redemption Notice and exercise of its rights following such notice shall not affect the Corporation's obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice. In the event of a redemption pursuant to this Section 5(b) of less than all of the Series A Preferred Stock represented by a particular Preferred Stock Certificate, the Corporation shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder of such Series A Preferred Stock a Preferred Stock Certificate representing the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock which have not been redeemed, if necessary.

 

(v)         Waiver of Redemption Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if the Required Holders explicitly approve of a Fundamental Transaction in writing, the Required Holders shall be deemed to have waived their right to redeem Series A Preferred Stock in connection with such Fundamental Transaction. Any such waiver by the Required Holders will apply to all holders of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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6.            Voting Rights.

 

(a)          General. Each issued and outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which each such share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 8 hereof), at each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (or pursuant to any action by written consent) with respect to any and all matters presented to the stockholders of the Corporation for their action or consideration. Except as provided by law, by the provisions of Sections 6(b) below or by the provisions establishing any other series of Preferred Stock, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class. On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Robb Knie has been elected as a director of the Corporation (herein referred to as the “Initial Series A Director”). The Initial Series A Director shall serve for a term of not less than one year from the Effective Date and until his successor is elected and qualified and may not be removed from the board of directors, except that the Initial Series A Director may be removed by the majority of the board of directors for Cause. If the Initial Series A Director is removed for Cause or he voluntarily resigns, a majority of the board of directors may fill the vacancy.

 

(b)          Series A Preferred Stock Protective Provisions. In addition to any other rights provided by law, for so long as there continues to exist a Substantial Holder, the Corporation shall not and shall not permit any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation to, without first obtaining the affirmative vote or written consent of the Required Holders voting together as a single class:

 

(i)          create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue additional or other capital stock that is Pari Passu Stock or senior in rank to the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of the preferences as to distributions and payments upon a Liquidation Event;

 

(ii)         increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock or increase the authorized number of shares of any additional class or series of capital stock;

 

(iii)        create, or authorize the creation of, or issue, or authorize the issuance of any debt security, or incur, or authorize the incurrence of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness), or permit any Subsidiary to take any such action;

 

(iv)        authorize or effect the payment of any dividends or distributions on any capital stock of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or the redemption or repurchase of any capital stock of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or rights to acquire capital stock of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (other than the repurchase of stock from employees of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries pursuant to repurchase rights upon termination of employment of such employees at purchase prices initially paid by such employees for such shares);

 

(v)         authorize or effect (a) any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary; (b) any Fundamental Transaction, or (d) a Liquidation Event, or consent to any of the foregoing;

 

(vi)        amend or repeal any provision of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws;

 

(vii)       amend, alter or repeal the preferences, special rights or other powers of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect adversely the Series A Preferred Stock, (including, without limitation, the authorization or issuance of any series of Preferred Stock with preference or priority over, or being on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to the right to receive either dividends or amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall be deemed so to affect adversely the Series A Preferred Stock); provided, however, that any such amendment, alteration or repeal of the preferences, special rights or other powers of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Series A-2 Preferred Stock so as to affect adversely the Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, respectively, will also require the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, respectively, voting as a separate class; or

 

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(viii)      take any other action or agree to take any action that adversely and materially affects the terms or rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock other than actions in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that any such action or agreement to take such action that adversely affect the terms or rights of the holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, will also require the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, respectively, voting as a separate class.

 

(c)          Actions Requiring Vote of Initial Series A Director. For so long as the Initial Series A Director remains a director of the Corporation, but in no event for more than one year following the Effective Date, the Corporation shall not and shall not permit any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation to, without first obtaining the affirmative vote or written consent of the Initial Series A Director:

 

(i)          enter into, be party to or allow the occurrence or the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction;

 

(ii)         any change in the principal business of the Corporation, enter into any new lines of business, exit the current line of business or any material modification of current or future business plans, it being understood that the principal business of the Corporation is intellectual property licensing and monetization;

 

(iii)        enter into any material transaction, including, without limitation, commercial contracts and loans, other than employment agreements on a basis consistent with standard practice, with any officer, director or beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock or any affiliate of any of the foregoing;

 

(iv)        firing of any executive officer or employee serving a similar function, including without limitation, the chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief investment officer, chief strategy officer, and chief information officer, or any employee with annual compensation (including any bonus payments) in excess of $225,000;

 

(v)         approval of a yearly budget of expenses, other than for employee and director compensation, that exceed, or are estimated to exceed, $6,900,000 in any 365 day period;

 

(vi)        incurrence or payment of any expenses in excess of a yearly approved budget pursuant to clause (v) above;

 

(vii)       entering into any agreement or contract that specifically by its terms restricts the Corporation's ability to pay dividends on, or redeem securities of, the Corporation;

 

(viii)      adopting or making any material modification to, any employee stock option plan, stock bonus plan, stock purchase plan or other management equity plan;

 

(ix)         any loan or advance to, or acquisition of any stock or other securities of, any Subsidiary or other corporation, partnership, or other entity unless it is wholly owned by the Corporation;

 

(x)          any loan or advance to any person, including, any employee or director, except advances and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business or under the terms of an employee stock or option plan approved by the Board of Directors;

 

(xi)         any guarantee of any Indebtedness except for trade accounts of the Corporation or any Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business, provided, however, that the provisions of this clause (xi) shall not prohibit the Corporation or any of its Subsidiary to incur, or authorize the incurrence of, any Permitted Indebtedness as permitted by Section 6(b)(iii);

 

(xii)        any investment other than investments in prime commercial paper, money market funds, certificates of deposit in any United States bank having a net worth in excess of $3,000,000 or obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States of America, in each case having a maturity not in excess of two years; provided, however, that the provisions of this clause (xii) shall not prohibit purchases by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries of intellectual property or intellectual property rights;

 

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(xiii)       increase or decrease the authorized number of directors constituting the Board of Directors;

 

(xiv)      the repurchase or redemption by the Corporation of any or all outstanding securities of the Corporation (other than the repurchase of stock from employees of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries pursuant to repurchase rights upon termination of employment of such employees at purchase prices initially paid by such employees for such shares);

 

(xv)       until one or more Subsequent Placements occurring after the Effective Date generating aggregate net proceeds to the Company of at least $10,000,000, hire any officers or employees on compensation terms more favorable than the compensation terms of the most comparable officer or employee employed by the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries on the Effective Date;

 

(xvi)      until one or more Subsequent Placements occurring after the Effective Date generating aggregate net proceeds to the Company of at least $10,000,000, make any increase to the aggregate compensation of any officer or director of the Corporation and/or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xvii)     during the 12 month period immediately following the Effective Date, make any increase to the aggregate compensation of any officer or director of the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries that is employed by the Corporation on the Effective Date that exceeds 35% of such officer or director’s compensation on the Effective Date; or

 

(xviii)    during the 12 month period immediately following the Effective Date, pay aggregate compensation to all officers, directors and employees of the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries that exceeds $2,900,000. 

 

7.            Conversion.

 

(a)          Optional Conversion. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock at any time or times, at the option of any Holder as provided in this Section 7. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7 shall be determined according to the following formula (the “Conversion Rate”):

 

Conversion Amount
Conversion Price

 

No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the conversion of any Series A Preferred Stock, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

 

The applicable Conversion Rate and Conversion Price from time to time in effect is subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided.

 

(b)          Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be conducted in the following manner:

 

(i)          Holder's Delivery Requirements. To convert Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on such date, a copy of a properly completed notice of conversion executed by the registered Holder of the Series A Preferred Stock subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Corporation and if the Corporation has appointed a registered transfer agent, the Corporation's registered transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) (if the Corporation does not have a registered transfer agent, references hereto to the “Transfer Agent” shall be deemed to be references to the Corporation) and (B) if required by Section 7(b)(iv), surrender to a common carrier for delivery to the Corporation as soon as practicable following such date the original certificates representing the Series A Preferred Stock being converted (or compliance with the procedures set forth in Section 10) (the “Preferred Stock Certificates”).

 

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(ii)         Corporation's Response. Upon receipt by the Corporation of a copy of a Conversion Notice, the Corporation shall (A) as soon as practicable, but in any event within two (2) Trading Days, send, via facsimile, a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to such Holder and the Transfer Agent, if applicable, which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice in accordance with the terms herein and (B) on or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt by the Corporation of such Conversion Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”), (I)(1) provided the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (2) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled and (II) pay in cash, any declared, accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock being converted. If the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by the Preferred Stock Certificate(s) submitted for conversion, as may be required pursuant to Section 7(b)(iv), is greater than the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, then the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of the Preferred Stock Certificate(s) (the “Preferred Stock Delivery Date”) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder a new Preferred Stock Certificate representing the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock not converted.

 

(iii)        Corporation's Failure to Timely Convert. The following provisions shall be applicable from and after the Effective Date:

 

(A)         Cash Damages. If within three (3) Trading Days after the Corporation's receipt of the facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice the Corporation shall fail to credit a Holder's balance account with DTC or issue and deliver a certificate to such Holder for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder's conversion of Series A Preferred Stock (a “Conversion Failure”), and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Corporation (a “Buy-In”), then in addition to all other available remedies which such holder may pursue hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, including any indemnification provisions therein), then the Corporation shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Corporation's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sale Price on the Conversion Date. 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 certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(B)         Void Conversion Notice; Adjustment of Conversion Price. If for any reason a Holder has not received all of the shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled prior to the tenth (10th) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date with respect to a conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, then the Holder, upon written notice to the Corporation, with a copy to the Transfer Agent, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have not been converted pursuant to such Holder's Conversion Notice; provided that the voiding of a Holder's Conversion Notice shall not affect the Corporation's obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to Section 7(b)(iii)(A) or otherwise. Thereafter, the Conversion Price of any Series A Preferred Stock returned or retained by the Holder for failure to timely convert shall be adjusted to the lesser of (I) the Conversion Price relating to the voided Conversion Notice and (II) the lowest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Conversion Date and ending on the date such Holder voided the Conversion Notice, subject to further adjustment as provided in this Certificate of Designations.

 

(iv)        Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder thereof shall not be required to physically surrender the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless (A) the full or remaining number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by the certificate are being converted, in which case the Holder shall deliver such stock certificate to the Corporation promptly following such conversion or (B) a Holder has provided the Corporation with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of Series A Preferred Stock upon physical surrender of any Series A Preferred Stock. The Holder and the Corporation shall maintain records showing the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Corporation, so as not to require physical surrender of the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of the Corporation establishing the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Series A Preferred Stock represented by a certificate are converted as aforesaid, a Holder may not transfer the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock unless such Holder first physically surrenders the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation, whereupon the Corporation will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of such Holder a new certificate of like tenor, registered as such Holder may request, representing in the aggregate the remaining number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by such certificate. A Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Series A Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by such certificate may be less than the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock stated on the face thereof. Each certificate for Series A Preferred Stock shall bear the following legend:

 

ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THE CORPORATION'S CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, INCLUDING SECTION 7(b)(iv) THEREOF. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK STATED ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(b)(iv) OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

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(c)          Automatic Conversion. Each share of Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock (an “Automatic Conversion”), based on the then-effective applicable Conversion Price (A) five (5) Trading Days following the affirmative election of the Required Holders, or (B) provided that there is no Equity Conditions Failure, five (5) Trading Days following (I) the closing of an underwritten public offering on a firm commitment basis with a nationally recognized underwriter of Common Stock of the Corporation pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, with an anticipated aggregate offering price to the public of not less than $20,000,000 (before deduction of underwriters commissions, fees and expenses) at a price per share that equals or exceeds $1.61 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the Subscription Date), as determined on the applicable date of determination, that results in the listing of Common Stock of the Corporation on a national securities exchange and (II) the redemption in full of the Notes. Upon such Automatic Conversion, any declared, accrued and unpaid dividends shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(b)(ii). Upon the occurrence of either of the events specified in this Section 7(c), all of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted automatically without any further action by the holders of such shares and whether or not the certificates representing such shares are surrendered to the Corporation or the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that to the extent that an Automatic Conversion would result in a Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder's Series A Preferred Stock shall not be automatically converted into Common Stock (and such Holder's shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding and benefit from all preferences and rights set forth in this Certificate of Designations (except that the provisions set forth in Sections 5(b), 6(b) and 6(c) shall immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect) to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Automatic Conversion (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the automatic conversion of Series A Preferred Stock to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as conversion of such Series A Preferred Stock would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be issued such shares of Common Stock (and any shares of Common Stock granted or issued with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to issue certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion unless the certificates evidencing such shares of Preferred Stock are either delivered to the Corporation or the Transfer Agent as provided below, or the Holder provides evidence that such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed in accordance with Section 10. Upon the occurrence of such Automatic Conversion of the Preferred Stock, the holders of Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificates representing such shares at the office of the Corporation or any Transfer Agent for the Preferred Stock. Thereupon, there shall be issued and delivered to such holder promptly at such office and in its name as shown on such surrendered certificate or certificates, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Preferred Stock surrendered were convertible on the date on which such Automatic Conversion occurred, and any declared, accrued and unpaid dividends shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(b)(ii).

 

(d)          Beneficial Ownership Limitation on Conversions. The Corporation shall not effect the conversion of any portion of Series A Preferred Stock, and no Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of Series A Preferred Stock, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, such Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. The Corporation shall not give effect to any voting rights of the Series A Preferred Stock, and no Holder shall have the right to exercise voting rights with respect to any Series A Preferred Stock pursuant hereto, to the extent that giving effect to such voting rights would result in such Holder together with the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise, assuming such exercise as being equivalent to conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentences, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by a Holder and its other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Holder and all of its other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which the determination of such sentences is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) convert of the remaining, nonconverted shares of Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including the Series A Preferred Stock) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 7(d). For purposes of this Section 7(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a Holder may acquire upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, such Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Corporation's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (3) any other written notice by the Corporation or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of any Holder, the Corporation shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail 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 Series A Preferred Stock, by such Holder and any of its other Attribution Party since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Corporation, any Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to such Holder and its other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of Series A Preferred Stock that is not an Attribution Party. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 7(d) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 7(d) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

 

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(e)          Reservation of Shares.

 

(i)          The Corporation shall have sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for each Series A Preferred Stock equal to 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock necessary to effect the conversion at the Conversion Rate with respect to each such Series A Preferred Stock as of the Issuance Date. The Corporation shall at all times when the Series A Preferred Stock shall be outstanding reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued stock, for the purposes of effecting the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, such number of its duly authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock (the “Required Reserve Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Series A Preferred Stock and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each Holder at the time of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder's Series A Preferred Stock, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the number of reserved shares of Common Stock reserved for such transferor. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Series A Preferred Stock (other than pursuant to a transfer of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence) shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Series A Preferred Stock, pro rata based on the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then held by such Holders. Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation will take any corporate action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue fully-paid and nonassessable shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted conversion price.

 

(ii)         If at any time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding the Corporation does not have a sufficient number of duly authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Corporation shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Corporation's authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Corporation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Corporation shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Corporation shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders' approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.

 

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(f)          Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, the Corporation shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that is not disputed and shall transmit an explanation of the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such Holder's Conversion Notice or other date of determination. If such Holder and the Corporation are unable to agree upon the determination of the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being transmitted to the Holder, then the Corporation shall within one (1) Business Day submit via facsimile the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate to any “big four” international accounting firm. The Corporation shall cause, at the Corporation's expense (unless such accounting firm determines in favor of the Corporation, in which case the Holder shall be responsible for such expense), the accountant to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Corporation and the Holders of the results no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such accountant's determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent error.

 

(g)          Record Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

 

(h)          Effect of Conversion. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock which shall have been surrendered for conversion as herein provided shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares, including the rights, if any, to receive notices and to vote, shall forthwith cease and terminate except only the right of the holder thereof to receive shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor and payment of any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared). Subject to Section 7(b)(iii)(B), any shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted shall be retired and canceled and shall not be reissued, and the Corporation may from time to time take such appropriate action as may be necessary to reduce the authorized Series A Preferred Stock accordingly.

 

(i)          Transfer Taxes. The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Series A Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, 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 certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates 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.

 

8.            Anti-Dilution Provisions. The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with this Section 8.

 

(a)          Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Corporation at any time after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Corporation at any time after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares and the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

 

(b)          Voluntary Adjustment By Corporation. The Corporation may at any time reduce the then current Conversion Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate and approved by the Board of Directors in accordance with Delaware law and in compliance with the rules of the Principal Market.

 

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(c)          Certain Fundamental Transactions. If any Fundamental Transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, cash or other property with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to acquire and receive upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, which right shall be prior to the rights of the holders of Junior Stock (but after and subject to the rights of holders of Senior Preferred Stock, if any and pari passu to the rights of holders of Pari Passu Stock, if any), such shares of stock, securities, cash or other property issuable or payable (as part of the reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale) with respect to or in exchange for such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as would have been received upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock at the Conversion Price then in effect (provided, however, that to the extent that a Holder's right to receive securities in any such Fundamental Transaction would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to receive such securities in such Fundamental Transaction to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Fundamental Transaction (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and such securities to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be granted such right (and any rights under this Section 8(c) on such initial rights or on any subsequent such rights to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation). The Corporation will not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Corporation) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument mailed or delivered to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock at the last address of each such holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, the obligation to deliver to each such holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to purchase.

 

(d)          Purchase Rights. If at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holders will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Series A Preferred Stock) 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 Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that a Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

(e)          Notices.

 

(i)          Immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 8, the Corporation will give written notice thereof sent by mail, first class, postage prepaid to each Holder at its address appearing on the stock register, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of such adjustment, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7(f).

 

(ii)         The Corporation will give written notice to each Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which the Corporation closes its books or takes a record (I) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (II) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (III) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction or Liquidation Event.

 

(iii)        The Corporation will also give written notice to each Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which any Fundamental Transaction or Liquidation Event will take place.

 

9.            Status of Converted Stock. In the event any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the shares so converted shall be canceled and shall not be issuable by the Corporation.

 

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10.          Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Series A Preferred Stock Certificates representing the Series A Preferred Stock, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the holder thereof to the Corporation in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate(s), the Corporation shall execute and deliver new preferred stock certificate(s) of like tenor and date; provided, however, the Corporation shall not be obligated to re-issue preferred stock certificates if the holder contemporaneously requests the Corporation to convert such Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock.

 

11.          Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Certificate of Designations shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Certificate of Designations, 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. Nothing herein shall limit a holder of Series A Preferred Stock's right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Corporation to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designations. The Corporation covenants to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. 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 of Series A Preferred Stock 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 Series A 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 Series A 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.

 

12.          Notice. Whenever notice or other communication is required to be given under this Certificate of Designations, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with such contact information provided by each Holder to the Corporation and set forth in the register for the Series A Preferred Stock maintained by the Corporation as set forth in Section 15.

 

13.          Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any holder of Series A Preferred Stock in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

14.          Transfer of Series A Preferred Stock. A Holder may assign some or all of the Series A Preferred Stock and the accompanying rights hereunder held by such Holder without the consent of the Corporation; provided that such assignment is in compliance with applicable securities laws.

 

15.          Series A Preferred Stock Register. The Corporation shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the Series A Preferred Stock, in which the Corporation shall record the name and address of the persons in whose name the Series A Preferred Stock have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Corporation may treat the person in whose name any Series A Preferred Stock is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.

 

16.         Stockholder Matters. Any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Corporation pursuant to the DGCL, this Certificate of Designations or otherwise with respect to the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof may be effected by written consent of the Corporation's stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Corporation's stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the DGCL. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable sections of the DGCL permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.

 

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17.          General Provisions; Amendment and Waivers. In addition to the above provisions with respect to Series A-1 Preferred Stock and Series A-2 Preferred Stock, such Series A-1 Preferred Stock and Series A-2 Preferred Stock shall be subject to and be entitled to the benefit of the provisions set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with respect to preferred stock of the Corporation generally. Any and all provisions of this Certificate of Designations may be amended or waived by an instrument in writing signed by the Corporation and the Required Holders and any amendment or waiver to this Certificate of Incorporation made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 17 shall be binding on all Holders; provided, however, that any such action or agreement to take such action that adversely affect the terms or rights of the holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, will also require the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock or the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, respectively, voting as a separate class. No such amendment or waiver shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the Holders.

 

18.          Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Corporation of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Certificate of Designations, unless the Corporation has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, the Corporation shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Corporation believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, the Corporation so shall indicate to the Holders contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holders shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries.

 

19.          Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)          “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

(b)          “Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder's investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Corporation's Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder's and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(c)          “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

(d)          “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(e)          “Cause” means the Initial Series A Director is convicted of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Initial Series A Director has been found to have engaged in fraud or willful misconduct in connection with the performance of his duties as board member or he is convicted of or signs a consent decree acknowledging any scienter-based securities law violation.

 

(f)          “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the foregoing do not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets, Inc.(formerly the Pink OTC Markets, Inc.). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Corporation and the Required Holders. If the Corporation and the Required Holders are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 7(f). All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

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(g)          “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.

 

(h)          “Conversion Amount” means the Stated Value.

 

(i)          “Conversion Price” means $0.007073 with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock or $1.202065 (with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Stock) as applicable (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the Subscription Date), subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(j)          “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock.

 

(k)          “Effective Date” shall mean the date on which the Certificate of Merger by and among the Corporation, Inventergy Merger Sub, Inc. and Inventergy, Inc. is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.

 

(l)          “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE MKT LLC, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

(m)          “Equity Conditions” means each of the following conditions: (i) either (a) a registration statement shall be effective and available for the resale of all Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 and there shall not have been any postponement or failure to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and the Corporation shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause such registration statement not to be effective and available for the resale of all remaining Registrable Securities or (b) all Registrable Securities shall be eligible for sale without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws and the Corporation shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause the Registrable Securities not to be eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act and any applicable federal or state securities laws; (ii) any applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full, subject to any shares that must be held in abeyance due to the provisions of Section 7(d) hereof, and without violating the rules or regulations of the Principal Market or any other applicable Eligible Market; (iii) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Corporation shall not have failed to timely make any payments within five (5) Business Days of when such payment is due pursuant to any Transaction Document; (vi) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred the public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated; (v) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Corporation otherwise shall have been in compliance with and shall not have breached any provision, covenant, representation or warranty of any Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); and (vi) no Holder shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Corporation, any Subsidiary or its respective agent or affiliates.

 

(n)          “Equity Conditions Failure” means that on the applicable date of determination, any of the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Required Holders).

 

(o)          “Equity Conditions Measuring Period” means the period beginning thirty (30) Trading Days prior to the applicable date of determination and ending on and including the applicable date of determination.

 

(p)          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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(q)          “Fair Market Value” means the Weighted Average Price of one share of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the Corporation issues or grants shares of Common Stock or securities exchangeable for, or convertible or exercisable into, shares of Common Stock.

 

(r)          “Fundamental Transaction” means (i) that the Corporation shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (a) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity; provided, however, that in no event shall any Holder have the right to require the Corporation to redeem all or any portion of such Holder's Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5(b) based on a Fundamental Transaction pursuant to this clause (a) in which, upon any such consolidation or merger, holders of the Corporation's voting power immediately prior to such consolidation or merger are, directly or indirectly, after such consolidation or merger the holders of a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity (or if the surviving entity is controlled by another entity, a majority of the voting power of the entities with the authority or voting power to elect the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities) after such consolidation or merger, or (b) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Corporation or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (c) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Corporation to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (1) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (2) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (3) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (d) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (1) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (2) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (3) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (e) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (ii) that the Corporation shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (a) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (b) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Certificate of Designations calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (c) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Corporation sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders of the Corporation to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the stockholders of the Corporation or (iii) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

(s)          “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

(t)          “Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

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(u)          “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including (without limitation) “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

 

(v)         “Liquidation Event” means the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or such Subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in a single transaction or series of transactions, or adoption of any plan for the same.

 

(w)         “Merger Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization dated December 17, 2013, by and among the Corporation, Inventergy Merger Sub, Inc. and Inventergy, Inc.

 

(x)          “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase (i) shares of Common Stock or (ii) Convertible Securities.

 

(y)          “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person, including such entity whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, any other market, exchange or quotation system), or, if there is more than one such Person or such entity, the Person or Parent Entity designated by the Required Holders or in the absence of such designation, such Person or entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(z)          “Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, (ii) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (iii) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens.

 

(aa)        “Permitted Liens” means (i) any first priority mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance (collectively, “Liens”) (A) upon or in any equipment or New Patent Assets (as defined in the Notes) acquired or held by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or New Patent Assets or Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment or the acquisition of such New Patent Assets, or (B) existing on such equipment or New Patent Assets at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the equipment or New Patent Assets so acquired, and the proceeds of such equipment or New Patent Assets and (ii) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clause (i) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase.

 

(bb)        “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(cc)        “Principal Market” means the Eligible Market that is the principal securities exchange market for the Common Stock, which as of the Issuance Date shall be The NASDAQ Capital Markets.

 

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(dd)       “Registrable Securities” means (A) any shares of Common Stock held by any of the Holders as of the date hereof or as of any future date of determination, (B) any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of securities, including, without limitation, any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, held by any of the Holders as of the date hereof or as of any future date of determination (collectively, the “Holders' Securities”) and (iii) any capital stock of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to the Holders' Securities or any securities exchangeable, convertible or exercisable into Holders' Securities, including, without limitation, as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on conversions of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(ee)        “Required Holders” means the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock

 

(ff)         “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

(gg)       “Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

(hh)       “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(ii)          “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement by and among Inventergy, Inc., the Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, and the initial Holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, dated as of May 10, 2013, and/or that certain securities purchase agreement by and among Inventergy, Inc., the Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, and the initial Holders of the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, dated as of May 17, 2013, as the case may be, as each such agreement further may be amended from time to time as provided in such agreement.

 

(jj)          “Series A Preferred Stock” means, collectively, the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation and the Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation.

 

(kk)        “Stockholders Agreement” means that certain stockholders agreement dated as of May 10, 2013 by and among the Corporation, the stockholders and the investors listed on the signature pages thereto, as such agreement further may be amended from time to time as provided in such agreement.

 

(ll)          “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(mm)      “Subscription Date” means December 16, 2013.

 

(nn)       “Subsequent Placement” means any sale of any of its or its Subsidiaries' common stock or convertible preferred stock; provided, however, that any Subsequent Placement which constitutes a sale of any of its or its Subsidiaries' equity or equity equivalent securities, which terms provide for the redemption of such securities, either at the option of the Corporation or holder thereof within the first two (2) years of the issuance date of such securities shall not be considered a Subsequent Placement for the purpose of this definition.

 

(oo)       “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Corporation, any entity in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest.

 

(pp)       “Substantial Holder” means any Holder that purchased shares of Series A Preferred Stock. convertible into 1,000,000 shares or more of the Corporation's Common Stock outstanding at the time of such purchase (such date of purchase, a “Substantial Holder Purchase Date”) and continues to hold as of any applicable date of determination a number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to at least twenty percent (20%) of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased by such Holder on the Substantial Holder Purchase Date with respect to such Holder.

 

(qq)       “Successor Entity” means one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Corporation or Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Corporation or the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

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(rr)         “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the shares of Common Stock are then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the shares of Common Stock are scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the shares of Common Stock are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time).

 

(ss)        “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets, Inc. (formerly the Pink OTC Markets, Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Corporation and the Required Holders. If the Corporation and the Required Holders are unable to agree upon the fair market value of the Common Stock, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 7(f) with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Conversion Rate.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction during such period.

 

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EXHIBIT I

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

CONVERSION NOTICE

 

Reference is made to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Inventergy Global, Inc. (the “Certificate of Designations”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of Inventergy Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), indicated below into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion: ______________                 Indicate if Series A-1 _____ or Series A-2 ______

 

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted:____________________________________

 

Stock certificate no(s). of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted:________________________________

 

Tax ID Number (If applicable): ____________________________________________________________

 

Please confirm the following information:___________________________________________________________

 

Conversion Price:_________________________________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:______________________________________________

 

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred Stock are being converted in the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:___________________________________________________

 

Address: _________________________________________

 

Telephone Number: ________________________________

 

Facsimile Number:__________________________________________

 

Authorization:______________________________________________

 

By:___________________________________

Title:__________________________________

 

Dated:

 

Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer):____________________________________________

 

Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer):_____________________________________

  

 
 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Corporation hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs _______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock.

 

  INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.
     
  By:  
     
  Name:  
  Title:  

  

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EXHIBIT B

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES
AND RIGHTS OF SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify that, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Company by the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company, and pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted resolutions (i) designating a series of the Company's previously authorized preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, namely, the “Series B Preferred Stock”, and (ii) providing for the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of two thousand seven hundred fifty (2,750) shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, as follows:

 

RESOLVED, that the Company is authorized to issue two thousand seven hundred fifty (2,750) shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), which shall have the following powers, designations, preferences and other special rights:

 

(1)         Dividends. Subject to Section 14, the holders of the Preferred Shares (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”), as a class, shall not be entitled to receive dividends (“Dividends”).

 

(2)         Conversion of Preferred Shares. On or after the Initial Convertibility Date, Preferred Shares shall be convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.

 

(a)          Holder's Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 2(f), at any time or times on or after the Initial Convertibility Date, any Holder shall be entitled to convert any whole number of Preferred Shares into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 2(c) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below).

 

(b)          Conversion. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each Preferred Share pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be determined according to the following formula (the “Conversion Rate”):

 

Conversion Amount
Conversion Price

 

No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the conversion of any Preferred Share, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in the aggregate upon any conversion shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

 

(c)          Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion of Preferred Shares shall be conducted in the following manner:

 

(i)          Holder's Delivery Requirements. To convert Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York City Time, on such date, a copy of a properly completed notice of conversion executed by the registered Holder of the Preferred Shares subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company and the Company's designated transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) and (B) if required by Section 2(d)(viii), surrender to a common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following such date the original certificates representing the Preferred Shares being converted (or compliance with the procedures set forth in Section 16) (the “Preferred Stock Certificates”).

 

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(ii)         Company's Response. Upon receipt by the Company of copy of a duly completed Conversion Notice, the Company shall (I) as soon as practicable, but in any event within one (1) Trading Day, send, via facsimile, a notice of any dispute pursuant to Section 2(c)(iii) below or a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to such Holder and the Transfer Agent, which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice in accordance with the terms herein and (II) on or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt by the Company of such Conversion Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”), (1) provided the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and the Conversion Shares are subject to an effective resale registration statement in favor of the Holder or, if converted at a time when Rule 144 would be available for immediate resale of the Conversion Shares by such Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (2) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program or the Conversion Shares are not subject to an effective resale registration statement in favor of such Holder and Rule 144 is not available for immediate resale of the Conversion Shares by such Holder, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. If the number of Preferred Shares represented by the Preferred Stock Certificate(s) submitted for conversion, as may be required pursuant to Section 2(c)(vii), is greater than the number of Preferred Shares being converted, then the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of the Preferred Stock Certificate(s) (the “Preferred Stock Delivery Date”) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder a new Preferred Stock Certificate representing the number of Preferred Shares not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Preferred Shares shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

 

(iii)        Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Closing Sale Price, Closing Bid Price, Weighted Average Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, the Company shall instruct the Transfer Agent to issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that is not disputed and shall transmit an explanation of the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the Holder via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such Holder's Conversion Notice or other date of determination. If such Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Closing Sale Price, Closing Bid Price or Weighted Average Price or arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being transmitted to the Holder, then the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after approval of the investment bank or outside accountant by the Required Holders submit via facsimile the disputed determination of the Closing Sale Price, Closing Bid Price or Weighted Average Price, as applicable, or the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Required Holders or to the Company's independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause, at the Company's expense, the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holders of the results no later than two (2) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank's or accountant's determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

(iv)        Record Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Preferred Shares shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

 

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(v)         Company's Failure to Timely Convert.

 

(A)         Cash Damages. If (x) within three (3) Trading Days after the Company's receipt of the facsimile copy of a duly completed Conversion Notice the Company shall fail to credit a Holder's balance account with DTC, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and the Conversion Shares are eligible for immediate resale by such Holder, or issue and deliver a certificate to such Holder, if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, in each case for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder's conversion of Preferred Shares (subject to the resolution of any bona fide dispute pursuant to Section 2(c)(iii) above solely as to any disputed shares) or (y) within three (3) Trading Days of the Company's receipt of a Preferred Stock Certificate the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a new Preferred Stock Certificate representing the number of Preferred Shares to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii), then in addition to all other available remedies which such holder may pursue hereunder and under the Securities Purchase Agreement (including indemnification pursuant to Section 9(k) thereof), the Company shall pay additional damages to such Holder for each day after the Share Delivery Date that such conversion is not timely effected in an amount equal to one and one half percent (1.5%) of the product of (I) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date and to which such Holder is entitled as set forth in the applicable Conversion Notice and the terms of this Certificate of Designations and (II) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Share Delivery Date, in the case of the failure to deliver Common Stock. If the Company fails to pay the additional damages set forth in this Section 2(c)(v)(A) within five (5) Trading Days of the date incurred, then the Holder entitled to such payments shall have the right at any time, so long as the Company continues to fail to make such payments, to require the Company, upon written notice, to immediately issue, in lieu of such cash damages, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (X) the aggregate amount of the damages payments described herein divided by (Y) the Conversion Price in effect on such Conversion Date as specified by the Holder in the Conversion Notice. In addition to the foregoing, if on the Share Delivery Date the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to a Holder, if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, or credit such Holder's balance account with DTC, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and the Conversion Shares are eligible for immediate resale by such Holder, in each case for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder's conversion or the Company's Conversion, as applicable, of Preferred Shares, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sale Price on the Conversion Date. 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 Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Shares as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(B)         Void Conversion Notice; Adjustment of Conversion Price. If for any reason a Holder has not received all of the shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled prior to the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date with respect to a conversion of Preferred Shares, then the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, with a copy to the Transfer Agent, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any Preferred Shares that have not been converted pursuant to such Holder's Conversion Notice; provided that the voiding of a Holder's Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company's obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to Section 2(c)(v)(A) or otherwise.

 

(C)         Conversion Failure. If for any reason a Holder has not received all of the shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled prior to the tenth (10th) Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date with respect to a conversion of Preferred Shares, subject to the resolution of any bona fide dispute pursuant to Section 2(c)(iii) above, then the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may require that the Company redeem all Preferred Shares held by such Holder, including the Preferred Shares previously submitted for conversion and with respect to which the Company has not delivered shares of Common Stock, in accordance with Section 3.

 

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(vi)        Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes. In the event the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one Holder for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such Preferred Shares, the Company shall convert from each Holder electing to have Preferred Shares converted at such time a pro rata amount of such Holder's Preferred Shares submitted for conversion based on the number of Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date by such Holder relative to the number of Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder in connection with a conversion of Preferred Shares, the Company shall issue to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 2(c)(iii).

 

(vii)       Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder thereof shall not be required to physically surrender the certificate representing the Preferred Shares to the Company unless (A) the full or remaining number of Preferred Shares represented by the certificate are being converted or (B) a Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of Preferred Shares upon physical surrender of any Preferred Shares. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Preferred Shares so converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of the certificate representing the Preferred Shares upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of the Company establishing the number of Preferred Shares to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Preferred Shares represented by a certificate are converted as aforesaid, a Holder may not transfer the certificate representing the Preferred Shares unless such Holder first physically surrenders the certificate representing the Preferred Shares to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of such Holder a new certificate of like tenor, registered as such Holder may request, representing in the aggregate the remaining number of Preferred Shares represented by such certificate. A Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Preferred Shares, the number of Preferred Shares represented by such certificate may be less than the number of Preferred Shares stated on the face thereof. Each certificate for Preferred Shares shall bear the following legend:

 

ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THE COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE PREFERRED SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, INCLUDING SECTION 2(c)(vii) THEREOF. THE NUMBER OF PREFERRED SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF PREFERRED SHARES STATED ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 2(c)(vii) OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS RELATING TO THE PREFERRED SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

(d)          Adjustments to Conversion Price. The Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 2(d).

 

(i)          Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2(d)(i) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any Excluded Securities) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale (a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion Price under this Section 2(d)(i), the following shall be applicable:

 

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(A)         Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then each such share of Common Stock underlying such Option shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(d)(i)(A), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option less any consideration paid or payable by the Company to the Holder thereof with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities.

 

(B)         Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then each such share of Common Stock underlying such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(d)(i)(B), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon the conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Security less any consideration paid or payable by the Company to the Holder thereof with respect to such one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price had been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(d)(i), no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

 

(C)         Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock changes at any time, the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such change shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(d)(i)(C), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are changed in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such change. For clarity, adjustments to the purchase price or exercise price of Options already provided for in the terms of such outstanding Options or adjustments to the rate at which Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock already provided for in the terms of such outstanding Convertible Securities (or assumed by the Company in the Reverse Merger) shall not result in the deemed issuance of Common Stock as of the date of such adjustment, if any. No adjustment shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.

 

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(D)         Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company less any consideration paid or payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received or receivable therefor will be deemed to be the gross purchase price paid by the purchaser therefor. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such securities on the date of receipt of such securities. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the party whose calculation is farther from the determination or calculation of the appraiser.

 

(E)         Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (I) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (II) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

 

(ii)         Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split, including, without limitation, the Reverse Split, or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

 

(iii)        Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2(d) but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Conversion Price so as to protect the rights of the Holders; provided that no such adjustment will increase the Conversion Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2(d).

 

(iv)        Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to compliance with any applicable listing rules of the Principal Market, the Company may at any time reduce the then current Conversion Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(e)          Notices.

 

(i)          Immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 2(d), the Company will give written notice thereof to each Holder, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of such adjustment, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2(c)(iii).

 

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(ii)         The Company will give written notice to each Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (I) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (II) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (III) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction or Liquidation Event, provided that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such Holder.

 

(iii)        The Company will also give written notice to each Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which any Fundamental Transaction or Liquidation Event will take place, provided that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such Holder.

 

(f)          Automatic Conversion. On and after the Initial Convertibility Date, each share of Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock (an “Automatic Conversion”), based on the then-effective applicable Conversion Price (A) five (5) Trading Days following the affirmative election of the Required Holders, or (B) provided that there is no Equity Conditions Failure, five (5) Trading Days following (I) the closing of an underwritten public offering on a firm commitment basis with a nationally recognized underwriter of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, with an anticipated aggregate offering price to the public of not less than $20,000,000 (before deduction of underwriters commissions, fees and expenses) at a price per share that equals or exceeds $1.61 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the Subscription Date), as determined on the applicable date of determination, that results in the listing of Common Stock of the Company on a national securities exchange and (II) the redemption in full of those certain senior secured notes issued by Inventergy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on May 10, 2013. Upon the occurrence of either of the events specified in this Section 2(f), all of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted automatically without any further action by the holders of such shares and whether or not the certificates representing such shares are surrendered to the Company or the Transfer Agent; provided, however, that to the extent that an Automatic Conversion would result in a Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage (as defined in Section 9(a)), if applicable, then such Holder's Series B Preferred Stock shall not be automatically converted into Common Stock (and such Holder's shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding and benefit from all preferences and rights set forth in this Certificate of Designations (except that the provisions set forth in Sections 4 and 12 shall immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect) to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Automatic Conversion (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the automatic conversion of Series B Preferred Stock to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as conversion of such Series B Preferred Stock would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be issued such shares of Common Stock (and any shares of Common Stock granted or issued with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to issue certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion unless the certificates evidencing such shares of Preferred Stock are either delivered to the Company or the Transfer Agent as provided below, or the Holder provides evidence that such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed in accordance with Section 16. Upon the occurrence of such Automatic Conversion of the Preferred Stock, the holders of Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificates representing such shares at the office of the Company or any Transfer Agent for the Preferred Stock. Thereupon, there shall be issued and delivered to such holder promptly at such office and in its name as shown on such surrendered certificate or certificates, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Preferred Stock surrendered were convertible on the date on which such Automatic Conversion occurred.

 

(3)         Redemption at Option of Holders.

 

(a)          Holder Optional Redemption. In addition to all other rights of the Holders contained herein, in the event (i) the Company has not entered into definitive documentation on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders providing for the consummation of the Reverse Merger on or before the date that is two (2) months after the Issuance Date, (ii) the Company amends the definitive documentation with respect to the Reverse Merger without the consent of the Required Holders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (iii) the Reverse Merger has not been consummated in accordance with the definitive documentation with respect to the Reverse Merger by the date that is six (6) months following the Issuance Date, (iv) the Reverse Split has not occurred by the date that is five (5) months following the Issuance Date or (v) the Company has not obtained the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Principal Market for issuances of Common Stock in excess of the Exchange Cap by the date that is five (5) months following the Issuance Date, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder's option (each, a “Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event”), to require the Company to redeem (a “Holder Optional Redemption”) all or a portion of such Holder's Preferred Shares at a price per Preferred Share equal to 100% of the Conversion Amount (the “Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event Redemption Price”).

 

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(b)          Mechanics of Redemption at Option of Buyer. Within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of any Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (“Notice of Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event”) to each Holder. At any time after the earlier of a Holder's receipt of a Notice of Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event and such Holder becoming aware of a Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such Holder's receipt of a Notice of Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event, any Holder of Preferred Shares then outstanding may require the Company to redeem up to all of such Holder's Preferred Shares by delivering written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (“Notice of Redemption at Option of Holder”) to the Company, which Notice of Redemption at Option of Holder shall indicate the number of Preferred Shares that such Holder is electing to redeem.

 

(c)          Payment of Redemption Price. Upon the Company's receipt of a Notice(s) of Redemption at Option of Holder from any Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day of such receipt notify each other Holder by facsimile of the Company's receipt of such notice(s). The Company shall deliver on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Company's receipt of the first Notice of Redemption at Option of Holder (the “Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event Redemption Date”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount in cash equal to the applicable Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event Redemption Price to all Holders that deliver a Notice of Redemption at Option of Holder prior to the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Company's receipt of the first Notice of Redemption at Option of Holder, to the extent not paid by means of the Holder drawing on its Letter of Credit (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). To the extent redemptions required by this Section 3 are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Preferred Shares by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. If the Company is unable to redeem all of the Preferred Shares submitted for redemption, the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each Holder based on the number of Preferred Shares submitted for redemption by such Holder relative to the total number of Preferred Shares submitted for redemption by all Holders. The Holders and Company agree that in the event of the Company's redemption of any Preferred Shares under this Section 3, the Holders' damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holders. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 3 is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holders' actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

 

(4)         Change of Control. No sooner than thirty (30) days nor later than five (5) days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control or a Non-Public Fundamental Transaction, but not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control or Non-Public Fundamental Transaction, as applicable, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holders (a “Change of Control Notice”) setting forth a description of such transaction in reasonable detail and the anticipated Change of Control Redemption Date if then known. At any time during the period (the “Change of Control Period”) beginning after a Holder's receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending on the date that is twenty (20) Trading Days after the consummation of such Change of Control or Non-Public Fundamental Transaction, as applicable, such Holder may require the Company to redeem (a “Change of Control Redemption”) all or any portion of such Holder's Preferred Shares by delivering written notice thereof (“Change of Control Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to redeem. Any Preferred Shares subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 4 shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the greater of (i) 125% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (ii) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (1) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period commencing as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the public announcement of such proposed Change of Control or Non-Public Fundamental Transaction, as applicable, and ending as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control or Non-Public Fundamental Transaction, as applicable, by (2) the Conversion Price (the “Change of Control Redemption Price”). The Company shall make payment of the Change of Control Redemption Price concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control or Non-Public Fundamental Transaction, as applicable, if such a Change of Control Redemption Notice is received prior to the consummation of such Change of Control or Non-Public Fundamental Transaction, as applicable, and within five (5) Trading Days after the Company's receipt of such notice otherwise (the “Change of Control Redemption Date”), to the extent not paid by means of the Holder drawing on its Letter of Credit. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4 are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Preferred Shares by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4, until the Change of Control Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 4 may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into shares of Common Stock, or in the event the Conversion Date is after the consummation of the Change of Control, shares or equity interests of the Successor Entity substantially equivalent to the Company's Common Stock pursuant to Section 2(c). The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company's redemption of any portion of the Preferred Shares under this Section 4, the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 4 is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty. In the event that the Company does not pay the Change of Control Redemption Price on the Change of Control Redemption Date, then the Holder shall have the right to void the redemption pursuant to Section 5(a).

 

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(5)         Redemptions.

 

(a)          Void Redemption. In the event that the Company does not pay a Redemption Price within the applicable time period and the applicable Letter of Credit is not drawn, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid applicable Redemption Price in full (whether by payment by the Company or such Holder being paid by means of such Holder drawing on its Letter of Credit, or a combination thereof) a Holder shall have the option to, in lieu of redemption, require the Company to promptly return to such Holder any or all of the Preferred Shares that were submitted for redemption by such Holder and for which the applicable Redemption Price has not been paid, by sending written notice thereof to the Company via facsimile (the “Void Optional Redemption Notice”). Upon the Company's receipt of such Void Optional Redemption Notice, (i) the Redemption Notice of Holder shall be null and void with respect to those Preferred Shares subject to the Void Optional Redemption Notice and (ii) the Company shall immediately return any Preferred Shares subject to the Void Optional Redemption Notice.

 

(b)          Disputes; Miscellaneous. In the event of a dispute as to the determination of the arithmetic calculation of any Redemption Price, such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 2(c)(iii) above with the term “Redemption Price” being substituted for the term “Conversion Rate”. A Holder's delivery of a Void Optional Redemption Notice and exercise of its rights following such notice shall not affect the Company's obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice. In the event of a redemption pursuant to this Certificate of Designations of less than all of the Preferred Shares represented by a particular Preferred Stock Certificate, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder of such Preferred Shares a Preferred Stock Certificate representing the remaining Preferred Shares which have not been redeemed, if necessary.

 

(6)         Company Optional Redemption. In the event of any Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event and after thirty (30) days have elapsed since such Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event (the “Company Optional Redemption Date”), the Company may redeem all, but not less than all, of the outstanding Preferred Shares (a “Company Optional Redemption”) at any time upon not less than ten (10) days prior written notice to each Holder (the “Company Optional Redemption Deadline”). Such Preferred Shares shall be redeemed by providing written notice via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holders (the “Notice of Company Redemption”) on or prior to the Company Optional Redemption Deadline and shall be redeemed at a redemption price equal to the Stated Value of the Preferred Shares. The Company shall deliver to Holders owning outstanding Preferred Shares to be redeemed by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds an amount in cash equal to the Stated Value of the Preferred Shares being redeemed no later than five (5) days after providing the Notice of Company Redemption. If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to this Section 6(a), then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to all the outstanding Preferred Shares.

 

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(7)         Other Rights of Holders.

 

(a)          Assumption. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction (other than the Reverse Merger) unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each Holder of Preferred Shares in exchange for such Preferred Shares a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Certificate of Designations including, without limitation, having a stated value equal to the Stated Value of the Preferred Shares held by such Holder and having similar ranking to the Preferred Shares, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. Upon the occurrence of any 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 Designations referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Certificate of Designations with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction with a Successor Entity whose stock is publicly traded, such Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage), such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designations, which the Holder would have been entitled to receive had such Holder converted the Preferred Shares in full (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (provided, however, to the extent that a Holder's right to receive any such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to receive such shares to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity as a result of such consideration to such extent) and the portion of such shares shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be delivered such shares to the extent as if there had been no such limitation). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities, cash, assets or other property with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that, and any applicable Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall ensure that, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event that, if so elected by a Holder on or prior to the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event, such Holder will have the right to receive upon surrender of such Holder's Preferred Shares upon the occurrence or consummation of the Corporate Event, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) such Holder is entitled to receive upon the conversion of such Holder's Preferred Shares prior to such Corporate Event (but not in lieu of such items still issuable under Sections 7(b) and 14, which shall continue to be receivable on the Common Stock or on such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property otherwise receivable with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights and any shares of Common Stock) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event, had such Holder's Preferred Shares been converted immediately prior to such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) (provided, however, to the extent that a Holder's right to receive any such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to receive such shares to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity as a result of such consideration to such extent) and the portion of such shares shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be delivered such shares to the extent as if there had been no such limitation). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of Preferred Shares.

 

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(b)          Purchase Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holders will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Preferred Shares (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Preferred Shares) 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 Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that a Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

(8)         Reservation of Shares.

 

(a)          The Company shall have sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for each of the Preferred Shares equal to 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock necessary to effect the conversion at the Conversion Rate (without regard to any limitations or restrictions herein on any such conversion) with respect to the Conversion Amount of each such Preferred Share as of the Issuance Date. The Company shall, so long as any of the Preferred Shares are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversions of the Preferred Shares, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Preferred Shares then outstanding; provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved be less than 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Preferred Shares are at any time convertible (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on conversions) (the “Required Reserve Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Preferred Shares and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of Preferred Shares held by each Holder at the time of issuance of the Preferred Shares or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder's Preferred Shares, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the number of reserved shares of Common Stock reserved for such transferor. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Preferred Shares (other than pursuant to a transfer of Preferred Shares in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence) shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Preferred Shares, pro rata based on the number of Preferred Shares then held by such Holders.

 

(b)          If at any time while any of the Preferred Shares remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company's authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Preferred Shares then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than seventy-five (75) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its stockholders' approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is able, consistent with its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as then in effect, to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C.

 

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(9)         Limitations on Conversion.

 

(a)          Beneficial Ownership Limitation on Conversions. The Company shall not effect the conversion of any portion of the Preferred Shares, and no Holder shall have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Shares, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the beneficial owner of such shares (together with such Person's Affiliates) would have acquired, through conversion of Preferred Shares or otherwise, beneficial ownership of a number of shares of Common Stock that exceeds 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentences, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by a Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Holder and all of its other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares with respect to which the determination of such sentences is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted Preferred Shares beneficially owned by such Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including the Preferred Shares) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its other Attribution Parties subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section. For purposes of this Section 9(a), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may acquire upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, such Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (3) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of any Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Preferred Shares, by such Holder and any of its other Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, any Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to such Holder and its other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of Preferred Shares that is not an Attribution Party. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred Shares in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act. Holder providing such written notice and not to any other Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 9(a) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 9(a) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.

 

(b)          Principal Market Regulation. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Preferred Shares, and the Holders of Preferred Shares shall not have the right to receive upon conversion of Preferred Shares (x) any shares of Common Stock or (y) any compensatory payments solely in respect of the Company's failure to obtain Stockholder Approval (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion of Preferred Shares or otherwise without breaching the Company's obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market, whether or not the Common Stock is listed on the Principal Market (the “Exchange Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Principal Market for issuances of Common Stock in excess of such amount. Until such approval is obtained, no Holder of Preferred Shares shall be issued in the aggregate, upon conversion or payment, as applicable, of Preferred Shares, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Preferred Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of all Preferred Shares issued to the Holders pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date (with respect to each such Holder, the “Exchange Cap Allocation”). In the event that any Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder's Preferred Shares, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder's Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such transferee. In the event that any Holder shall convert all of such Holder's Preferred Shares into a number of shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less than such holder's Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between such holder's Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of the remaining Holders of Preferred Shares on a pro rata basis in proportion to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred Shares then held by each such Holder.

 

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(10)        Voting Rights. Each Holder shall be entitled to the whole number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Holder's Preferred Shares would be convertible on the record date for the vote or consent of stockholders, but in lieu of using the Conversion Price in effect as of the record date, such votes shall calculated based on the higher of (i) the initial Conversion Price of $1.07 per share and (ii) the Closing Bid Price on the Closing Date (the “Number of Preferred Share Votes”); provided that if the Company at any time after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Number of Preferred Share Votes in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately increased and if the Company at any time after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split, including, without limitation, the Reverse Split, or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Number of Preferred Share Votes in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately decreased. Each Holder shall otherwise have voting rights and powers equal to the voting rights and powers of the Common Stock, subject to Section 9(b) hereof and except that such Holder shall have no right to vote the Preferred Shares to approve the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Exchange Cap. Each Holder shall be entitled to receive the same prior notice of any stockholders' meeting as is provided to the holders of Common Stock in accordance with the bylaws of the Company, as well as prior notice of all stockholder actions to be taken by legally available means in lieu of a meeting, and shall vote as a class with the holders of Common Stock as if they were a single class of securities upon any matter submitted to a vote of stockholders, except those matters required by law or by the terms hereof to be submitted to a class vote of the Holders of Preferred Shares, in which case the Holders of Preferred Shares only shall vote as a separate class.

 

(11)        Liquidation. In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders (the “Liquidation Funds”), before any amount shall be paid to the holders of any of the Capital Stock of the Company of any class junior in rank to the Preferred Shares in respect of the preferences as to distributions and payments on the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company, an amount per Preferred Share equal to the Conversion Amount; provided that, if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders and holders of shares of other classes or series of preferred stock of the Company that are of equal rank with the Preferred Shares as to payments of Liquidation Funds (such stock being referred to hereinafter collectively as the “Pari Passu Stock”), if any, then each Holder and each holder of any such Pari Passu Shares shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder as a liquidation preference, in accordance with their respective Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights, as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all holders of Preferred Shares and Pari Passu Shares. After the foregoing distributions, the Holders shall be entitled, on a pari passu basis with the holders of Common Stock and treating for the purpose thereof all of the Preferred Shares as having been converted into Common Stock pursuant to Section 2, to participate in the distribution of any remaining assets of the Company to the holders of the outstanding Common Stock. To the extent necessary, the Company shall cause such actions to be taken by any of its Subsidiaries so as to enable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the proceeds of a Liquidation Event to be distributed to the Holders in accordance with this Section. All the preferential amounts to be paid to the Holders under this Section shall be paid or set apart for payment before the payment or setting apart for payment of any amount for, or the distribution of any Liquidation Funds of the Company to the holders of, shares of other classes or series of preferred stock of the Company junior in rank to the Preferred Shares in connection with a Liquidation Event as to which this Section applies. The purchase or redemption by the Company of stock of any class, in any manner permitted by law, shall not, for the purposes hereof, be regarded as a Liquidation Event.

 

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(12)        Covenants.

 

(a)          Prior to the consummation or termination of the Reverse Merger and except as permitted under the terms of the definitive documentation providing for the consummation of the Reverse Merger, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

(b)          Prior to the consummation or termination of the Reverse Merger and except as permitted under the terms of the definitive documentation providing for the consummation of the Reverse Merger, the Company shall not enter into, or be a party to, a Fundamental Transaction.

 

(c)          Prior to the consummation or termination of the Reverse Merger and except as permitted under the terms of the definitive documentation providing for the consummation of the Reverse Merger, the Company shall not (i) grant, issue or sell any Purchase Rights, (ii) declare or make any Distribution (other than the Initial Dividend) or (iii) repay any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the repayment of the Outstanding Notes), and in cases of clause (ii) and (iii) only in compliance with Section 12(e).

 

(d)          Prior to the consummation of the Reverse Merger and except pursuant to definitive documentation on terms and conditions acceptable to the Required Holders providing for the consummation of the Reverse Merger, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries' equity or equity equivalent securities, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during its life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (ii) be party to any solicitations, negotiations or discussions with regard to the foregoing.

 

(e)          The aggregate amount of the Initial Dividend and any payments to the holders of the Outstanding Notes being paid with proceeds received from the Holders in respect of the Company's issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares, shall not exceed $2,000,000.

 

(f)          The Company shall distribute the Initial Dividend and make the payment to the holders of the Outstanding Notes, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 12(e) above, contemporaneously with the consummation of the Reverse Merger.

 

(13)        Ranking. All shares of Common Stock shall be of junior rank to all Preferred Shares with respect to the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company. The rights of the shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the preferences and relative rights of the Preferred Shares. Without the prior express written consent of the Required Holders, the Company shall not hereafter authorize or issue additional or other Capital Stock that is of senior or pari-passu rank to the Preferred Shares in respect of the preferences as to distributions and payments upon a Liquidation Event. The Company shall be permitted to issue preferred stock that is junior in rank to the Preferred Shares in respect of the preferences as to dividends and other distributions, amortization and redemption payments and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company. In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, the Preferred Shares shall maintain their relative powers, designations and preferences provided for herein and no merger shall result inconsistent therewith.

 

(14)        Participation. Except for the Initial Dividend as to which the Holders shall have no right, the Holders shall, as holders of Preferred Stock, be entitled to such dividends paid and distributions made to the holders of Common Stock to the same extent as if such Holders had converted the Preferred Shares into Common Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion, including, without limitation, the Maximum Percentage (as defined in Section 9(a), if applicable) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock. Following the occurrence of a Liquidation Event and the payment in full to a Holder of its applicable liquidation preference, other than as set forth in Section 11, such Holder shall cease to have any rights hereunder to participate in any future dividends or distributions made to the holders of Common Stock. Subject to any voting or consent rights contained herein, except for the Initial Dividend, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividends on any other shares of Capital Stock whether such Capital Stock is Pari Passu Stock or junior (such stock being referred to hereinafter collectively as “Junior Stock”) unless the holders of Preferred Shares then outstanding shall simultaneously receive a dividend on a pro rata basis as if the Preferred Shares had been converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2 immediately prior to the record date for determining the stockholders eligible to receive such dividends. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a Holder's right to participate in any such dividend or distribution pursuant to this Section 14 would result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such dividend or distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such dividend or distribution shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in such Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times such Holder shall be granted such rights (and any rights under this Section 14 on such initial rights or on any subsequent such rights to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation.

 

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(15)        Vote to Change the Terms of or Issue Preferred Shares. In addition to any other rights provided by law, except where the vote or written consent of the holders of a greater number of shares is required by law or by another provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of the Required Holders, voting together as a single class, shall be required before the Company may: (a) amend or repeal any provision of, or add any provision to, the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws, or file any articles of amendment, certificate of designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of any series of preferred stock, if such action would adversely alter or change the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of, or restrictions provided for the benefit of the Preferred Shares, regardless of whether any such action shall be by means of amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or by merger, consolidation or otherwise other than with respect to the Reverse Merger and the Reverse Split; (b) increase or decrease (other than by conversion) the authorized number of shares of Preferred Shares; (c) create or authorize (by reclassification or otherwise) any new class or series of shares that has a preference over or is on a parity with the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends or the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; (d) purchase, repurchase or redeem any shares of Common Stock (other than pursuant to equity incentive agreements with employees giving the Company the right to repurchase shares upon the termination of services at cost); (e) pay dividends or make any other distribution on the Common Stock or other Junior Stock other than the Initial Dividend; (f) amend or waive any provision of the Certificate of Designation with respect to the Preferred Shares; provided that any such amendment or waiver that complies with the foregoing but that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Holder relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Holders shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Holder or (g) whether or not prohibited by the terms of the Preferred Shares, circumvent a right of the Preferred Shares. Any Preferred Shares which are converted, repurchased or redeemed shall be automatically and immediately cancelled and shall not be reissued, sold or transferred.

 

(16)        Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Preferred Stock Certificates representing the Preferred Shares, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the Preferred Stock Certificate(s), the Company shall execute and deliver new preferred stock certificate(s) of like tenor and date; provided, however, the Company shall not be obligated to re-issue preferred stock certificates if the Holder contemporaneously requests the Company to convert such Preferred Shares into Common Stock.

 

(17)        Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Certificate of Designations shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Certificate of Designations, 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. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Certificate of Designations. The Company covenants to each Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. 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 Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holders and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holders 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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(18)        Construction. This Certificate of Designations shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all Buyers (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof.

 

(19)        Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(20)        Notice. Whenever notice or other communication is required to be given under this Certificate of Designations, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement (provided that if the Preferred Shares are not held by a Buyer then substituting the words “holder of securities” for the word “Buyer).

 

(21)        Transfer of Preferred Shares. A Holder may assign some or all of the Preferred Shares and the accompanying rights hereunder held by such Holder without the consent of the Company; provided that such assignment is in compliance with applicable securities laws.

 

(22)        Preferred Share Register. The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the Preferred Shares, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the persons in whose name the Preferred Shares have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the person in whose name any Preferred Share is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.

 

(23)        Stockholder Matters. Subject to any contrary provision in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended or Bylaws, as amended, any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Principal Market, the DGCL, this Certificate of Designations or otherwise with respect to the issuance of the Preferred Shares or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof may be effected by written consent of the Company's stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Company's stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Market and the DGCL. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable sections of the DGCL permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.

 

(24)        Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Certificate of Designations, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall so indicate to the Holders contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holders shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

(25)        Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)          “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(b)          “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company's securities may be issued to any employee, officer, director or consultant for services provided to the Company; provided, that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (together with securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock) issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Subscription Date; provided, further, that and securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan shall be issued a price (or with a conversion price, exchange price or exercise price) equal to or greater than the then prevailing market price of the Common Stock.

 

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(c)          “Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder's investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder's and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(d)          “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

(e)          “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(f)          “Capital Stock” means: (A) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (B) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (C) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership or limited liability company interests; and (D) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

 

(g)          “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company.

 

(h)          “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (A) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which holders of the Company's voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the surviving entity or entities necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities, (B) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, or (C) the Reverse Merger.

 

(i)          “Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” mean, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security (by trading volume for the prior 365 consecutive calendar days), the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link or “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Required Holders. If the Company and the Required Holders are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 2(c)(iii). All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

(j)          “Common Stock Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.

 

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(k)          “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.

 

(l)          “Conversion Amount” means the Stated Value.

 

(m)         “Conversion Price” means $1.07, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(n)          “Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock.

 

(o)          “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE MKT LLC, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market.

 

(p)          “Equity Conditions” means each of the following conditions: (i) either (a) a registration statement shall be effective and available for the resale of all Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 and there shall not have been any postponement or failure to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause such registration statement not to be effective and available for the resale of all remaining Registrable Securities or (b) all Registrable Securities shall be eligible for sale without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws and the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause the Registrable Securities not to be eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act and any applicable federal or state securities laws; (ii) any applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full, subject to any shares that must be held in abeyance due to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, and without violating the rules or regulations of the Principal Market or any other applicable Eligible Market; (iii) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall not have failed to timely make any payments within five (5) Business Days of when such payment is due pursuant to any Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); (vi) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred the public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated; (v) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company otherwise shall have been in compliance with and shall not have breached any provision, covenant, representation or warranty of any Transaction Document; and (vi) no Holder shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any Subsidiary or its respective agent or affiliates.

 

(q)          “Equity Conditions Failure” means that on the applicable date of determination, any of the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Required Holders).

 

(r)          “Equity Conditions Measuring Period” means the period beginning thirty (30) Trading Days prior to the applicable date of determination and ending on and including the applicable date of determination.

 

(s)          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(t)          “Excluded Securities” means any Common Stock issued or issuable or deemed to be issued in accordance with Section 2(d) hereof by the Company: (A) under any Approved Stock Plan; (B) in respect of a conversion or redemption of the Preferred Shares in accordance herewith; (C) upon the exercise of the Warrants; provided that the Warrants are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date; (D) upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Subscription Date, provided that such issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of such Options or Convertible Securities is made pursuant to the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities in effect on the date immediately preceding the Subscription Date and such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date; and (E) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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(u)          “Fundamental Transaction” means (i) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (a) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (b) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (c) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (1) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (2) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (3) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (d) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (1) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (2) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (3) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (e) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (ii) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (a) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (b) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Certificate of Designations calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (c) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the stockholders of the Company or (iii) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

(v)         “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

(w)          “Group” means a “group” as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

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(x)          “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including (without limitation) “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

 

(y)          “Initial Convertibility Date” means the date that is the earliest of (i) the date that one or more Registration Statement(s) (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) has been declared effective, (ii) the date as of which Conversion Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and (iii) the date on which the Company obtained the approval of its stockholders for the Reverse Merger, but in no event prior to the day after the record date for holders of Common Stock to receive the Initial Dividend so long as such record date is not later than ten (10) days prior to the date of the Stockholder Meeting (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

 

(z)          “Initial Dividend” means that certain dividend to be distributed by the Company to its common stockholders contemporaneously with the consummation of the Reverse Merger.

 

(aa)        “Issuance Date” means December 17, 2013.

 

(bb)       “Liquidation Event” means the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or such Subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in a single transaction or series of transactions, or adoption of any plan for the same.

 

(cc)        “Non-Public Fundamental Transaction” means any Fundamental Transaction other than one in which the Successor Entity is a publicly traded corporation whose Common Stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market assumes the Preferred Shares such that the Preferred Shares shall be convertible for the publicly traded Common Stock of such Successor Entity.

 

(dd)        “Option Value” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of (A) the Trading Day prior to the public announcement of the issuance of the applicable Option, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the average of the Weighted Average Prices for each Trading Day during the period beginning on the day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and ending on (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such issuance, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, (iv) a zero cost of borrow, and (v) a 360 day annualization factor.

 

(ee)        “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase (i) Common Stock or (ii) Convertible Securities.

 

(ff)         “Outstanding Notes” means that certain Contingent Note issued by the Company, dated April 1, 2009, in the original principal amount of $11,000,00 in favor of former stockholders of Cortelco Systems Holding Corp.

 

(gg)        “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

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(hh)       “Principal Market” means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

(ii)          “Redemption Prices” means, collectively, the Holder Optional Redemption Triggering Event Redemption Price, the Change of Control Redemption Price and any other redemption price set forth herein, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Price.

 

(jj)          “Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement, dated as of the Subscription Date, by and among the Company and the investors referred to therein, as such agreement further may be amended from time to time as provided in such agreement.

 

(kk)        “Required Holders” means the Holders of Preferred Shares representing at least sixty percent (60%) of the aggregate Preferred Shares then outstanding.

 

(ll)          “Reverse Merger” means a merger by and among the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company and Inventergy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on terms acceptable to the Required Holders.

 

(mm)      “Reverse Split” means a reverse split of the Company's shares of Common Stock in a ratio between one-for-three and one-for-five effected by the Company on or before the consummation of the Reverse Merger.

 

(nn)       “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(oo)       “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(pp)       “Securities Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Subscription Date, by and among the Company and the investors referred to therein, as such agreement further may be amended from time to time as provided in such agreement.

 

(qq)       “Stated Value” means $1,000.

 

(rr)         “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(ss)        “Subscription Date” means December 16, 2013.

 

(tt)         “Subsidiaries” means any joint venture or entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the Capital Stock or an equity or similar interest or a majority of the voting power with respect thereto, including any subsidiaries, joint ventures or entities formed or acquired after the Subscription Date.

 

(uu)       “Successor Entity” means one or more Person or Persons formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or one or more Person or Persons with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(vv)       “Trading Day” means any day on which shares of Common Stock are traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the shares of Common Stock are then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the shares of Common Stock are scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the shares of Common Stock are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time).

 

(ww)      “Transaction Documents” means this Certificate of Designations, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants.

 

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(xx)         “Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link or “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Required Holders are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 2(c)(iii) with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Conversion Rate.”. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

(yy)        “Warrants” means the warrants to purchase Common Stock issued in connection with the Preferred Shares on the Issuance Date.

 

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EXHIBIT I

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

CONVERSION NOTICE

 

Reference is made to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of Inventergy Global, Inc. (the “Certificate of Designations”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), of Inventergy Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), indicated below into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, as of the date specified below. By affixing its signature hereto, the undersigned agrees that the information contained herein is accurate and complete to the best of its knowledge on the date hereof. The undersigned agrees and undertakes to notify the Company until the Share Delivery Date immediately of any development it become aware of that renders the information contained herein inaccurate or incomplete.

 

Date of Conversion:______________________________________________________________________

 

Number of Preferred Shares to be converted:__________________________________________________

 

Stock certificate no(s). of Preferred Shares to be converted:______________________________________

 

Tax ID Number (If applicable): ____________________________________________________________

 

Please confirm the following information:___________________________________________________________

 

Conversion Price:_______________________________________

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:______________________________________________

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is not and has not been during the preceding three months, an “affiliate” of the Company, as such term is defined by Rule 144(a). (Circle one) YES NO

 

The undersigned represents and warrants that it has beneficially owned the Preferred Shares and they have been paid for in full since ________________.

 

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Preferred Shares are being converted in the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:___________________________________________

 

Address: _________________________________________

 

Telephone Number: ________________________________

 

Facsimile Number:__________________________________

 

Authorization:______________________________________

 

By:___________________________________

Title:__________________________________

 

Dated:

 

Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer):____________________________________________

 

Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer):_____________________________________

 

[NOTE TO HOLDER — THIS FORM MUST BE SENT CONCURRENTLY TO TRANSFER AGENT]

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs [NAME OF TRANSFER AGENT] to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated December __, 2013 from the Company and acknowledged and agree

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

 

(as amended June 6, 2014)

 

 
 

 

Table of Contents

 

Article/Section   Page
ARTICLE I OFFICES   1
SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE   1
SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES   1
ARTICLE II CORPORATE SEAL   1
SECTION 3. CORPORATE SEAL   1
ARTICLE III STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS   1
SECTION 4. PLACE OF MEETINGS   1
SECTION 5. ANNUAL MEETINGS   1
SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS   3
SECTION 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS   3
SECTION 8. QUORUM   3
SECTION 9. ADJOURNMENT AND NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETINGS   4
SECTION 10. VOTING RIGHTS   4
SECTION 11. JOINT OWNERS OF STOCK   4
SECTION 12. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS   4
SECTION 13. NO ACTION WITHOUT MEETING   4
SECTION 14. ORGANIZATION   5
ARTICLE IV DIRECTORS   5
SECTION 15. NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE   5
SECTION 16. POWERS   5
SECTION 17. CLASSES OF DIRECTORS   5
SECTION 18. VACANCIES   5
SECTION 19. RESIGNATION   6
SECTION 20. REMOVAL   6
SECTION 21. MEETINGS   6
SECTION 22. QUORUM AND VOTING   7
SECTION 23. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING   7
SECTION 24. FEES AND COMPENSATION   7
SECTION 25. COMMITTEES   7
SECTION 26. MEETINGS   8
SECTION 27. ORGANIZATION   8
ARTICLE V OFFICERS   8
SECTION 28. OFFICERS DESIGNATED   8
SECTION 29. TENURE AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS   8
SECTION 30. RESIGNATIONS   9
SECTION 31. REMOVAL   9
ARTICLE VI EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION   9
SECTION 32. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS   9
SECTION 33. VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION   10
ARTICLE VII SHARES OF STOCK   10
SECTION 34. FORM AND EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES   10
SECTION 35. LOST CERTIFICATES   10
SECTION 36. TRANSFERS   11
SECTION 37. FIXING RECORD DATES   11
SECTION 38. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS   11
ARTICLE VIII OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION   11
SECTION 39. EXECUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES   11
ARTICLE IX DIVIDENDS   12
SECTION 40. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS   12
SECTION 41. DIVIDEND RESERVE   12

 

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Article/Section   Page
ARTICLE X FISCAL YEAR   12
SECTION 42. FISCAL YEAR   12
ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION   12
SECTION 43. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS   12
ARTICLE XII NOTICES   15
SECTION 44. NOTICES   15
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS   16
SECTION 45. AMENDMENTS   16
ARTICLE XIV LOANS TO OFFICERS   16
SECTION 46. LOANS TO OFFICERS   16

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

(A Delaware Corporation)

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

SECTION 1. .REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.

 

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

CORPORATE SEAL

 

SECTION 3. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, “Corporate Seal—Delaware.” Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE III

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

SECTION 4. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, or, if not so designated, then at the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof; provided that the Board of Directors may in its sole discretion determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication (i) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and (ii) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (A) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at a meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder, (B) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (C) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such votes or other action shall be maintained by the corporation.

 

SECTION 5. ANNUAL MEETINGS.

 

(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders: (i) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting of stockholders; (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 5 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 5.

 

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(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder or the proposal of business by a stockholder to be considered by the stockholders, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the corporation. Such notice must be made either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the corporation, not later than 90 days nor earlier than the 120th day prior to the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the annual meeting is scheduled to be held on a date more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the later of the close of business ninety (90) days prior to the annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, which may include any public filing by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, of the date of the annual meeting. For nominations by a stockholder to be properly brought before a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, the stockholder must have given written notice thereof, either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made by the corporation. Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of determining whether a stockholder’s notice shall have been received in a timely manner for the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must have been received not later than the close of business on October 19, 2014. The public announcement of an adjournment of an annual or special meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 5.

 

(c) With respect to a nomination, to be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth (i) the name and address of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination and of each person to be nominated; (ii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice as directors; (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (v) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission were such nominee to be nominated by the Board of Directors; and (vi) consent of each proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation if so elected. In addition to the provisions of this Section 5, a stockholder shall also comply with all of the applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein.

 

(d) With respect to any business (other than nominations), to be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend either the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, the language of the proposed amendment, and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting; (ii) the name and address of the stockholder proposing such business and the name and record address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of any stockholder in such business; and (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business. In addition to the provisions of this Section 5, a stockholder shall also comply with all of the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein.

 

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(e) If the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting of stockholders determines that any nomination or proposed business was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5, then such nomination or proposed business shall not be considered at the meeting in question. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, if the stockholder does not appear at the meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present the nomination or proposed business, as applicable, such nomination or business shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination or business may have been received by the corporation.

 

(f) For purposes of this Section 5, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, or (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption).

 

(b) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors or business proposed to be transacted at the special meeting (other than nominations or business proposed by the Board of Directors) shall comply with the requirements of Section 5.

 

SECTION 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.

 

SECTION 8. QUORUM. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of such class or classes or series.

 

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SECTION 9. ADJOURNMENT AND NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETINGS. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares casting votes. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the Bylaws. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

SECTION 10. VOTING RIGHTS. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

SECTION 11. JOINT OWNERS OF STOCK. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for relief as provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law, Section 217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest.

 

SECTION 12. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

 

SECTION 13. NO ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.

 

No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied; provided, however, that the holders of any class of outstanding preferred stock shall be entitled to take action without a meeting and to consent in writing with respect to matters affecting only such class or any series of such class of preferred stock.

 

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SECTION 14. ORGANIZATION.

 

(a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

(b) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 15. NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE. The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient.

 

SECTION 16. POWERS. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

SECTION 17. CLASSES OF DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. Giving effect to shorter terms in the event of reassignment of directors among the three classes, at each annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall each be elected for a term of three years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

SECTION 18. VACANCIES.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.

 

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(b) If at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Delaware Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in offices as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by Section 211 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

SECTION 19. RESIGNATION. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

SECTION 20. REMOVAL.

 

(a) Neither the Board of Directors nor any individual director may be removed without cause.

 

(b) Subject to any limitation imposed by law, any individual director or directors may be removed with cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

SECTION 21. MEETINGS.

 

(a) ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held as soon as practicable after the annual meeting of stockholders at a time and place designated in advance thereof by the Board of Directors. No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it.

 

(b) REGULAR MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or date and at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors. No formal notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

(c) SPECIAL MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any two of the directors.

 

(d) TELEPHONE MEETINGS. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

(e) NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least twenty- four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting, or sent in writing to each director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

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(f) WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

SECTION 22. QUORUM AND VOTING.

 

(a) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number and except with respect to indemnification questions arising under Section 43 hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third of the total number of directors, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the total number of directors; provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.

 

(b) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

SECTION 23. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

SECTION 24. FEES AND COMPENSATION. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.

 

SECTION 25. COMMITTEES.

 

(a) DESIGNATION. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint such committees as may be permitted by law. Such committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of two (2) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees.

 

(b) TERM. Each member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall serve a term on the committee coexistent with such member’s term on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to any requirements of any outstanding series of preferred stock and the provisions of subsection (a) of this Bylaw, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

 

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SECTION 26. MEETINGS. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of each committee appointed pursuant to Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon written notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.

 

SECTION 27. ORGANIZATION. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President (if a director), or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice President (if a director), or, in the absence of any such person, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, any Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

 

SECTION 28. OFFICERS DESIGNATED. The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Controller, all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 29. TENURE AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

 

(a) GENERAL. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

(b) DUTIES OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. If there is no President, then the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 29.

 

(c) DUTIES OF PRESIDENT. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. Unless some other officer has been elected Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

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(d) DUTIES OF VICE PRESIDENTS. The Vice Presidents or, if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Board of Directors may assign any Vice-President the title of Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President, or any other title determined by the Board of Directors. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.

 

(e) DUTIES OF SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties given him in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.

 

(f) DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.

 

(g) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 30. RESIGNATIONS. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer. (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, (S) 142(b))

 

SECTION 31. REMOVAL. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND

VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

 

SECTION 32. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation. All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do. Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

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SECTION 33. VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.

 

ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF STOCK

 

SECTION 34. FORM AND EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated. Certificates for the shares of stock of the corporation, if any, shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Each such certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws, at all times that the corporation’s stock is listed on a stock exchange, such shares shall comply with all direct registration system eligibility requirements established by such exchange, including any requirement that shares of the corporation’s stock be eligible for issue in book-entry form. All issuances and transfers of shares of the corporation’s stock shall be entered on the books of the corporation with all information necessary to comply with such direct registration system eligibility requirements, including the name and address of the person to whom the shares are issued, the number of shares issued and the date of issue. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the corporation in both the certificated and uncertificated form.

 

SECTION 35. LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate or certificates (or a record in uncertificated form) shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, or an uncertificated issuance, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to agree to indemnify the corporation in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

 

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SECTION 36. TRANSFERS.

 

(a) Stock of the corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Except as otherwise established by rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors, and subject to applicable law, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the corporation, if such shares are certificated, upon surrender to the corporation’s transfer agent or registrar of the corporation’s share certificates, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, or upon proper instructions from the holder of uncertificated shares, in each case with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require.

 

(b) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

SECTION 37. FIXING RECORD DATES.

 

(a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, subject to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

(b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

SECTION 38. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE VIII

OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

 

SECTION 39. EXECUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.

 

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ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

 

SECTION 40. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

 

SECTION 41. DIVIDEND RESERVE. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

ARTICLE X

FISCAL YEAR

 

SECTION 42. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

 

SECTION 43. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS.

 

(a) DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article XI, “executive officers” shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(b) OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS. The corporation shall have power to indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate the determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any such person.

 

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(c) EXPENSES. The corporation may advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or executive officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an executive officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director or executive officer of the corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

 

(d) ENFORCEMENT. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and executive officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or executive officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or executive officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an officer of the corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director or executive officer of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a director or executive officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or executive officer is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the corporation.

 

(e) NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred on any person by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or by any other applicable law.

 

(f) SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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(g) INSURANCE. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Bylaw.

 

(h) AMENDMENTS. Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.

 

(i) SAVING CLAUSE. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section 43 shall be invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the corporation shall indemnify each director and executive officer to the full to the full extent under any other applicable law.

 

(j) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(i) The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(ii) The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.

 

(iii) The term the “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(iv) References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

 

(v) References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Bylaw.

 

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ARTICLE XII

NOTICES

 

SECTION 44. NOTICES.

 

(a) NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it shall be given in writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record of the corporation or its transfer agent. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given.

 

(b) NOTICE TO DIRECTORS. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or by overnight delivery service, facsimile, telex or telegram, except that such notice other than one which is delivered personally shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.

 

(c) AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.

 

(d) TIME NOTICES DEEMED GIVEN. All notices given by mail or by overnight delivery service, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing, and all notices given by facsimile, telex or telegram shall be deemed to have been given as of the sending time recorded at time of transmission.

 

(e) METHODS OF NOTICE. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.

 

(f) FAILURE TO RECEIVE NOTICE. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice.

 

(g) NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

(h) NOTICE TO PERSON WITH UNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this paragraph.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENTS

 

SECTION 45. AMENDMENTS. Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the Bylaws, the Bylaws may be altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock of the corporation entitled to vote. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE XIV

LOANS TO OFFICERS

 

SECTION 46. LOANS TO OFFICERS. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.

 

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GUARANTY

 

GUARANTY, dated as of June 6, 2014 made by each of the undersigned (each a "Guarantor", and collectively, the "Guarantors"), in favor of each "Buyer" (as defined below) party to the Notes referenced below.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Parent issued to the Buyers, as defined below, Amended and Restated Notes and New Notes in exchange for the Amended and Restated Notes and New Notes of the Company’s subsidiary, Inventergy, Inc., which were originally issued pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23 , 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "SPA"), by and among Inventergy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (together with their respective assignees and transferees, each a "Buyer" and collectively, the "Buyers"), the Company issued notes (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Notes") to the Buyers;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as May 10, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Security Agreement"), the Company has granted to Hudson Bay IP Opportunities Master Fund LP (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), for the benefit of the Buyers, a security interest in and lien on its assets to secure their respective obligations under the SPA, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of December 17, 2013 as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated March 20, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, Parent Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent") and Inventergy Merger Sub, Inc., effective as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent;

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to the Buyers' consent to the Company's execution of the Merger Agreement, the Buyers have requested, and the Company and the Guarantors have agreed, that the Company and the other Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Buyers (i) a guaranty guaranteeing all of the obligations of the Parent under the SPA, the Notes and the other "Transaction Documents" (as defined in the SPA, and as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Transaction Documents") as assumed by the Parent at the Effective Time and (ii) a supplement to the Security Agreement, pursuant to which the Guarantors shall grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, a security interest in and lien on their assets to secure their respective obligations under this Guaranty;

 

WHEREAS, each Guarantor has determined that the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty directly benefits, and is in the best interest of, such Guarantor;

 

 
 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and for other consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Buyers as follows:

 

SECTION 1.          Definitions. Reference is hereby made to the SPA and the Notes for a statement of the terms thereof. All terms used in this Guaranty, which are defined in the SPA or the Notes and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein.

 

SECTION 2.          Guaranty. The Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, guaranty (a) the punctual payment, as and when due and payable, by stated maturity or otherwise, of all monetary obligations and any other amounts now or hereafter owing by the Parent in respect of it in respect of the SPA, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, all interest that accrues after the commencement of any proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any Guarantor under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code) or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, or extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief (an "Insolvency Proceeding"), whether or not the payment of such interest is unenforceable or is not allowable due to the existence of such Insolvency Proceeding, and all fees, commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other amounts due or to become due under any of the Transaction Documents, and any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) reasonably incurred by the Buyers in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty (such obligations, to the extent not paid by the Parent, being the "Guaranteed Obligations") and (b) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance and fulfillment by the Parent of all of the agreements, conditions, covenants and obligations of the Parent contained in the SPA, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, to the extent each Guarantor can legally perform such actions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor's liability hereunder shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Parent to the Buyers under the SPA and the Notes but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Guarantor or the Parent (each, a "Transaction Party").

 

SECTION 3.          Guaranty Absolute; Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.

 

(a)          The Guarantors, jointly and severally, guaranty that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Buyers with respect thereto. The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor to enforce such obligations, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Transaction Party or whether any Transaction Party is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by law, any defenses it may now or hereafter have in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

 

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(i)          any lack of validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

(ii)         any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Transaction Party or otherwise;

 

(iii)        any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations; or

 

(iv)        any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate, limited liability company or partnership structure or existence of any Transaction Party.

 

This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Buyers or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Transaction Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

(b)          This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all obligations under the Notes (together with any matured indemnification obligations as of the date of such payment, but excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) and payment of all other amounts payable under this Guaranty (excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) and (ii) be binding upon each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns. This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Buyers and its respective successors, and permitted pledgees, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, each Buyer may pledge, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under and subject to the terms of any Transaction Document to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Buyer herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in the SPA or such other Transaction Document.

 

SECTION 4.          Waivers. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Collateral Agent or the Buyers exhaust any right or take any action against any Transaction Party or any other Person or any Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement). Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated herein and that the waiver set forth in this Section 4 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. The Guarantors hereby waive any right to revoke this Guaranty, and acknowledge that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.

 

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SECTION 5.          Subrogation. No Guarantor may exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against any Transaction Party or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of any Guarantor's obligations under this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Buyers against any Transaction Party or any other guarantor or any Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Transaction Party or any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security solely on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all obligations under the Notes (together with any matured indemnification obligations as of the date of such payment, but excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) and payment of all other amounts payable under this Guaranty (excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations). If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Buyers and shall forthwith be paid to the Buyers to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, or to be held as collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If (a) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Buyers of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (b) the Buyers receive the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all obligations under the Notes (together with any matured indemnification obligations as of the date of such payment, but excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) and payment of all other amounts payable under this Guaranty (excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations), the Buyers will, at such Guarantor's request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.

 

SECTION 6.          Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

 

(a)          Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as of the date first written above as follows:

 

(i)          Each Guarantor (A) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization as set forth on the signature pages hereto, (B) has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and to execute and deliver this Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (C) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(ii)         The execution, delivery and performance by each Guarantor of this Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which such Guarantor is a party (A) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, (B) do not and will not contravene its charter or by-laws, its limited liability company or operating agreement or its certificate of partnership or partnership agreement, as applicable, or any applicable law or any contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its properties do not and will not result in or require the creation of any lien (other than pursuant to any Transaction Document) upon or with respect to any of its properties, and (C) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to it or its operations or any of its properties.

 

(iii)        No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party (other than expressly provided for in any of the Transaction Documents).

 

(iv)        Each of this Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is or will be a party, when delivered, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, suretyship or other similar laws and equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

 

(v)         There is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Guarantor, threatened action, suit or proceeding against the Guarantor or to which any of the properties of the Guarantor is subject, before any court or other governmental authority or any arbitrator that (A) if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than as disclosed in a Schedule to the Merger Agreement, or (B) relates to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(vi)        The Guarantor (A) has read and understands the terms and conditions of the SPA, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, and (B) now has and will continue to have independent means of obtaining information concerning the affairs, financial condition and business of the Parent and the other Transaction Parties, and has no need of, or right to obtain from the Buyers, any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Parent or the other Transaction Parties that may come under the control of the Buyers.

 

(b)          The Guarantor covenants and agrees that until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all obligations under the Notes (together with any matured indemnification obligations as of the date of such payment, but excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) and payment of all other amounts payable under this Guaranty (excluding any inchoate or unmatured contingent indemnification obligations), it will comply with each of the covenants which are set forth in subsections (j) and (l) of Section 4 of the SPA as if the Guarantor were a party thereto.

 

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SECTION 7.          Right of Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Buyers may, and are hereby authorized to, at any time and from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors (any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor) and to the fullest extent permitted by law, set-off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Buyers to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any and all obligations of the Guarantors now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, irrespective of whether or not the Buyers shall have made any demand under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document and although such obligations may be contingent or unmatured. The rights of the Buyers under this Section 7 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Buyers may have under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document in law or otherwise.

 

SECTION 8.          Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed (by overnight mail or by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested), telecopied or delivered, if to any Guarantor, to the address for such Guarantor set forth on the signature page hereto, or if to the Buyers, to it at its respective address set forth in the SPA; or as to any Person at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to such other Person complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 8. All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed (by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested), when received or three Business Days after deposited in the mails, whichever occurs first; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted and confirmation is received, provided same is on a Business Day and, if not, on the next Business Day; or (iii) if delivered by hand, upon delivery, provided same is on a Business Day and, if not, on the next Business Day.

 

SECTION 9.          CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS AND VENUE. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE BUYERS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST EACH GUARANTOR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE JURISDICTION OR LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.

 

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SECTION 10.          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM CONCERNING ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS GUARANTY OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, WAIVER, CONSENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR OTHER AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH IN THE FUTURE MAY BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, OR ARISING FROM ANY FINANCING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. EACH GUARANTOR CERTIFIES THAT NO OFFICER, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE BUYERS HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE BUYERS WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE BUYERS ENTERING INTO THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.

 

SECTION 11.          Taxes.

 

(a)          All payments made by any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall be made in accordance with the terms of the respective Transaction Document and shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or other defense. All such payments shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on the net income of any Buyer by any jurisdiction claiming the right to tax such net income (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities, collectively or individually, "Taxes"). If any Guarantor shall be required to deduct or to withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any amount payable hereunder or under any other Transaction Document:

 

(i)          such Guarantor shall make such deduction or withholding,

 

(ii)         such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation authority in accordance with applicable law, and

 

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(iii)        as promptly as possible thereafter, such Guarantor shall send the applicable Buyer an official receipt (or, if an official receipt is not available, such other documentation as shall be satisfactory to the Buyers) showing payment.  In addition, each Guarantor agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (collectively, "Other Taxes").

 

(b)          Each Guarantor hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold each Buyer harmless from and against Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 11) paid by the such Buyer as a result of any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses for nonpayment, late payment or otherwise) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.  This indemnification shall be paid within 30 days from the date on which a Buyer makes written demand therefor, which demand shall identify the nature and amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes.

 

(c)          If any Guarantor fails to perform any of its obligations under this Section 11, such Guarantor shall indemnify the Buyers for any taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable as a result of any such failure. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Guaranty and the payment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

SECTION 12.          Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          Each Guarantor will make each payment hereunder in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds to Buyers, at such address specified by each Buyer from time to time by notice to the Guarantors.

 

(b)          No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by each Guarantor and the Buyers holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

(c)          No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent and/or the Buyers to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder or under any Transaction Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and remedies of the Buyers provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law. The rights of each Buyer under any Transaction Document against any party thereto are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by such Buyer to exercise any of its rights under any other Transaction Document against such party or against any other Person.

 

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(d)          Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

(e)          This Guaranty shall (i) be binding on each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns, and (ii) inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Buyers hereunder, to the benefit of the Buyers and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, each Buyer may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the SPA, the Notes or any other Transaction Document to any other Person in accordance with the terms thereof, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all of the benefits in respect thereof granted to the such Buyer herein or otherwise. None of the rights or obligations of any Guarantor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of each Buyer.

 

(f)          This Guaranty reflects the entire understanding of the transaction contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, entered into before the date hereof.

 

(g)          Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

 

(h)          This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein without regard to conflict of law principles.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed by its respective duly authorized officer, as of the date first above written.

 

  INVENTERGY, INC., a Delaware corporation
     
  By:  /s/ Joseph W. Beyers
    Name: Joseph W. Beyers
    Title: Chairman and CEO
     
  Address for Notices:
     
     
  Facsimile:
     
  EON COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
     
  By:  /s/ Joseph W. Beyers
    Name: Joseph W. Beyers
    Title:  Chairman and CEO
     
  Address for Notices:
   
     
  Facsimile:

 

Inventergy  Guaranty

 

 

 



 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 6, 2014 between Inventergy Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ______________________________ (“Indemnitee”).

 

WITNESSETH THAT:

 

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as directors and officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. The Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) and Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”). The Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification;

 

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified; and

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s agreement to serve as an officer and/or director from and after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Indemnity of Indemnitee. The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such may be amended from time to time. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof.

 

 
 

 

Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section l(a) if, by reason of his Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined), the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(a), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses (as hereinafter defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him, or on his behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 1(b) if, by reason of his Corporate Status, the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(b), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee, or on the Indemnitee’s behalf, in connection with such Proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided, however, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such Expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall determine that such indemnification may be made.

 

Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law, as such may be amended from time to time, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

Additional Indemnity. In addition to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Company shall and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf if, by reason of his Corporate Status, he is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company), including, without limitation, all liability arising out of the negligence or active or passive wrongdoing of Indemnitee. The only limitation that shall exist upon the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be that the Company shall not be obligated to make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally determined (under the procedures, and subject to the presumptions, set forth in Sections 6 and 7 hereof) to be unlawful.

 

 
 

 

Contribution.

 

Whether or not the indemnification provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof is available, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee. The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.

 

Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction or events from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided, however, that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the transaction or events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which applicable law may require to be considered. The relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive.

 

The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors, or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.

 

 
 

 

To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

 

Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness, or is made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests, in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

 

Advancement of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 5 shall be unsecured and interest free.

 

Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. It is the intent of this Agreement to secure for Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the DGCL and public policy of the State of Delaware. Accordingly, the parties agree that the following procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement:

 

To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Company, or to provide such a request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Company.

 

 
 

 

Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 6(a) hereof, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following four methods, which shall be at the election of the Board (1) by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum or (3) if there are no disinterested directors or if the disinterested directors so direct or upon a Change in Control, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee. For purposes hereof, disinterested directors are those members of the Board who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee. A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

 

(i)         Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities;

 

(ii)         Change in Board. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 6(b)(i), 6(b)(iii) or 6(b)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a least a majority of the members of the Board;

 

(iii)        Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty one percent (51%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the Board or other governing body of such surviving entity;

 

(iv)        Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets; and

 

(v)         Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.

 

 
 

 

For purposes of this Section 6(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(A)         “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(B)         “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

(C)         “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity.

 

If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(c). The Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board. Indemnitee may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 13 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Indemnitee to the Company’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b) hereof. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, and the Company shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(c), regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed.

 

 
 

 

In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise (as hereinafter defined), including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.

 

If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 6 to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate documentation and/or information relating thereto.

 

Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any Independent Counsel or member of the Board shall act reasonably and in good faith in making a determination regarding the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

 

 
 

 

The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including, without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.

 

The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

Remedies of Indemnitee.

 

In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification is made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 7(a). The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication.

 

In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the adverse determination under Section 6(b).

 

 
 

 

If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s misstatement not materially misleading in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

 

In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7, seeks a judicial adjudication of his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, the Company shall pay on his behalf, in advance, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 13 of this Agreement) actually and reasonably incurred by him in such judicial adjudication, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery.

 

The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

 

Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Primacy of Indemnification; Subrogation.

 

The rights of indemnification as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of directors of the Company, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

 

 
 

 

To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents or fiduciaries of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has directors' and officers' liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

 

In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the Fund Indemnitors), who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

The Company's obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.

 

Exception to Right of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:

 

 
 

 

for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, provided, that the foregoing shall not affect the rights of Indemnitee or the Fund Indemnitors set forth in Section 8(c) above; or

 

for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or

 

in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

 

Duration of Agreement. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is an officer or director of the Company (or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding (or any proceeding commenced under Section 7 hereof) by reason of his Corporate Status, whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives.

 

Security. To the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.

 

Enforcement.

 

The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as an officer or director of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as an officer or director of the Company.

 

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

 
 

 

The Company shall not seek from a court, or agree to, a "bar order" which would have the effect of prohibiting or limiting the Indemnitee's rights to receive advancement of expenses under this Agreement.

 

Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement:

 

“Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of the Company.

 

“Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

 

“Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that Indemnitee is or was serving at the express written request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.

 

“Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

 

“Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

 

 
 

 

“Proceeding” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, by reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting in his or her Corporate Status; in each case whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement; including one pending on or before the date of this Agreement, but excluding one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement to enforce his rights under this Agreement.

 

Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to confer upon Indemnitee indemnification rights to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws. In the event any provision hereof conflicts with any applicable law, such provision shall be deemed modified, consistent with the aforementioned intent, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict.

 

Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

Notice By Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification covered hereunder. The failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless and only to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.

 

Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent:

 

To Indemnitee at the address set forth below Indemnitee signature hereto.

 

To the Company at:

 

 
 

 

Inventergy Global, Inc.

900 E. Hamilton Avenue, Suite 180

Campbell, California 95008

Attention: Wayne Sobon

or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by Indemnitee, as the case may be.

 

Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

 

Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, irrevocably Wayne Sobon, General Counsel of the Company, c/o Inventergy Global, Inc., 900 E. Hamilton Avenue, Suite 180, Campbell, California 95008, as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party's agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification Agreement on and as of the day and year first above written.

 

  INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  INDEMNITEE
   
   
  Name:  

 

  Address:  
     
     
     

 

 

 



 

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

June 6, 2014

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (the "Company")

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned irrevocably agrees with the Company that, from the date hereof until November 30, 2014 (the “Restriction Period”), the undersigned will not offer or sell any of the following securities held or beneficially owned by the undersigned on the date hereof or to be acquired or beneficially owned upon consummation of the merger among eOn Communications Corporation, Inventergy Merger Sub, Inc. and Inventergy, Inc., consummated on June 6, 2014 (the “Merger”):

 

Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock,

Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock,

Inventergy, Inc. Common Stock purchased prior to Merger

 

Any securities issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of the foregoing (collectively, the “Restrained Securities”, which the undersigned and the Company agree total _______ shares of the Company's common stock as of the date hereof without regard to any beneficial ownership blockers contained in such instruments). For the avoidance of doubt and the abundance of clarity, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Restrained Securities shall exclude any other securities or derivatives of the Company that are not listed in the definition of Restrained Securities.

 

The undersigned also agree that during the Restriction Period they will not make any short sale (as defined in SEC Rule 200) of any common stock of the Company.

 

The Company may consent to an early release from the Restriction Period in its sole and absolute discretion, provided, that any release shall be made pro rata to all holders of Restrained Securities subject to similar lock-up agreements.

 

The restrictions contained in this letter agreement shall not apply to:

 

(i) the transfer of Restrained Securities to any other person or entity, provided that such transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein,

 

 
 

 

(ii) if the last closing sale price of the Company's common stock immediately prior to each proposed sale as reported by Nasdaq or the Company's then current principal trading market exceeds $2.00 per share (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof, including, without limitation, as adjusted to give effect to the Company’s reverse stock split that will take effect on or about the date of the Merger), then the undersigned may sell shares of the Company common stock at or above $2.00 per share (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof, including, without limitation, as adjusted to give effect to the Company’s reverse stock split that will take effect on or about the date of the Merger); provided that the undersigned may not sell more than ______ additional shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to this clause (ii) in each calendar month period starting on July 1, 2014 until September 1, 2014, with any released shares not sold in any monthly period pursuant to this clause carried forward to any subsequent calendar month,

 

(iii) after September 1, 2014 and through the remainder of the Restriction Period, the undersigned may not sell more than _______ additional shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to this clause (iii) in each calendar month period during the Restriction Period, regardless of the price per share of the Company common stock, with any released shares not sold in any monthly period pursuant to this clause carried forward to any subsequent calendar month, and

 

(iv) if the last closing sale price of the Company's common stock immediately prior to each proposed sale as reported by Nasdaq or the Company's then current principal trading market exceeds $3.00 per share (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof, including, without limitation, as adjusted to give effect to the Company’s reverse stock split that will take effect on or about the date of the Merger), then the undersigned may sell any number of additional shares of the Company's common stock at or above $3.00 per share (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof, including, without limitation, as adjusted to give effect to the Company’s reverse stock split that will take effect on or about the date of the Merger).

 

The undersigned acknowledges that the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the undersigned’s obligations hereunder. The undersigned hereby represents that the undersigned has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement, that the undersigned has received adequate consideration therefor and that the undersigned will indirectly benefit from the closing of the Merger.

 

The undersigned and the Company agree undersigned will have a limited right of Participation as defined in Exhibit A.

 

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This letter agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified in any respect without the written consent of the Company and the undersigned. No consideration shall be offered or paid to the undersigned or any other holders of Restrained Securities subject to similar lock-up agreements to this letter agreement to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this letter agreement or any such other lock-up agreements similar to this letter agreement unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to the undersigned and all of the holders of Restrained Securities subject to similar lock-up agreements than this letter agreement. This letter agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The undersigned hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting in the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New York located in Manhattan, for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this letter agreement, and hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that (i) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, (ii) the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (iii) the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent to the undersigned at the address in effect for notices to it pursuant to the undersigned's signature page attached hereto and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The undersigned hereby waives any right to a trial by jury. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

This letter agreement shall be binding on successors and assigns of the undersigned with respect to the Restrained Securities and any such successor or assign shall enter into a similar agreement for the benefit of the Company.

 

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This letter agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together may be considered one and the same agreement.

 

   
Signature  
   
   
Print Name  

 

Address for Notice:  
   
   
   
   

 

Number of shares of the Company's common stock included in the undersigned's Restrained Securities on the date hereof on a fully diluted basis without regard to any beneficial ownership blockers contained in such instruments:

 

Security Instrument Unconverted Shares INVT shares

 

 

By signing below, the Company agrees to enforce the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter agreement.

 

   
     
By:    
Name: Joseph W. Beyers
Title:   CEO and Chairman

 

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of March 24, 2014, by and among Inventergy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 19925 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 100, Cupertino, CA 95014 (the "Company"), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a "Buyer" and collectively, the "Buyers").

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.  The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D ("Regulation D") as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the 1933 Act.

 

B.   On May 10, 2013, the Company issued senior secured notes (as amended prior to the date hereof, the "Existing Notes") to the Buyers pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2013 (as amended, the "Existing SPA"). The Company and each Buyer desire to amend and restate the Existing Notes, which amended and restated notes shall be convertible into the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), in accordance with the terms of such amended and restated notes. To effect the amendment and restatement of the Existing Notes, each Buyer and the Company wish to exchange the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes as set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers for the same aggregate principal amount of senior secured convertible notes (as amended and restated in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 and together with any senior secured convertible notes issued in replacement thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, the "Amended and Restated Notes"). Any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Notes, are collectively referred to herein as the "Amended and Restated Note Conversion Shares".

 

C.  The Company has also authorized a new series of senior secured convertible notes of the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 (the " New Notes" and together with the Amended and Restated Notes, the "Notes").

 

D.  Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, that aggregate principal amount of New Notes set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (which aggregate principal amount for all Buyers shall be $3,000,000). Any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the terms of the New Notes are collectively referred to herein as the "New Note Conversion Shares" and together with the Amended and Restated Note Conversion Shares, the "Conversion Shares".

 

E.   The Notes and the Conversion Shares are collectively referred to herein as the "Securities".

 

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F.  The Existing Notes are secured by a first priority perfected security interest in certain of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries as evidenced by the Security Agreement (such terms are defined in the Existing SPA) and together with any ancillary documents related thereto, the Cash Collateral Agreement and the Deposit Account Control Agreement (as such terms are defined below), collectively, the "Security Documents"). For purpose of clarity, the first priority perfected security interest will not apply to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes).

 

G.  In connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Parties desire to enter into, at or prior to the Closing (as defined below), the Cash Collateral Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 (as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the "Cash Collateral Agreement") and the Deposit Account Control Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 (as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the "Deposit Account Control Agreement") with First Republic Bank (the "Bank") The bank account governed by the Deposit Account Control Agreement shall be referred to herein as the "Control Account".

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:

 

3.          PURCHASE AND SALE OF NEW NOTES; EXCHANGE OF EXISTING NOTES.

 

(a)          Notes. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, (x) the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), the aggregate principal amount of New Notes, as is set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers and (y) the Company agrees to exchange with each Buyer, and each Buyer severally and jointly, agrees to exchange with the Company on the Closing Date the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes held by such Buyer, as is set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, for the same aggregate principal amount of Amended and Restated Notes, to be issued by the Company (the "Closing").

 

(b)          Closing. The date and time of the Closing (the "Closing Date") shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date hereof (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below at the offices of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

 

(c)          Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the New Notes to be purchased by each Buyer (the " Purchase Price") shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers. Each Buyer shall pay $1,000 for each $1,000 principal amount of New Note to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.

 

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(d)          Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (A) each Buyer shall pay its portion of the Purchase Price to the Company for the New Notes to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing (less, in the case of Hudson Bay IP Opportunities Master Fund LP ("Hudson Bay") the amount withheld pursuant to Section 4(f)), by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire instructions of the Company and (B) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer New Notes (each allocated in the principal amounts, as the Buyer shall request) duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee. Each Buyer and the Company agree that any amounts withheld from the Purchase Price of any New Notes pursuant to Section 4(f) hereof shall constitute a reimbursement of the expenses described in such Section and shall not constitute original issue discount or other discount in respect of the New Notes for any tax or other purpose.

 

(e)          Exchange of Existing Notes for Amended and Restated Notes. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Section 6 and 7 below, at the Closing, each Buyer shall surrender to the Company such Buyer's Existing Notes, as is set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers, and the Company shall issue and deliver to such Buyer the same aggregate principal amount of Amended and Restated Notes. The Company shall be required to pay to each applicable Buyer all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Notes through and including the Closing Date in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

(f)          The parties hereto acknowledge and agree, solely for purposes of the Security Documents, that (i) this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be deemed to be Transaction Documents (as defined in the Existing SPA), (ii) the Notes shall be deemed to be Notes (as defined in the Existing SPA) and (iii) the Notes shall be deemed to have been issued under the Existing SPA.

 

2.          BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to only itself, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(a)          Organization; Authority. Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

(b)          No Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Notes, and (ii) upon conversion of the Notes will acquire the Conversion Shares, and, in each case, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person (as defined below) to distribute any of the Securities.

 

(c)          Accredited Investor Status. Such Buyer is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

 

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(d)          Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

(e)          Information. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by such Buyer. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained herein. Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

 

(f)          No Governmental Review. Such Buyer 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 Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

(g)          Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, "Rule 144"); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(g).

 

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(h)          Legends.

 

(i)          Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Notes and, until such time as the resale of the Conversion Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act, the stock certificates representing the Conversion Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the "blue sky" laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

 

[NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

At any time after the Public Company Date, the legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped or, if available, issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, or (iii) the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance.

 

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(ii)         At any time after the Public Company Date (as defined below), if the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the holder of the Securities within three (3) Trading Days (after the occurrence of any of (i) through (iii) above (the initial date of such occurrence, the "Legend Removal Date"), a certificate without such legend to the holder or to issue such Securities to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at DTC, and if on or after such Trading Day the holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of such Securities that the holder anticipated receiving without legend from the Company (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the holder's request and in the holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the holder in an amount equal to the holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "Buy-In Price"), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such unlegended Securities shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the holder such unlegended Securities as provided above and pay cash to the holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price (as defined in the Notes) on the Legend Removal Date.

 

(i)          Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies.

 

(j)          No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (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 such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

3.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that, except as set forth on a Schedule of Exceptions (the "Schedule of Exceptions") furnished to each Buyer, which exceptions shall qualify the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Section 3 to the extent specifically referenced in the Schedule of Exceptions, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

 

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(a)          Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and its "Subsidiaries" (which for purposes of this Agreement means any joint venture or any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest) are entities duly organized and validly existing and, to the extent legally applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and, to the extent legally applicable, is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, "Material Adverse Effect" means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 3(a).

 

(b)          Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the Cash Collateral Agreement and the Deposit Account Control Agreement and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Existing SPA (collectively, the "Transaction Documents") and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes, the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the granting of a security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Cash Collateral Agreement) have been duly authorized by the Company's board of directors and (other than any other filings as may be required by any state securities agencies) no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents of even date herewith have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and 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 or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies. Each of the Subsidiaries party to any of the Transaction Documents has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under such Transaction Documents. The execution and delivery by the Subsidiaries party to any of the Transaction Documents of such Transaction Documents and the consummation by such Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by such Subsidiaries' respective boards of directors (or other applicable governing body) and (other than filings as may be required by state securities agencies) no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by such Subsidiaries, their respective boards of directors (or other applicable governing body) or stockholders (or other applicable owners of equity of such Subsidiaries). The Transaction Documents to which any of the Subsidiaries are parties have been duly executed and delivered by such Subsidiaries, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Subsidiaries, enforceable against them 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 or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies.

 

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(c)          Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Notes has been duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be validly issued and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Amended and Restated Notes shall be issued hereunder pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the 1933 Act, and the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the holding period, for purposes of Rule 144, of the Existing Notes shall be tacked to the holding period of the Amended and Restated Notes. As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than the sum of 130% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof, that the Notes are convertible at the Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) and without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth therein), determined as if issued as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination. Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with the Notes, the Conversion Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

 

(d)          No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries party to any of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company and such Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes, and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of any certificate of incorporation, any certificate of formation, any certificate of designations or other constituent documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected.

 

(e)          Consents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any government, court, regulatory, self-regulatory, administrative agency or commission or other governmental agency, authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, of competent jurisdiction (a "Governmental Authority") or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, except for (i) the filing of a Form D pursuant to Regulation D promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act and (ii) the filing required by applicable state "blue sky" securities laws, rules and regulations. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

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(f)          Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer's Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm's length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer's purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer 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.

 

(g)          No General Solicitation; Placement Agent. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.

 

(h)          No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting on 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 require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings for purposes of any such applicable stockholder approval provisions.

 

(i)          Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

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(j)          Bankruptcy; Insolvency. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact that would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(j), "Insolvent" means, with respect to any Person (i) the present fair saleable value of such Person's assets is less than the amount required to pay such Person's total Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(m)), (ii) such Person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (iv) such Person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

 

(k)          Transactions With Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), no current or former employee, partner, director, officer or stockholder (direct or indirect) of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any associate, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of any thereof, or any relative with a relationship no more remote than first cousin of any of the foregoing, is presently, or has ever been, (i) a party to any transaction with the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services by, or rental of real or personal property from, or otherwise requiring payments to, any such director, officer or stockholder or such associate or affiliate or relative) or (ii) the direct or indirect owner of an interest in any corporation, firm, association or business organization which is a competitor, supplier or customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries (except for a passive investment (direct or indirect) in less than 5% of the common stock of a company whose securities are traded on or quoted through an Eligible Market), nor does any such Person receive income from any source other than the Company or its Subsidiaries which relates to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or should properly accrue to the Company or its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k), no employee, officer, stockholder or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or member of his or her immediate family is indebted to the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other than (i) for payment of salary for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (iii) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees or executives (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the board of directors of the Company).

 

(l)          Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 125,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 12,901,103 are issued and outstanding, 915,000 are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option and purchase plans and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 6,176,748 of which, as of the date hereof, are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The capitalization of the Company immediately prior to the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 3(l)(A) attached hereto and the capitalization of the Company immediately following the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 3(l)(B) attached hereto. The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), and the Company's Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the "Bylaws"), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

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(m)          Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3(m), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company's officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 3(m) provides a detailed description of the material terms of any such outstanding Indebtedness. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) "Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, "capital leases" in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, deed of trust. lien, pledge, charge, security interest, easement, covenant, right of way, restriction, equity or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever in or upon any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) with respect to any asset (a "Lien") owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) "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.

 

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(n)          Intellectual Property.

 

(i)           Schedule 3(n)(i) sets forth a complete and current list of registered trademarks or copyrights, issued patents, applications thereof, or other forms of registration anywhere in the world that is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary ("Listed Intellectual Property") and the owner of record, date of application or issuance and relevant jurisdiction as to each. All Listed Intellectual Property is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary, free and clear of security interests, liens, encumbrances or claims of any nature. All Listed Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting, unexpired, in proper form and enforceable and all renewal fees and other maintenance fees that have fallen due on or prior to the effective date of this Agreement have been paid. No Listed Intellectual Property is the subject of any proceeding before any governmental, registration or other authority in any jurisdiction, including any office action or other form of preliminary or final refusal of registration, except as noted on Schedule 3(n)(i). The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not alter or impair any Intellectual Property that is owned or licensed by the Company or a Subsidiary. There is no claim, suit, action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary challenging the Company's or any Subsidiary's ownership of any Intellectual Property.

 

(ii)         Schedule 3(n)(ii) sets forth a complete list of all agreements relating to Intellectual Property to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party, subject or bound (the "Intellectual Property Contracts") (other than agreements involving (A) the license of the Company of standard, generally commercially available "off-the-shelf" third party products that are not and will not to any extent be part of any product, service or intellectual property offering of the Company or (B) non-disclosure agreements). Each Intellectual Property Contract: (i) is valid and binding on the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and, to the Company's knowledge, the counterparties thereto, and is in full force and effect and (ii) upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall continue in full force and effect without penalty or other adverse consequence.

 

(iii)        The Company and its Subsidiaries are not under any obligation to pay royalties or other payments in connection with any agreement, nor restricted from assigning their rights respecting Intellectual Property nor will the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise be, as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of the Company's obligations under this Agreement, in breach of any agreement relating to the Intellectual Property.

 

(iv)        Except as set forth on Schedule 3(n)(iv), no present or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary, or agent or outside contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary, holds any right, title or interest, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or to any Intellectual Property that is owned or licensed by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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(v)         For the purpose of this Section 3(n), "Intellectual Property" shall mean all of the following: (A) trademarks and service marks, trade dress, product configurations, trade names and other indications of origin, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing and all goodwill associated therewith; (B) inventions, discoveries, improvements, ideas, know-how, formula methodology, processes, technology, software (including password unprotected interpretive code or source code, object code, development documentation, programming tools, drawings, specifications and data) and applications and patents in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing, including re-issues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions; (C) trade secrets, including confidential information and the right in any jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof; (D) copyrights in writings, designs software, mask works or other works, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction for the foregoing and all moral rights related thereto; (E) database rights; (F) Internet Web sites, domain names and applications and registrations pertaining thereto and all intellectual property used in connection with or contained in all versions of the Company's Web sites; (G) rights under all agreements relating to the foregoing; (H) books and records pertaining to the foregoing; and (I) claims or causes of action arising out of or related to past, present or future infringement or misappropriation of the foregoing.

 

(o)          Subsidiary Rights. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.

 

(p)          Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

 

(q)          Ranking of Notes. No Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than Permitted Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Notes) is senior to or ranks pari passu with the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect of payment of redemptions, interest, damages or upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.

 

(r)          Shell Company Status. The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1).

 

(s)          No Disqualification Events. With respect to Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the 1933 Act ("Regulation D Securities"), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner 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 1933 Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an "Issuer Covered Person" and, together, "Issuer Covered Persons") is subject to any Disqualification Event, except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Buyers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

(t)          Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any Person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of Buyers or potential purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.

 

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(u)          Absence of Certain Changes. Since May 10, 2013, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

(v)         Disclosure. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. No statement made by the Company in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or in any certificate or schedule furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investors or any of their representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading.

 

(w)          Regulations T, U and X.  The Company is not or will not be engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X), and the Purchase Prices will not be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

 

4.          COVENANTS.

 

(a)          Best Efforts. Each party shall use its best efforts timely to satisfy each of the covenants below and the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

 

(b)          Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as substantially set forth on Schedule 4(b).

 

(c)          Reporting Status. Immediately following the Public Company Date and until the date on which a Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights as a holder of Securities under this Agreement (each an "Investor", and collectively, the "Investors") shall have sold all of the Conversion Shares and none of the Notes is outstanding (the "Reporting Period"), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination, and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to take all actions necessary to permit it to, and thereafter to maintain its eligibility to, register the Conversion Shares for resale by the Buyers on Form S-3.

 

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(d)          Financial Information Post-Public Company Date. From and after the date the shares of Common Stock of the Company (or its successor or parent by merger, recapitalization, reorganization, or otherwise) are registered under the 1934 Act (the "Public Company Date"), and as long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Company agrees to send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K (or any analogous reports under the 1934 Act) and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile or e-mailed copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders. As used herein, "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(e)          Listing. Immediately following the Public Company Date, the Company shall promptly secure the listing or quotation of the Conversion Shares upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) (the date such listing initially occurs, the "Listing Date") and shall promptly secure, in accordance with the Notes and this Agreement, the listing or quotation of all additional Conversion Shares from time to time issued under the terms of the Transaction Documents. After the Public Company Date, the Company shall maintain the listing or quotation of the Conversion Shares on each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock continues to be listed or quoted. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(e).

 

(f)          Fees. Subject to Section 8 below, at Closing, the Company shall reimburse Hudson Bay or its designee(s) for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including all legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith, documentation and implementation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence in connection therewith), which amount may be withheld by such Buyer from its Purchase Price at the Closing to the extent not previously reimbursed by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the costs and expenses of Hudson Bay reimbursed by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(f) exceed $40,000. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent's fees, financial advisory fees, broker's commissions or fees payable to the Bank in connection with the Deposit Account Control Agreement, relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

 

(g)          Pledge of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(g) hereof; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(g) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee. The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by an Investor.

 

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(h)          Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 am, New York City time, on the first Business Day after this Agreement has been executed, the Company shall issue a customary press release (the "Press Release") describing the terms of the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents. From and after the filing of the Press Release, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the Press Release. Other than the Press Release, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions as is required by applicable law and regulations, provided that each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release. Without the prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall disclose the name of such Buyer in the Press Release or any filing, announcement, release or otherwise, except as required by law, provided that each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such disclosure prior to such disclosure.

 

(i)          Additional Notes; Variable Securities. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company will not issue any Notes other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes. For so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall not, in any manner, issue or sell any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to any fixed price unless the conversion, exchange or exercise price of any such security cannot be less than the then applicable Conversion Price with respect to the Common Stock into which any Notes are convertible.

 

(j)          Corporate Existence. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company shall (i) maintain its corporate existence and (ii) not be party to any Fundamental Transaction unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes.

 

(k)          Reservation of Shares. The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than 130% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes (assuming for purposes hereof, that the Notes are convertible at the Conversion Price and without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth therein) as determined as if issued as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination (the "Required Reserved Amount"). If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company's obligations under Section 3(c), in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount.

 

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(l)          Conduct of Business. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall at all times be in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; the PATRIOT Act, and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations; and the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by the OFAC, including, without limitation, the "Anti-Money Laundering/OFAC Laws".

 

(m)           Public Information. At any time during the period commencing on the six (6) month anniversary of the Public Company Date and ending at such time that all of the Securities, if a registration statement is not available for the resale of all of the Securities, may be sold without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1), if the Company shall (i) fail for any reason to satisfy the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1), including, without limitation, the failure to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) if the Company has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes such an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a "Public Information Failure") then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder of Securities by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each such holder an amount in cash equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the aggregate Purchase Price of such holder's Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth day (pro-rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (i) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (ii) such time that such public information is no longer required pursuant to Rule 144. The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4(m) 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 Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.

 

(n)          Additional Issuances of Securities.

 

(i)          For purposes of this Section 4(n), the following definitions shall apply.

 

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(1)         "Common Stock Equivalents" means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.

 

(2)         "Convertible Securities" means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

(3)         "Options" means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

(4)         "Subsequent Placement" means any direct or indirect offer, sale, grant of any option to purchase, or other disposition of (or announcement of any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of the Company's or its Subsidiaries' debt, including without limitation any Permitted Indebtedness.

 

(ii)         From the Closing Date until a Full Collateralization Event (as defined in the Notes), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(n)(ii).

 

(1)         The Company shall deliver to each Buyer an irrevocable written notice (the "Offer Notice") of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the "Offer") of the securities being offered (the "Offered Securities") in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with the Buyers one hundred percent (100%) of the Offered Securities, allocated among such Buyers based on each Buyer's pro rata portion of Notes issued and exchanged hereunder (the "Basic Amount"). With respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, such Buyer may also indicate it will purchase or acquire any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Buyers should the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the "Undersubscription Amount"), which process shall be repeated until the Buyers shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.

 

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(2)         To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the tenth (10th) Business Day after such Buyer's receipt of the Offer Notice (the "Offer Period"), setting forth the portion of such Buyer's Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either case, the "Notice of Acceptance"). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the "Available Undersubscription Amount"), each Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to the Buyers a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the tenth (10th) Business Day after such Buyer's receipt of such new Offer Notice.

 

(3)         The Company shall have five (5) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Buyers (the "Refused Securities") pursuant to a definitive agreement (the "Subsequent Placement Agreement") but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (b) either (x) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which, from and after the Public Company Date, shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.

 

(4)         In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4(n)(ii)(3) above), then each Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4(n)(ii)(2) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Buyers pursuant to Section 4(n)(ii)(3) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Buyers in accordance with Section 4(n)(ii)(1) above.

 

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(5)         Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Buyers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(n)(ii)(3) above if the Buyers have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Buyers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Buyers of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyers and their respective counsel.

 

(6)         Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Buyers or other persons in accordance with Section 4(n)(ii)(3) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

(7)         The Company and the Buyers agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the Offer, neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the "Subsequent Placement Documents") shall include any term or provisions whereby any Buyer shall be required to agree to any restrictions in trading as to any securities of the Company owned by such Buyers prior to such Subsequent Placement.

 

(8)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(n) and unless otherwise agreed to by the Required Holders, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Buyers that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case in such a manner such that the Buyers will not be in possession of material non-public information, by the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by the Buyers, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Buyers shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide each Buyer with another Offer Notice and each Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4(n)(ii). From and after the Public Company Date, the Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to the Buyers in any 60-day period.

 

(o)          Taxes. The Company will pay, and save and hold the Buyers harmless from any and all liabilities (including interest and penalties) with respect to, or resulting from any delay or failure in paying, stamp and other taxes (other than income taxes), if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable by the Company on the execution and delivery or acquisition of the Notes or the Conversion Shares.

 

(p)          Books and Records. The Company will keep proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

 

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(q)          Collateral Agent.

 

(i)          Each Buyer hereby (a) appoints Hudson Bay as the collateral agent hereunder and under the Security Documents (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), and (b) authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Buyer's behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not have, by reason hereof or pursuant to any Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Buyer. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees and agents shall have any liability to any Buyer for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection hereof or the Security Documents except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and each Buyer agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Collateral Agent Indemnitees") from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from or in connection with the performance by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee of the duties and obligations of Collateral Agent pursuant hereto or any of the Security Documents.

 

(ii)         The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.

 

(iii)        The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the Notes and the Security Documents at any time by giving at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to the Company and each holder of the Notes. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent of appointment as provided below. Upon any such notice of resignation, the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Notes shall appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of the appointment as Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the Security Agreement. After any Collateral Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 4(q) shall inure to its benefit. If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been so appointed within said ten (10) Business Day period, the retiring Collateral Agent shall then appoint a successor Collateral Agent who shall serve until such time, if any, as the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Notes appoints a successor Collateral Agent as provided above.

 

(iv)        The Company hereby covenants and agrees to take all actions as promptly as practicable reasonably requested by either the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Notes or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Section 4(q), to secure a successor Collateral Agent satisfactory to such requesting part(y)(ies), in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, by paying all fees of such successor Collateral Agent, by having the Company agree to indemnify any successor Collateral Agent and by each of the Company executing a collateral agency agreement or similar agreement and/or any amendment to the Security Documents reasonably requested or required by the successor Collateral Agent.

 

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(v)         Each Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees that, given that there is a cost as well as a benefit to perfecting a security interest in the Collateral, that the Collateral Agent will not initially perfect its security interest in all assets of the Company, including in Intellectual Property outside of the United States. Each Buyer further acknowledges and agrees that the indemnification of the Collateral Agent Indemnitees will apply regardless of whether or not the Collateral Agent perfects its security interest in all Collateral. If a Buyer desires that the Collateral Agent perfect its security interest in any Collateral that is not otherwise perfected, such Buyer shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing of such desire along with a cost/benefit analysis of such perfection. The Collateral Agent will consider any such request and will otherwise take direction from the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Notes.

 

(r)          Termination of Security Agreement. Upon a Full Collateralization Event (as defined in the Notes, the Collateral Agent shall promptly consent to the termination of the Security Agreement and shall release all liens granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the termination of the Security Agreement shall not have any impact on the Cash Collateral Agreement or the Deposit Account Control Agreement, which shall survive a Full Collateralization Event and continue in full force and effect after a Full Collateralization Event. The Parties hereto acknowledge and agree that as of the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent will not require the Company to file documentation to perfect the security interest in Intellectual Property outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, the Company shall secure or perfect the security interest in any such Intellectual Property or other Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents.

 

(s)          Withdrawals from the Control Account. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, from and after a Full Collateralization Event, in addition to any other rights of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to withdraw any or all amounts in the Control Account from time to time (each a "Note Withdrawal" and collectively, the "Note Withdrawals"), as long as any the amount of any such Note Withdrawal is applied against the Conversion Amount of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes or any amount outstanding under the Notes, applied in each instance pro-rata among the Notes (except with the prior written consent of each Holder of Notes with respect to any such payment which is not pro-rata in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts of each Note).

 

(t)          Release of Liens. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall cause all Liens with respect to assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than those in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Buyers) to be released, including without limitation Liens in favor of Joseph Beyers.

 

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(u)          Existing Deposit Control Agreement. The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that on or prior to the Closing the Collateral Agent and the Company shall deliver a joint notice to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the "Existing DACA Bank") instructing the Existing DACA Bank to transfer any and all cash deposited in the Collateral Accounts (as defined in the Deposit Account Control Agreement (as defined in the Existing SPA)) to the Control Account (as defined herein) and, upon such transfer, to terminate the Deposit Account Control Agreement (as defined in the Existing SPA). The Collateral Agent and the Company agree that upon acceptance by the Existing DACA Bank of the notice set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Deposit Account Control Agreement (as defined in the Existing SPA) shall have no further force and effect.

 

(v)         Threshold Price. The definition of "Threshold Price" in the Existing SPA is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

""Threshold Price" means $1.61 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, reclassifications, combinations, reverse stock splits or other similar events occurring after March 23, 2014)."

 

(w)          Modification of Common Stockholder Lock-Up Agreements executed on or about May 9, 2013. Effective upon the Closing, the “Release Percentage” as defined in those certain Lock-Up Agreements dated on or about May 9, 2013 between the Company and certain holders of common stock of the Company party thereto, shall be triggered upon the earliest of (i) the Full Collateralization Event, (ii) when no Indebtedness is secured by the referenced patents and (iii) upon the redemption in full of all of the Notes.

 

(x)          Closing Documents. On or prior to fourteen (14) calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP a complete closing set of the executed Transaction Documents, Securities and any other documents required to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof or otherwise.

 

5.          REGISTER.

 

The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Notes in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by such Person and the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.

 

6.          CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:

 

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(i)          Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

 

(ii)         Such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the case of Hudson Bay, the amount withheld pursuant to Section 4(f)) for the Notes being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

(iii)        The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

7.          CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

 

The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

 

(i)          The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (A) each of the Transaction Documents and (B) the Notes (allocated in such principal amounts as such Buyer shall request) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(ii)         Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, the Company's outside counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.

 

(iii)        The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in each such entity's jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or equivalent) of such jurisdiction of formation as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

 

(iv)        The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company's qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and is required to so qualify, as of a date within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

 

(v)         The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company's board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

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(vi)        The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

(vii)       The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.

 

(viii)      The Company shall have delivered to counsel for the Collateral Agent evidence of the payment in full of all Indebtedness under that certain Secured Promissory Note dated December 19, 2013 from the Company to Joseph Beyers in the principal amount of $3,000,000, as amended on February 6, 2014 (the "Beyers Loan Agreement"), together with (A) a termination and release agreement with respect to the Beyers Loan Agreement and all related documents, duly executed by Joseph Beyers and the Company, (B) a termination of security interest in intellectual property for each assignment for security recorded by Joseph Buyers at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a comparable office in any other jurisdiction or otherwise and covering any intellectual property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (C) UCC-3 termination statements for all UCC-1 financing statements filed by Joseph Beyers and covering any portion of the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), to be released to the Collateral Agent at the Closing. After payment in full of all Indebtedness under the Beyers Loan Agreement, the Company shall have no Indebtedness (other than ordinary course expense reimbursements and payroll expenses) owed to Joseph Beyers or any of his affiliates.

 

(ix)         Within six (6) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to each Buyer certified copies of UCC search results, listing all effective financing statements which name as debtor the Company or any of its Subsidiaries filed in the prior five years to perfect an interest in any assets thereof, together with copies of such financing statements, none of which, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Buyers, shall cover any of the Collateral (as defined in the Security Documents) and the results of searches for any tax lien and judgment lien filed against such Person or its property, which results, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Buyers shall not show any such Liens (as defined in the Security Documents).

 

(x)          The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) the Cash Collateral Agreement, duly executed by the Collateral Agent and the Company and (ii) the Deposit Account Control Agreement, duly executed by the Collateral Agent, the Company and the Bank.

 

(xi)         The Company shall have delivered to each Buyer the Deposit Account Control Agreement, duly executed by all parties thereto and declared effective by the Bank.

 

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(xii)        The Company shall have delivered to each Buyer an amendment (the "Merger Agreement Amendment") to that certain Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization (the "Merger Agreement") by and among the Company, eOn Communications Corporation and Inventergy Merger Sub, Inc. dated as of December 17, 2013 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, executed by the Company, eOn Communications Corporation and Inventergy Merger Sub, which Merger Agreement Amendment shall contemplate (i) the exchange of the New Notes for senior secured convertible notes of the Parent (as defined in the Merger) in the form of Exhibit C attached thereto, (ii) the exchange of the Amended and Restated Notes for senior secured convertible notes of the Parent in the form of Exhibit B attached thereto (the "eOn Amended and Restated Notes") and (iii) that the eOn Amended and Restated Notes will be issued by the Parent to the holder of the Amended and Restated Notes pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-193837), as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

(xiii)       The Company shall have paid in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to each applicable Buyer all accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Notes through and including the Closing Date.

 

(xiv)      The Security Agreement shall be in full force and effect.

 

(xv)       The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

8.          TERMINATION.

 

In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or before five (5) Business Days from the date hereof due to the Company's or such Buyer's failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party's failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date by delivering a written notice to that effect to each other party to this Agreement and without liability of any party to any other party; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse Hudson Bay or its designee(s), as applicable, for the expenses described in Section 4(f) above.

 

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9.          MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)          Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, 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.

 

(b)          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which 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; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

 

(c)          Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

(d)          Severability. If any provision of this Agreement 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 it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement 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).

 

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(e)          Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding as of the applicable date of determination, which shall include Hudson Bay as long as Hudson Bay or any of its affiliates holds at least $50,000 in aggregate amount of Notes (the "Required Holders"); provided that any such amendment or waiver that complies with the foregoing but that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the rights and obligations of any Buyer relative to the comparable rights and obligations of the other Buyers shall require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Buyer; provided, further, that the provisions of Section 4(q) cannot be amended without the additional prior written approval of the Collateral Agent or its successor. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9(e) shall be binding upon each Buyer and holder of Securities and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the Buyers or holders of Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, holders of Notes. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.

 

(f)          Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party) or by electronic mail; or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and email addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Inventergy, Inc.
19925 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 100
Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone:     (408) 973-7896
Facsimile:      (408) 725-8885
Email:             joe@inventergy.com
Attention:       Joe Beyers

 

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With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
Telephone:       (212) 370-1300
Facsimile:        (212) 370-7889
Email:               jsmith@egsllp.com
Attention:         Joseph A. Smith

 

If to a Buyer, to its address, facsimile number and email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,

 

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone:       (212) 756-2000
Facsimile:        (212) 593-5955
E-mail:              eleazer.klein@srz.com
Attention:         Eleazer N. Klein, Esq.

 

or to such other address, facsimile number and/or email address and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine or email containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

(g)          Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, including by way of a Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

 

(h)          No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except that each Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce the obligations of the Company with respect to Section 9(k).

 

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(i)          Survival. Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3 and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing and the delivery and conversion of the Securities, as applicable. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

 

(j)          Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(k)          Indemnification.

 

(i)          In consideration of each Buyer's execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company's other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons' agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements (the "Indemnified Liabilities"), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (iii) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities that is permissible under applicable law.

 

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(ii)         Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 9(k) of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim for indemnification in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 9(k), deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Indemnitee to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Indemnitee, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnitee and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnitee and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. Legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a majority of the Purchased Shares. The Indemnitee shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Indemnified Liabilities by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnitee that relates to such action or Indemnified Liabilities. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnitee fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such Indemnified Liabilities or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 9(k), except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

(iii)        The indemnification required by this Section 9(k) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.

 

(iv)        The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (x) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the indemnifying party or others, and (y) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

(l)          No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

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(m)          Remedies. Each Buyer and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.

 

(n)          Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

 

(o)          Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

(p)          Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by the Buyers on the Closing Date (except for certificates evidencing the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to the Buyers, may be reproduced by any Buyer by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process and any Buyer may destroy any original document so reproduced. All parties hereto agree and stipulate that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a Buyer in the regular course of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.

 

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(q)          Independent Nature of Buyers' Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges and each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  INVENTERGY, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Joe Beyers
    Name: Joe Beyers
    Title: Chairman and CEO

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYERS:
   
 

HUDSON BAY IP OPPORTUNITIES

MASTER FUND LP

   
 

By: Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, as

its Investment Manager

     
  By:  /s/ Yoav Roth
    Name: Yoav Roth
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYERS:
   
  HS CONTRARIAN INVESTMENTS, LLC
   
  By:  /s/ John Stetson
    Name: John Stetson
    Title: Managing Member

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYERS:
   
  GRQ CONSULTANTS, INC. 401K
   
  By: /s/ Barry Honig
    Name: Barry Honig
    Title: Trustee

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYERS:
   
 

GRQ CONSULTANTS, INC.

     
  By: /s/ Barry Honig
    Name: Barry Honig
    Title: President

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A-1 Form of New Note
Exhibit A-2 Form of Amended and Restated Note
Exhibit B-1 Form of Cash Collateral Agreement
Exhibit B-2 Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Outside Company Counsel Opinion
Exhibit D Form of Secretary's Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Officer's Certificate
Exhibit F Form of Merger Agreement Amendment

 

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CASH COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

CASH COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of March 26, 2014 (this "Agreement"), made by Inventergy, Inc. (the "Pledgor") in favor of Hudson Bay IP Opportunities Master Fund, LP, in its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the Buyers (as defined below) party to each of the Securities Purchase Agreements (as defined below).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Pledgor and each party listed as a "Buyer" on the Schedule of Buyers (as such schedule may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time) attached thereto, each an "Original Buyer", and collectively, the "Original Buyers") are parties to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Original SPA"), pursuant to which the Pledgor sold to the Original Buyers certain promissory notes (together with any additional notes issued under the Original SPA from time to time, the "Original Notes");

 

WHEREAS, the Pledgor and each party listed as a "Buyer" on the Schedule of Buyers (as such schedule may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time) attached thereto, each a "New Buyer", and collectively, the "New Buyers", and together with the Original Buyers, each a "Buyer" and collectively, the "Buyers") are parties to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "New SPA", and together with the Original SPA, each a "Securities Purchase Agreement" and collectively, the "Securities Purchase Agreements"), pursuant to which the Pledgor shall be required to sell, and the New Buyers shall purchase or have the right to purchase, certain promissory notes (together with any additional notes issued under the New SPA from time to time, the "New Notes", and together with the Original Notes, each a "Note" and collectively, the "Notes"); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Securities Purchase Agreements and the Notes, the Pledgor has agreed to deposit into the Pledgor's account number 80001852293 at First Republic Bank (the "Collateral Account") certain funds as cash collateral and to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a cash collateral agreement, providing for the pledge to the Collateral Agent, and the grant to the Collateral Agent, of a security interest in the Collateral Account and all amounts deposited therein, as collateral security for the obligations of the Pledgor in respect of the Notes, the Securities Purchase Agreements and the other obligations related thereto;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein, the Pledgor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees with the Collateral Agent as follows:

 

SECTION 1.   Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below (such meanings applicable equally to both the singular and plural forms of such terms):

 

"Cash Collateral" means all cash, and all other property from time to time deposited in the Controlled Account.

 

 
 

 

"Cash Collateral Event" means (i) a failure by the Pledgor to pay, upon demand, any Obligation, or (ii) a breach by the Pledgor of any agreement, covenant, representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement.

 

"Collateral" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 3 hereof.

 

"Controlled Account" means, the Collateral Account or any other bank account of the Pledgor at the Controlled Account Bank which is the subject of a Controlled Account Agreement.

 

"Controlled Account Agreement" means that certain deposit account control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, which is among the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the Controlled Account Bank.

 

"Controlled Account Bank" means First Republic Bank.

 

"Obligations" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4 hereof.

 

"Termination Date" means the date on which all Obligations and all amounts due to the Collateral Agent and the Buyers under the Notes and the Securities Purchase Agreements shall have been satisfied and paid in full in cash.

 

SECTION 2.   Controlled Account. The Controlled Account Bank shall establish and maintain a Controlled Account Agreement with the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent. The Controlled Account Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (a) the Controlled Account Bank will comply with any instructions originated by the Collateral Agent directing the disposition of the funds in such Controlled Account without further consent by the Pledgor, (b) the Controlled Account Bank has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Controlled Account other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such Controlled Account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (c) the Controlled Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor will have no right to give any instructions on the Controlled Account without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

SECTION 3.   Security Interest. As collateral security for the due and punctual payment of all of the Obligations (as defined in Section 4 below), the Pledgor hereby pledges and assigns to the Collateral Agent, and grants to the Collateral Agent, a continuing security interest in and lien on, all of the Pledgor's right, title and interest in and to the following (all being collectively referred to herein as the "Collateral"): (i) the Controlled Account, (ii) the Cash Collateral and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing the Collateral; (ii) all cash, instruments, and other property from time to time received or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Collateral; (iii) any deposit account into which the Cash Collateral has been deposited, including, without limitation, the Controlled Account; and (iv) to the extent not described above, all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing Collateral.

 

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SECTION 4.   Obligations. The security interest created hereby in the Collateral constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the following obligations, whether now existing or hereafter incurred (the "Obligations"):

 

(a)      the payment by the Pledgor, when due, of all obligations, interest thereon and all fees, commissions, charges, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and other amounts payable to the Collateral Agent and the Buyers under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes and the Securities Purchase Agreements in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

(b)      the due performance and observance by the Pledgor in all material respects of all of its other obligations from time to time existing under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes and the Securities Purchase Agreements.

 

SECTION 5.   Application of Cash Collateral Account. All Collateral shall remain in the Controlled Account until the Termination Date; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent may, as and when any Obligation shall become due or during the continuance of a Cash Collateral Event, direct the Controlled Account Bank to remit to the Collateral Agent all or part of the Collateral to satisfy payment of all Obligations then payable.

 

SECTION 6.   Representations and Warranties. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a)      Organization, Good Standing, Etc. The Pledgor (i) is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated, and (iii) has all requisite power to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)      Authorization, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Pledgor of this Agreement, (i) has been duly authorized by all necessary action, and (ii) does not and will not contravene the Pledgor's charter or by-laws or any applicable law or any contractual restriction binding on or otherwise affecting the Pledgor or any of its properties, and (iii) does not result in the creation of any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance (except as provided in or contemplated by this Agreement) upon or with respect to any of its properties.

 

(c)      Governmental and other Approvals. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or any other person or entity is required for (i) the due execution, delivery and performance by the Pledgor of this Agreement, (ii) the grant by the Pledgor, or the perfection, of the security interest purported to be created hereby in the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder.

 

(d)      Enforceability of Agreement. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable against the Pledgor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws.

 

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(e)      Security Interest. This Agreement creates a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral, as security for the Obligations. Such security interest is a perfected, first priority security interest, and all action necessary to perfect and protect such security interest has been duly taken.

 

(f)      Legal Ownership. The Pledgor is and will be at all times the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral and has and will at all times have good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any lien, security interest, or other charge or encumbrance, except for the security interest created by this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.   Covenants of the Pledgor.

 

(a)      The Pledgor agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, (i) sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), or otherwise dispose of any interest in the Collateral, or (ii) create or suffer to exist any lien, claim, security interest, charge or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any Collateral, except for the security interest purported to be created in the Collateral by this Agreement; provided, that, subject to any restrictions or requirements in the Notes and the Securities Purchase Agreements, no separate consent shall be required from the Collateral Agent for the Pledgor to engage in any merger or reorganization transaction that is otherwise permitted under or consented to pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the Securities Purchase Agreements, to the extent that any such merger or reorganization will not result or reasonably be expected to result in the impairment in any manner of the Collateral Agent’s rights or priority in respect of the Collateral.

 

(b)      The Pledgor will not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, cancel, terminate, amend, modify or waive any provision of any agreement, document or other instrument constituting Collateral, or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction with respect to any Collateral other than pursuant hereto.

 

(c)      The Pledgor will, at the Pledgor's expense, defend the Collateral Agent's right, title and security interest in and to the Collateral against the claims of any person or entity.

 

(d)      The Pledgor will not take or fail to take any action that would in any manner impair the enforceability of the Collateral Agent's security interest in any Collateral.

 

(e)      The Pledgor will, at the Pledgor's expense, promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of each notice or other communication received by it in respect of the Collateral.

 

SECTION 8.   Additional Provisions Concerning the Collateral.

 

(a)      The Pledgor will at its expense, at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary or desirable or that the Collateral Agent may request in order (i) to perfect and protect, or maintain the perfection of, the security interest and lien purported to be created hereby; (ii) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral; or (ii) otherwise to effect the purposes of this Agreement. If the Pledgor fails to perform any agreement or obligation contained herein, the Collateral Agent itself may perform or cause performance of such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be jointly and severally payable to the Collateral Agent by the Pledgor pursuant to Section 11 hereof.

 

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(b)      The Pledgor hereby (i) authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file, without the signature of the Pledgor where permitted by law, one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relating to the Collateral and (ii) ratifies such authorization to the extent that the Collateral Agent has filed any such financing statements, continuation statements, or amendments thereto, prior to the date hereof.

 

(c)      The Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as the Pledgor's attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Pledgor and in the name of the Pledgor or otherwise, from time to time until the Termination Date in the Collateral Agent's discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement solely with respect to the Collateral, including, without limitation, to receive, indorse and collect all instruments made payable to the Pledgor representing any dividend, payment of principal, interest, redemption price, purchase price or other distribution or payment in respect of any Collateral and to give full discharge for the same.

 

SECTION 9.   Intentionally Deleted.

 

SECTION 10.   Remedies Upon Default. If any Cash Collateral Event shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

(a)      The Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all of the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Uniform Commercial Code then in effect in the State of New York.

 

(b)      Any Collateral may be applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Collateral Agent hereunder, under Section 11 hereof or otherwise) by the Collateral Agent to pay or to provide for the future payment of all or any part of the Obligations in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect.

 

SECTION 11.   Indemnity and Expenses.

 

(a)      The Pledgor agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, expenses and disbursements) incurred by the Collateral Agent to the extent that they arise out of or otherwise result from or relate to or are in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement of this Agreement), except claims, losses or liabilities resulting solely and directly from the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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(b)      The Pledgor agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent upon demand (and authorizes the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion to apply the Collateral against) the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent and of any experts and agents (including, without limitation, any collateral trustee which may act as agent of the Collateral Agent), which the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration, amendment, waiver or other modification or termination of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights or remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, or (iv) the failure by the Pledgor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

 

SECTION 12.   Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, telecopied or delivered, if to the Pledgor, to it at the address listed below its signature hereto, and if to the Collateral Agent, to it at its address specified under its signature hereto. All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed, when received or three Business Days after mailing, whichever occurs first, (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted and confirmation is received or (iii) if delivered, upon delivery.

 

SECTION 13.   Continuing Security Interest; Termination.

 

(a)      This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the Termination Date irrespective of (w) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Notes or the Securities Purchase Agreements, (x) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term in respect of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from the Notes or the Securities Purchase Agreements, (y) any exchange or release of, or non-perfection of any lien on or security interest in, any collateral for any of the Obligations or (z) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Pledgor or any other person or entity in respect of the Obligations, and (ii) be binding on the Pledgor and its successors and assigns and inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder and its successors, transferees and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the Pledgor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred except as consented to in writing by the Collateral Agent.

 

(b)      Upon the Termination Date, (i) this Agreement and the security interest created hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Pledgor, and (ii) the Collateral Agent will, upon the Pledgor's request and at the Pledgor's expense, without any representation, warranty or recourse whatsoever, (A) return to the Pledgor (or whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct) such of the Collateral as shall not have been applied pursuant to the terms hereof and (B) execute and deliver to the Pledgor such documents as the Pledgor shall reasonably request in writing to evidence such termination.

 

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SECTION 14.   Miscellaneous.

 

(a)      No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, and no waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by the Pledgor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

(b)      No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent provided herein are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law. The rights of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by the Collateral Agent to exercise any of its rights against such party or against any other person.

 

(c)      Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

(d)      This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

 

(e)      THE PLEDGOR AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.

 

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SECTION 15.   Waiver. To the extent permitted by applicable law or otherwise explicitly provided in the Transaction Documents (as defined in the New SPA), the Pledgor hereby waives (a) promptness and diligence, (b) notice of acceptance and notice of the incurrence of any Obligation by the Pledgor, (c) notice of any actions taken by the Collateral Agent or any other person under the Notes, the Securities Purchase Agreements or any other agreement, document or instrument relating thereto, (d) all other notices, demands and protests, and all other formalities of every kind in connection with the enforcement of the Obligations, the omission of or delay in which, but for the provisions of this Section 15, might constitute grounds for relieving the Pledgor of any of its obligations hereunder and (e) any requirement that the Collateral Agent protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Pledgor or any other person or any collateral; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent will endeavor to provide prompt notice to the Pledgor after any action is taken by the Collateral Agent under the Notes, the Securities Purchase Agreements or any other agreement, document or instrument relating thereto.

 

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Signature Page, Cash Collateral Agreement

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered, as of the date first above written.

 

  INVENTERGY, INC.
   
  By:    /s/ Joseph Beyers
    Name: Joseph Beyers
    Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
     
    Address for notices:
    19995 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 100
    Cupertino, CA 95014

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:  
   
HUDSON BAY IP OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, LP,  
   
By: /s/ Yoav Roth  
  Name: Yoav Roth  
  Title: Authorized Signatory  
   
Address for notices:  
777 Third Avenue, 30th Floor  
New York, NY 10017  

 

 

 



 

INVENTERGY GLOBAL, INC.

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

 

Adopted as of June 6, 2014

 

This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics covers a wide range of business practices and procedures. It does not cover every issue that may arise, but it sets out basic principles to guide all employees of the Company. All of our employees, officers, directors, representatives and consultants (collectively the “Covered Persons”) must conduct themselves accordingly and seek to avoid even the appearance of improper behavior.

 

If a law conflicts with a policy in this Code, you must comply with the law; however, if a local custom or policy conflicts with this Code, you must comply with the Code. If you have any questions about these conflicts, you should ask your supervisor how to handle the situation.

 

Those who violate the standards in this Code will be subject to disciplinary action. If you are in a situation which you believe may violate or lead to a violation of this Code, follow the guidelines described in Section 16 of this Code.

 

1.Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations

 

Obeying the law, both in letter and in spirit, is the foundation on which the Company’s ethical standards are built. All employees must respect and obey the laws, rules and regulations of the cities, states and countries in which we operate. Although not everyone is expected to know the details of these laws, it is important to know enough to determine when to seek advice from supervisors, managers or other appropriate personnel.

 

2.Conflicts of Interest

 

A “conflict of interest” exists when a person’s private interest interferes in any way with the interests of the Company. A conflict situation can arise when a Covered Person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her Company work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise when a Covered Person or members of his or her family and entities with which such Covered Person is affiliated (such additional individuals and entities, together with Covered Persons, collectively the “Affected Parties”), receive improper personal benefits as a result of the Covered Person’s position in the Company. Loans to, or guarantees of obligations of Affected Parties may create conflicts of interest.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics1
 

 

It is almost always a conflict of interest for a Company employee to work simultaneously for a competitor, customer or supplier. You are not allowed to work for a competitor as a consultant or board member. You should avoid any direct or indirect business connection with our customers, suppliers or competitors, except on our behalf. In addition, any business transaction, directly or indirectly, between a Covered Person and the Company shall require the express written pre-approval of the Audit Committee of the Company.

 

The purpose of business entertainment and gifts in a commercial setting is to create good will and sound working relationships, not to gain unfair advantage with customers. No business entertainment or gift should ever be offered, given, provided or accepted by any Covered Person or Affected Parties unless it: (1) is not a cash gift, (2) is consistent with customary business practices, (3) is not excessive in value, (4) cannot be construed as a bribe or payoff and (5) does not violate any applicable laws or regulations. Please discuss with your supervisor any gifts or proposed gifts which you are not certain are appropriate.

 

As a general policy, Covered Persons shall avoid conflicts of interest. In addition to the guidelines on gift giving above, the Company may provide guidelines approved by the Board of Directors on how to address specific conflicts of interest, in which case such guidelines shall be provided to all Covered Persons. Conflicts of interest may not always be clear-cut, so if you have a question, you should consult with your supervisor. A Covered Person that becomes aware of a conflict or potential conflict should bring it to the attention of the Audit Committee Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company and consult the procedures described in Section 16 of this Code. Certain Covered Persons may be required to submit an annual statement disclosing actual and potential conflicts of interest.

 

3.Insider Trading

 

A violation of the Company’s Insider Trading Policy shall also constitute a violation of this Code of Conduct and Ethics. If you have any questions, please consult the Company’s General Counsel.

 

4.Company Opportunities

 

Covered Persons are prohibited from taking for themselves personally opportunities that are discovered through the use of Company property, information or position without the express written consent of the Board of Directors. No Covered Person may use Company property, information, or position for improper personal gain, and no employee may compete with the Company directly or indirectly. Employees, officers and directors owe a duty to the Company to advance its legitimate interests when the opportunity to do so arises.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, employees, officers and directors should avoid speculation or dealing in any kind of service or real or personal property during a period that the Company may be purchasing or dealing in services or property of the same or a similar kind.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics2
 

 

5.Competition and Fair Dealing

 

We seek to outperform our competition fairly and honestly. We seek competitive advantages through superior performance, never through unethical or illegal business practices. Stealing proprietary information, possessing trade secret information that was obtained without the owner’s consent, or inducing such disclosures by past or present employees of other companies is prohibited. Each Covered Person should endeavor to respect the rights of and deal fairly with the Company’s clients, licensees, customers, competitors and employees. No Covered Person should take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other intentional unfair-dealing practice.

 

6.Employment Relationship

 

The diversity of the Company’s employees is a tremendous asset. We are firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment of any kind. Examples include derogatory comments based on racial or ethnic characteristics and unwelcome sexual advances.

 

Supervisors must be particularly sensitive to the maintenance of totally professional relations with subordinates. Undue pressures, no matter how subtle, which result in less than professional relations must be avoided. Evidence of violation of the letter or spirit of this policy will result in appropriate disciplinary measures.

 

The Company is entitled to the full working time and energy of each of its full-time employees. Accordingly, working in any capacity (including self-employment) in or for any business activity outside the Company is prohibited, except with the prior approval of your supervisor and General Counsel given after full disclosure of all the circumstances. Special attention should be given to avoiding the conduct of any outside business during Company working hours, on Company premises, or in a manner that involves fellow employees during their Company working hours, and the solicitation of fellow employees (particularly subordinates, who could be especially vulnerable to what might be perceived as pressure from a supervisor) to participate in or with such business in any way, whether as a customer, employee, independent contractor, or otherwise. The General Counsel will keep a record of all approved outside business activity and will periodically review the list for accuracy.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics3
 

 

7.Health and Safety

 

The Company strives to provide each employee with a safe and healthful work environment. Each employee has responsibility for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace for all employees by following safety and health rules and practices and reporting accidents, injuries and unsafe equipment, practices or conditions.

 

Violence and threatening behavior are not permitted. Employees should report to and engage in their work in condition to perform their duties, free from the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol. The use of illegal drugs or alcohol in the workplace will not be tolerated. (Moderate consumption of alcohol, for e.g. toasts or celebrations or the like, may be permitted in the workplace if previously authorized by the CEO or General Counsel).

 

8.Record-Keeping

 

The Company requires honest and accurate recording and reporting of information in order to be able to make responsible business decisions and to be able to make full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and documents the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and in its other public communications. It is the Company's policy to make responsible business decisions and to make such disclosure.

 

All of the Company’s books, records, accounts and financial statements must be maintained in reasonable detail, must appropriately reflect the Company’s transactions and must conform both to applicable legal requirements and to the Company’s system of internal controls. Unrecorded or “off the books” funds or assets should not be maintained unless permitted by applicable law or regulation.

 

Covered Persons may incur business expenses, which must be documented and recorded accurately. If you are not sure whether a certain expense is reimbursable by the Company, ask your supervisor or the finance department.

 

Business records and communications often become public, and we should avoid exaggeration, derogatory remarks, guesswork, or inappropriate characterizations of people and companies that can be misunderstood. This applies equally to e-mail, internal memos, and formal reports. Records should always be retained or destroyed according to the Company’s record retention policies.

 

9.Confidentiality

 

Employees must maintain the confidentiality of confidential information entrusted to them by the Company or its customers or clients, except when disclosure is expressly authorized by Company Management or required by applicable laws or regulations. Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors, or harmful to the Company or its customers or clients, if disclosed. It also includes information that suppliers and customers have entrusted to us. The obligation to preserve confidential information continues even after employment ends.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics4
 

 

10.Protection and Proper Use of Company Assets

 

All employees should endeavor to protect the Company’s assets and ensure their efficient use. Theft, carelessness, and waste have a direct impact on the Company’s profitability. Any suspected incident of fraud or theft should be immediately reported for investigation. Company equipment should not be used for non-Company business, though incidental personal use may be permitted.

 

The obligation of employees to protect the Company’s assets includes its proprietary information. Proprietary information includes intellectual property such as trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as business, marketing and service plans, engineering and manufacturing ideas, designs, databases, records, salary information and any unpublished financial data and reports. Unauthorized use or distribution of this information would violate Company policy. It could also be illegal and result in civil or even criminal penalties.

 

11.Political Contributions

 

Contributions by the Company, directly or indirectly, to or on behalf of candidates for federal and state office must meet the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations and the Company’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Policy, as determined by the Company's General Counsel after consultation with legal counsel. Please consult the Company’s General Counsel for guidelines concerning political contributions by or on behalf of the Company.

 

12.Payments to Government Personnel

 

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits giving anything of value, directly or indirectly, to officials of foreign governments or foreign political candidates in order to obtain or retain business. It is strictly prohibited to make illegal payments to government officials of any country. Please consult the Company’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Policy for further details.

 

In addition, the U.S. government has a number of laws and regulations regarding business gratuities which may be accepted by U.S. government personnel. The promise, offer or delivery to an official or employee of the U.S. government of a gift, favor or other gratuity in violation of these rules would not only violate Company policy but could also be a criminal offense. State and local governments, as well as foreign governments, may have similar rules. Please consult the Company’s General Counsel for guidance in this area.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics5
 

 

13.Waivers of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

While waivers of this code are not anticipated, any waiver of this Code for executive officers or directors may be made only by the independent members of the Board of Directors and will be disclosed in accordance with the requirements of applicable law, rule or regulation and stock exchange listing rules. Records of any disclosures relating to waivers of this Code shall be retained for no less than five years.

 

14.Reporting any Illegal or Unethical Behavior

 

Employees are encouraged to talk to supervisors, managers or other appropriate personnel about observed illegal or unethical behavior and when in doubt about the best course of action in a particular situation. Violations of this Code should be reported promptly to the General Counsel. It is the policy of the Company not to allow retaliation for reports of misconduct by others made in good faith by employees.

 

Employees are expected to cooperate in internal investigations of misconduct. Additionally, the Company's senior management should always be informed of matters which might appear to risk damage to the Company's reputation, as well as its financial condition or profitability.

 

15.Annual Statement

 

Certain Covered Persons may be required to submit an annual statement disclosing actual and potential conflicts of interest and including the following affirmation:

 

"I have examined and understand the Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the "Code"). I undertake to report promptly, in accordance with the Code, any circumstances in the Company's business or operations that may involve a violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation and any other circumstances that may involve a violation of the Code. I confirm that I do not know of any such circumstances not previously reported."

 

16.Compliance Procedures

 

We must all work to ensure prompt and consistent action against violations of this Code. However, in some situations it is difficult to know right from wrong. Since we cannot anticipate every situation that will arise, it is important that we have a way to approach a

new question or problem. These are the steps to keep in mind:

 

Make sure you have all the facts. In order to reach the right solutions, we must be as fully informed as possible.

 

Ask yourself: What specifically am I being asked to do? Does it seem unethical or improper? This will enable you to focus on the specific question you are faced with, and the alternatives you have. Use your judgment and common sense; if something seems unethical or improper, it probably is.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics6
 

 

Clarify your responsibility and role. In most situations, there is shared responsibility. Are your colleagues informed? It may help to get others involved and discuss the problem.

 

Discuss the problem with your supervisor. This is the basic guidance for all situations. In many cases, your supervisor will be more knowledgeable about the question, and will appreciate being brought into the decision-making process. Remember that it is your supervisor’s responsibility to help solve problems.

 

Seek help from Company resources. In the rare case where it may not be appropriate to discuss an issue with your supervisor, or where you do not feel comfortable approaching your supervisor with your question, discuss it with the General Counsel. Any employee or director who becomes involved in a situation that gives rise to an actual conflict of interest must promptly inform the General Counsel of such conflict.

 

You may report ethical violations in confidence and without fear of retaliation. If your situation requires that your identity be kept secret, your anonymity will be protected. The Company does not permit retaliation of any kind against employees for good faith reports to a Company or law enforcement official of possible ethical violations. Any employee or director who violates this rule may be subject to civil, criminal and administrative penalties, as well as disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

 

Any Covered Person who in good faith believes or suspects that any portion of this Code has been violated and does not feel comfortable addressing the issue with the General Counsel, or if an issue raised has not been addressed, such Covered Person should immediately report such violation to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Any such report will be promptly evaluated and/or investigated. While the Company strongly prefers that any individual who wishes to make such a complaint to identify him/herself (to assist in the understanding of the concerns expressed), the Company has created a “hotline” where employees or directors may anonymously report known or suspected violations of this Code. To access the hotline, call 408.389.3548, which may be revised from time to time. Any person reporting such a violation should be prepared to provide as much detail as possible about the suspected violation, including the individuals involved, the nature of the violation, documentation of the violation, or any other information which may be helpful in the Company’s evaluation and, if necessary, investigation of the complaint. Prompt disclosure to the appropriate parties is vital to ensure a thorough and timely evaluation and appropriate resolution. A violation of this Code is a serious matter and could have legal implications. Allegations of such behavior are not taken lightly and should not be made to embarrass someone or put him or her in a false light. Therefore, reports of suspected violations should always be made in good faith.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics7
 

 

Always ask first, act later. If you are unsure of what to do in any situation, seek guidance before you act.

 

17.Consequences for Non-Compliance with this Code

 

Corrective Actions. Any violation of applicable law or any deviation from the standards embodied in this Code will result in appropriate corrective and/or disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

 

Required Government Reporting. Whenever conduct occurs that requires a report to the government, the Company shall be responsible for complying with such reporting requirements.

 

Publication of this Code; Amendments and Waivers. This Code will be posted and maintained on the Company’s website and posting will be disclosed in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K. The annual report on Form 10-K, by reference to the Company's proxy statement, if permitted by SEC rules, will also contain a statement that amendments to and waivers of this Code with respect to executive officers will be posted on the Company's website.

 

Inventergy Code of Business Ethics8

 



 

 

June 12, 2014

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Commissioners:

 

We have read eOn Communications Corporation’s statements included under Item 4.04 of its Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2014 and we agree with such statements concerning our firm.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ HORNE LLP

 

 

 

 



 

 

eOn Communications Corporation and Inventergy, Inc.

Announce Closing of Merger and Related Transactions

 

Inventergy Global to begin trading on NASDAQ on

Monday, June 9th under ticker symbol “INVT”

 

 

 

CORINTH, Miss. and Campbell CA. June 6, 2014eOn Communications Corporation (“eOn”) (NASDAQ: EONC) and Inventergy, Inc. (“Inventergy”) announced today that the merger of eOn and Inventergy was consummated effective as of June 6, 2014 with Inventergy becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of eOn and eOn’s name having changed to “Inventergy Global, Inc.” (the “Company”). The combined company will be led by Joe Beyers, Chairman and CEO of Inventergy.

 

"Today is a historic day for our company. We believe this merger will enhance our long-term value and competitive position allowing us to better meet the needs of our Fortune 500 and technology-leading clientele," said Joe Beyers, Chairman and CEO of Inventergy. "The operational and financial strength of the combined company will enable us to continue investing in and accelerating our growth and monetization activities."

 

eOn Communications Corporation’s Chairman, David Lee, stated, “We are confident that this merger will create a financially strong and transparent company, providing our shareholders with the opportunity to participate in the future growth of our new, stronger combined company.”

 

In accordance with the terms of the transaction, Inventergy’s stockholders will exchange their outstanding securities for securities of the Company, with each share of Inventergy common stock being exchangeable for 1.4139 shares of common stock of the Company, adjusted for an announced 2:1 reverse split. The Company’s transfer agent has been requested to mail the requisite transmittal forms to holders of Inventergy common stock for this purpose and the Company will provide other security holders with instructions for the exchange of other securities.

 

Additionally, concurrent with the closing of the merger, eOn consummated the transactions contemplated by the Transition Agreement, including the transfer of all of eOn’s ownership in Cortelco Holding, Cortelco Systems Puerto Rico, Inc., and Symbio Investment Corp. Following the transfers, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries consist of Inventergy, Inc. and eOn Communications Systems, Inc.

 

The split-adjusted common stock of the combined company, Inventergy Global, Inc., is expected to commence trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “INVT” on June 9, 2014. The CUSIP assigned to Inventergy Global, Inc.’s common stock is 46123X102.

 

 
 

 

 

About eOn Communications

eOn Communications Corporation is a global provider of innovative communications solutions. With over 20 years of telecommunications expertise, eOn solutions enable customers to leverage advanced technologies to communicate more effectively. Our offerings are built on reliable open architectures that enable easy adoption of emerging technologies, such as Voice over Internet Protocol. eOn’s website may be accessed at www.eoncc.com.

 

About Inventergy

Inventergy, Inc. is an intellectual property acquisition and licensing company dedicated to identifying, acquiring and licensing the patented technologies of market-significant technology leaders. Led by IP industry pioneer and veteran Joe Beyers, the company leverages decades of experience, market and technology expertise, and industry connections to assist Fortune 500 companies in leveraging the value of their innovations to achieve greater returns. For more information about Inventergy, visit the website at www.inventergy.com.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements about our plans, strategies, financial performance, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of words like "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "will", "should", "seek" and similar expressions and include any projections or estimates set forth herein. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Inventergy and our management team, are inherently uncertain. A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

 

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Contact

 

Investors:

Chris Camarra
Director, Investor Relations
(212) 260-0579
chris@inventergy.com

 

Media Contact:

Wendy Chou

CHOUmedia LLC

(718) 812-6707

wendy@choumedia.com

 

 

 



 

 

Inventergy Expands Mobile Telecommunications Portfolio
With Acquisition of Select Nokia Patents

 

Transaction Marks Company’s Third Acquisition from

Global Technology Leaders

 

 

 

CAMPBELL, Calif., June 9, 2014Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT) (“Inventergy”) announced today it has acquired a patent portfolio from Nokia, a leader in network infrastructure, location intelligence and advanced technology development. The portfolio includes 16 patent families comprised of 77 patents and patent applications pertaining to IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). The acquisition is Inventergy’s third significant patent acquisition in the past year and increases the Company’s portfolio to more than 750 patents globally. While the terms of the transaction are confidential, it has no immediate effect on Inventergy’s cash position.

 

“This represents an important acquisition for Inventergy. When combined with the portfolio we acquired from Huawei last year, these patents increase our IMS holdings by roughly 50 percent,” said Joe Beyers, Chairman and CEO of Inventergy. “Leveraging these additional assets with an outstanding R&D pedigree from Nokia, a known and respected industry leader, will allow us to broaden our reach in the high growth telecommunications infrastructure space as we continue moving forward with our commercialization efforts.”

 

The acquired patents address key telecommunications infrastructure technologies that increasingly play a major role in the industry’s ongoing build-out of high-speed, next generation cellular services for handsets, tablets, notebooks and other mobile devices. Telecommunications operators throughout the world are upgrading their network infrastructures to deliver advanced, higher quality voice, data and video content services—a global market projected to generate US$354 billion in capital expenditures in 2014, according to an Infonetics Research report, a telecommunications market research firm.

The acquired patents have wide geographic coverage in the United States and 25 other countries in Europe and parts of Asia, including Japan and China. The portfolio, among other things, applies broadly to IMS technologies and spans a number of key market segments including telecommunications operators, hardware and software companies, equipment companies, and end-user equipment vendors.

 

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About Inventergy Global, Inc.

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT) is a Silicon Valley-based intellectual property company dedicated to identifying, acquiring and licensing the patented technologies of market-significant technology leaders. Led by IP industry pioneer and veteran Joe Beyers, the company leverages decades of corporate experience, market and technology expertise, and industry connections to assist Fortune 500 companies in leveraging the value of their innovations to achieve greater returns. For more information about Inventergy Global, visit www.inventergy.com.

 

 
 

 

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements about our plans, strategies, financial performance, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of words like "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "will", "should", "seek" and similar expressions and include any projections or estimates set forth herein. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Inventergy and our management team, are inherently uncertain. A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

 

Contact

 

Investors:

Chris Camarra
Director, Investor Relations
(212) 260-0579
chris@inventergy.com

 

Media Contact:

Wendy Chou

CHOUmedia LLC

(718) 812-6707

wendy@choumedia.com

 

 

 



 

 

Inventergy Announces Shareholder Sales Restriction Agreements

 

 

 

Campbell, CA June 9, 2014Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT) (“Inventergy”) announced today that all major shareholders and Company Founders collectively representing over 78% of previously issued common and preferred stock securities (“Restricted Securities”) in Inventergy, Inc. have agreed to limitations on sale of those securities through November 30, 2014.

In particular, each such stockholder agrees (a) to sell no Restricted Securities until July 1, 2014 unless the Inventergy’s common stock price is above $6.00 per share; (b) from July 1 to August 30, to only sell a maximum of approximately 6% per month of that shareholder’s beneficially held Restricted Securities if Inventergy’s stock price is above $4.00 per share; (c) from September 1 through November 30, to only sell a maximum of approximately 6% per month of that shareholder’s beneficially held Restricted Securities; and (d) remain able to sell any number of Restricted Securities if Inventergy’s stock price is above $6.00 per share. In addition, these shareholders have agreed to not engage in any short selling during the restriction period.

 

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About Inventergy Global, Inc.

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT) is a Silicon Valley-based intellectual property company dedicated to identifying, acquiring and licensing the patented technologies of market-significant technology leaders. Led by IP industry pioneer and veteran Joe Beyers, the company leverages decades of corporate experience, market and technology expertise, and industry connections to assist Fortune 500 companies in leveraging the value of their innovations to achieve greater returns. For more information about Inventergy Global, visit www.inventergy.com.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements about our plans, strategies, financial performance, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of words like "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "will", "should", "seek" and similar expressions and include any projections or estimates set forth herein. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Inventergy and our management team, are inherently uncertain. A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

 

 
 

 

 

Contact

 

Investors:

Chris Camarra
Director, Investor Relations
(212) 260-0579
chris@inventergy.com

 

Media Contact:

Wendy Chou

CHOUmedia LLC

(718) 812-6707

wendy@choumedia.com

 

 

 



 

 

Inventergy Appoints Stephen B. Huang

as Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

CAMPBELL, Calif., June 11, 2014 Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT) (“Inventergy”) announced today the appointment of Stephen B. Huang as Chief Financial Officer of Inventergy. Mr. Huang possesses an extensive background in finance, having held executive positions with several technology companies since 2005.

 

"Stephen has demonstrated his aptitude for this position at every step of his career, and has made a great early impression with Inventergy,” said Joe Beyers, Inventergy’s Chairman and CEO. “Bringing him aboard as our CFO was an important step for the company, and we are confident that we now have a strong financial team in place to deal with the complexities and opportunities of the public markets.”

 

Mr. Huang previously served as the CFO for publicly-traded Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc., where he worked in close collaboration with the CEO and Board of Directors to develop corporate strategies and business plans. Prior to his work with Altair, he served as the CFO at Unigen Corporation and Penguin Computing, Inc., where he was instrumental in securing debt and equity financings and led strategic initiatives in preparing the companies for IPO readiness and M&A opportunities.

 

"After reviewing Mr. Huang’s accomplishments, it quickly became clear that he will help us reach the level of efficiency we constantly strive for,” said Fran Barton, Chairman of Inventergy’s Audit Committee. “We look forward to a prosperous future with him at the helm of our finance function."

 

Mr. Huang earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from San Francisco State University. He is on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Chapter of Financial Executives International.

 

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About Inventergy Global, Inc.

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT) is a Silicon Valley-based intellectual property company dedicated to identifying, acquiring and licensing the patented technologies of market-significant technology leaders. Led by IP industry pioneer and veteran Joe Beyers, the company leverages decades of corporate experience, market and technology expertise, and industry connections to assist Fortune 500 companies in leveraging the value of their innovations to achieve greater returns. For more information about Inventergy Global, visit www.inventergy.com.

 

 
 

 

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements about our plans, strategies, financial performance, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of words like "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "will", "should", "seek" and similar expressions and include any projections or estimates set forth herein. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Inventergy and our management team, are inherently uncertain. A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

 

Contact

 

Investors:

Chris Camarra
Director, Investor Relations
(212) 260-0579
chris@inventergy.com

 

Media Contact:

Wendy Chou

CHOUmedia LLC

(718) 812-6707

wendy@choumedia.com

 

 

 

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