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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): November 5, 2025

 

AGRIFORCE GROWING SYSTEMS, LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

British Columbia A1  001-40578   NA
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

800-525 West 8th Avenue    
Vancouver, BC, Canada   V5Z1C6
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (604) 757-0952

 

 

(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares   AGRI   The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement.

 

Introduction and Background Information - PIPE Closing

 

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated and filed with the SEC on September 22, 2025, AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into subscription agreements (each, a “Subscription Agreement” and collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain institutional and accredited investors (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company, subject to the restrictions and upon satisfaction of the conditions in the Subscription Agreements, agreed to sell to the Investors in one or more private placement transactions exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 144 thereunder (the “PIPE Transaction”), Company common shares, no par value per share (in generality, the “Common Shares”). On November 5, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), the PIPE Transaction was consummated.

 

The total number of Shares issued was 86,690,657 and the total number of prefunded warrants was 6,123,837 for a total aggregate purchase price of $219,042,206 of which $145,375,936 was funded in cash and cash equivalents and $73,662,270 was funded in AVAX tokens.

 

Strategic Advisor Agreements 

 

On the Closing Date, in connection with the closing of the PIPE Transaction, the Company entered into two Strategic Advisor Agreements (each, a “Strategic Advisor Agreement” and collectively, the “Strategic Advisor Agreements”) with each of Anthony Scaramucci (through Ground Tunnel Capital LLC) and Brett Tejpaul (Messrs. Scaramucci and Tejpaul are collectively referred to as the “Strategic Advisors”), pursuant to which the Company engaged the Strategic Advisors to provide strategic advice and guidance relating to the Company’s business, operations, growth initiatives and industry trends in the digital asset and financial services sector for an initial term of one year, which will automatically renew for up to two successive one year periods unless the respective Strategic Advisor or the Company provides written notice of its intention not to extend. Either the Company or the Strategic Advisor may terminate a Strategic Advisor Agreement upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the other party in the event of a material breach that remains uncured at the end of such 30-day period or immediately upon written notice to the other party in the event of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or fraud by such other party or any allegation thereof.

 

Pursuant to the terms of each Strategic Advisor Agreement, the Company issued to the Strategic Advisors an aggregate of 928,145 restricted Common Shares (the “Strategic Advisor Shares”). These Shares vest monthly over a period of 36 months in equal increments in the aggregate of 1/36 of the total Strategic Advisor Shares per month, and if the Agreements are terminated at the end of any one year period, any unvested shares will be forfeited. The Strategic Advisor Agreements also contain customary representations and warranties, confidentiality provisions and limitations on liability. 

 

The foregoing description of the Strategic Advisor Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Strategic Advisor Agreements, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

Cohen & Company Securities, LLC (“Cohen”) acted as the sole placement agent in connection with the PIPE Transaction. In partial consideration for its services as the placement agent in the PIPE Transaction, Cohen was issued 902,739 restricted Common Shares on the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Company and Cohen entered into a Registration Rights Agreement whereby the Company agreed to use reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC, within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of the Closing Date, a registration statement registering the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the filing thereof and upon the earlier of (i) the 25th business day (or 60th business day if the SEC notifies the Company that it will “review” the registration statement) following the filing date and (ii) the 5th business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. 

 

 

 

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities

 

The information regarding the Strategic Advisor Shares in Item 1.01, the PIPE Transaction in Items 1.01 and 8.01, Common Shares issued to Cohen in Item 1.01 and Common Shares issued to Company directors in Item 5.02 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

The Common Shares described in this Item 3.02 were offered in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws. The issuance of these Common Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. 

 

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

 

Director Resignations

 

On the Closing Date, in connection with the closing of the PIPE Transaction, the Company accepted the resignation of each of David Welch, John Meekison, Richard Lecychin, and Elaine Goldwater (the “Legacy Directors”) from the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”). The resignations were solely in connection with the closing of the PIPE Transaction and not a result of any disagreement relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

 

Director Appointments

 

Also on the Closing Date, upon the resignations of the Legacy Directors, the Board appointed each of Matt Zhang, Xiao-Xiao Zhu, Young Cho, and Dan Mendes (the “New Directors”) to the Board to fill the vacancies created by the Legacy Directors’ resignations. Mr. Zhang was appointed as the Chairman of the Board. Each of the New Directors will serve until the Company’s 2026 annual general meeting of shareholders or until a successor has been elected and qualified for each. The following sets forth the biographical information for each of the New Directors:

 

Matt Zhang is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hivemind, a Web3 and blockchain technology focused investment firm, which he founded in November 2021. From September 2007 to November 2021, Mr. Zhang was the global Head of Structured Products Trading at Citi, the leading global investment bank. He also created Citi’s Spread Products Investment Technologies team (SPRINT), focusing on venture equity investments in the FinTech sector, and was a founding partner of the Citi Impact Fund, which invests in companies addressing social challenges. Mr. Zhang holds an MST in Real Estate from the University of Cambridge and a BS in Economics from the London School of Economics. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

 

Young Cho has served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of TLGY Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: TLGY) since December 2024 and Chief Executive Officer of StablecoinX, an Ethena backed digital asset treasury company, since June 2025. He has spent the past 8 years in the digital asset industry, serving as CFO at Hedera Hashgraph, a proof-of-stake public network powered by hashgraph consensus, where he served from April 2021 to August 2022, and CIO at Abra, a digital consumer wallet where users can buy, sell, and earn rewards on their cryptocurrency holdings, from April 2020 to April 2021 where he started the Earn product in 2020. Before he entered the crypto industry, he spent over 12 years in traditional finance. He was at Citigroup for 10 years as a director in the Special Situations Group, and at UBS for 2 years as an executive director in the Private Finance and Credit Trading team. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and has a BS from Cornell and MPA from Columbia.

 

 

 

Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu has served as Digital Operating Partner at KKR since April 2021 where he leads technology-driven value creation, innovation and digital transformation at the board and top management level of European private equity portfolio companies such as Axel Springer, GfK and Roompot Landal. He also leads KKR’s global Digital Assets & Blockchain strategy, for which he led investments in foremost Crypto VCs such as Dragonfly Capital, Ethereal Ventures or ParaFi as well as Digital Assets companies such as Anchorage Digital. He is a regular speaker at key Digital Assets & AI conferences such as Token2049 Dubai, Blockworks Digital Assets Summit, Financial Times Crypto Summit, Proof of Talk Paris, Out East Summit, AI Rush, London Tech Week or London City Week, and is an angel investor in fast growing early stage technology companies such as Fuse Energy (founded by ex-Revolut Chief Revenue Officer) or Anagram (founded by Solana Foundation President and ex-Polychain Capital President). Prior to joining KKR, he worked at BCG from January 2014 until April 2021. He was General Manager at BCG Digital Ventures in London and Beijing from 2016 to 2021. During this time, he founded, launched, and scaled new digital companies such as Heycar.co.uk (backed by Volkswagen & Daimler) and Tracr.com (backed by DeBeers). He began his career in management consulting advising Fortune 500 companies at the Boston Consulting Group in London. Notably, in an earlier life, he performed as a professional concert pianist on some of the world’s most prestigious concert venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, and played for global leaders such as George H.W. Bush, Helmut Kohl or Mikhail Gorbachev. He holds a MSc in Managerial Economics & Strategy from the London School of Economics, a BA in Philosophy & Economics from the Humboldt University Berlin, and a Masters in Concert Piano from the Berlin University of Arts.

 

Dan Mendes has been Managing Partner of BlockCore Partners, a specialized advisory firm offering financial and tax services tailored to the blockchain and digital asset space, since April 2023. From May 2021 to April 2023, he served as Head of Finance at Algorand Technologies, a Layer-1 blockchain technology company. From September 2018 to May 2021, Mr. Mendes worked at Deloitte, a global professional services firm, most recently as a Senior Manager from August 2019 to May 2021. While at Deloitte, Mr. Mendes advised on multinational corporate restructurings, spin-offs, IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and private equity transactions, including several years in Deloitte’s Washington National Tax group, with the latter half of his tenure focused on blockchain and digital asset related matters. Mr. Mendes is a licensed CPA in Florida and Washington, D.C., holds a B.B.A. in International Business and Accounting from Temple University, an Executive M.S.T. in Taxation from Florida Atlantic University, and completed the Executive Program in Finance at Columbia Business School. Mr. Mendes has extensive experience in corporate governance, risk management, and capital allocation strategies. He is recognized for his expertise in designing and overseeing treasury management frameworks, including the management of company digital asset treasuries, with a focus on optimizing tax efficiency, liquidity, and long-term shareholder value. His leadership is marked by a strong ability to bridge regulatory compliance with strategic growth, making him a valuable contributor to public company boards navigating emerging financial technologies and evolving governance expectations.

 

Mr. Zhang has an ownership interest in Hivemind Capital Partners, LLC (“Hivemind”), which serves as the Company’s asset manager pursuant to an Asset Management Agreement dated September 18, 2025, between the Company and Hivemind. A discussion of the terms of the Asset Management Agreement is provided in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 22, 2025, and is incorporated herein by reference. Other than the foregoing, there are no other arrangements or understandings between any of the New Directors and any other person pursuant to which any of the New Directors were appointed as a director of the Company. There are also no family relationships between any of the New Directors and any director or executive officer of the Company, and no New Director has a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

Each director, other than Matt Zhang, is to be issued a grant of 30,612 restricted shares of Company Common Stock as compensation for service as a directly (valued at $75,000 of Common Shares per annum) which shares shall vest in four equal amounts of 7,653 shares on each of the three, six, nine and twelve month anniversaries of the date of grant.

 

 

 

Equity Plan Amendment

 

On October 27, 2025, the Company held a special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”) to increase the maximum total number of Common Shares that may be issued under the 2024 Plan from 87,237 to 5,750,000 shares, which Plan was amended on the Closing Date. The Board previously approved the amendment to the 2024 Plan, subject to shareholder approval, on September 19, 2025.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A more complete description of the terms of the Amendment and the 2024 Plan can be found in “Proposal Three - The Approval of an Amendment to the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Shares Issuable Thereunder” on pages 24 through 29 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on October 2, 2025, and is incorporated by reference herein. 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

Closing of PIPE Transaction

 

On November 5, 2025, upon the satisfaction of all conditions in the Subscription Agreements, the PIPE Transaction closed and the Company issued to the Investors an aggregate of 86,690,657 Common Shares and pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) exercisable for an aggregate of 6,123,837 Common Shares in the PIPE Transaction. The Common Shares were sold at an offering price of $2.36 per Common Share, and the Pre-Funded Warrants were sold at an offering price of $2.3599 per Pre-Funded Warrant, which represents the per share offering price less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each such Pre-Funded Warrant. 

 

The Pre-Funded Warrants are exercisable immediately and may be exercised at any time until all of the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full.

 

The foregoing description of the Pre-Funded Warrants is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Of the aggregate $219,042,206 million purchase price for the Common Shares, an aggregate of (i) $145,375,936 million was paid in cash, the cryptocurrency stablecoin commonly referred to as USDC (“USDC”) based on a purchase price of $1.00 per USDC, and the cryptocurrency stablecoin commonly referred to as USDT (“USDT” and together with USDC, “Stablecoins”) based on a purchase price of $1.00 per USDT, and (ii) $73,666,270 million was paid in the native cryptocurrency of the Avalanche Network, referred to as AVAX Tokens (“AVAX Tokens”), which was valued for purposes of the Subscription Agreements at the volume-weighted average price of an AVAX Token (rounded to two decimal places) during the 14 consecutive calendar days ending on the Funding Payment Deadline (as defined in the Subscription Agreements) based on midnight UTC, calculated by using the hourly volume and the Messari Price as reported on messari.io.

 

As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Common Shares (but not pre funded warrants) issued in the PIPE transaction, there were 93,112,148 Common Shares issued and outstanding.

 

Indemnification Agreements

 

In connection with their appointment to the Board, each New Director entered into an Indemnification Agreement with the Company (collectively, the “Indemnification Agreements”), effective upon the Closing of the PIPE Transaction. The Indemnification Agreements provide for indemnification against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an indemnitee in connection with threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or other proceedings, subject to certain limitations. The Indemnification Agreements also provide for the advancement of expenses in connection with a proceeding prior to a final, non-appealable judgment or other adjudication, provided that the indemnitee provides an undertaking to repay to the Company any amounts advanced if the indemnitee is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification by us. The Indemnification Agreements set forth procedures for making and responding to a request for indemnification or advancement of expenses, as well as dispute resolution procedures that will apply to any dispute between the Company and an indemnitee arising under the Indemnification Agreements.

 

 

 

The foregoing description of the Indemnification Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Indemnification Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Portions of this Current Report may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that the actual outcomes will not be materially different due to a number of factors. Any such statements are made in reliance on the “safe harbor” protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Additional information about significant risks that may impact the Company is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and may be accessed at www.sec.gov. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
4.1   Form of Pre-Funded Warrant issued in the PIPE Transaction.
     
10.1   Form of Strategic Advisor Agreement.
     
10.2   Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and Cohen.
     
10.3   Form of Indemnification Agreement between directors and the Company.
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

* Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request.

  

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Date: November 6, 2025

 

AGRIFORCE GROWING SYSTEMS, LTD.  
     
By: /s/ Jolie Kahn  
Name: Jolie Kahn  
  Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Pre-Funded Warrant

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT (THE “SECURITIES”) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (I) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (II) AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION AND THE DELIVERY TO THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Number of Shares: [●]

(subject to adjustment)

 

Warrant No. [●] Original Issue Date: October [●], 2025

 

Agriforce Growing Systems, Ltd., a corporation incorporated and organized under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [●] or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company up to a total of [●] shares of common stock, at no par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (each such share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares, the “Warrant Shares”) at the remaining exercise price per share equal to $0.0001 (the “Remaining Exercise Price” and, together with the pre-funded purchase price per share, the “Exercise Price”), in each case as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, upon surrender of this Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”) at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof (the “Original Issue Date”), subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

This Warrant is one of a series of similar warrants issued pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated [●], 2025, by and among the Company and the Subscribers identified therein (the “Purchase Agreement”). Certain capitalized terms used below and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

1. Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, (a) any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediates, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or (b) in the event that the specified Person is a natural Person, a Member of the Immediate Family of such Person; provided that the Company and each of its subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be Affiliates of any Subscriber. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided that the Affiliates of any Person that is an investment fund shall not include any portfolio companies of such investment fund or any affiliated investment fund.

 

“Attribution Parties” means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder, (ii) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the date hereof, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder’s investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any Attribution Parties and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder’s and/or any other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 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.

 

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“Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last trade price for such security on the Principal Trading Market for such security, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, or, if such Principal Trading Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the last trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00 P.M., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets, 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 Financial Markets. 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 Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall use its good faith judgment to determine the fair market value. The Board of Directors’ determination shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

“Group” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and all related rules, regulations and jurisprudence.

 

“Member of the Immediate Family” means, with respect to any Person who is an individual, (a) each parent, spouse (but not including a former spouse or a spouse from whom such Person is legally separated) or child (including those adopted) of such individual and (b) each trustee, solely in his or her capacity as trustee, for a trust naming only one or more of the Persons listed in sub-clause (a) as beneficiaries.

 

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or any other entity or organization.

 

“Principal Trading Market” means the national securities exchange or other trading market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Original Issue Date, is the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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

 

“Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, for the Principal Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock that is in effect on the date of delivery of an applicable Exercise Notice, which as of the Original Issue Date was “T+1.”

 

“Trading Day” means any weekday on which the Principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

“Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock, and any successor appointed in such capacity.

 

2. Issuance of Securities; Registration of Warrants. The Company shall register ownership of this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder (which shall include the initial Holder or, as the case may be, any assignee to which this Warrant is permissibly assigned hereunder) from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

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3. Registration of Transfers. This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights in respect of the Warrant Shares) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney, duly authorized, and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Subject to compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Company shall, or will cause its Transfer Agent to, register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, and payment for all applicable transfer taxes (if any). Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New Warrant”) evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee, and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of the New Warrant that the Holder has in respect of this Warrant. The Company shall, or will cause its Transfer Agent to, prepare, issue and deliver at the Company’s own expense any New Warrant under this Section 3. Until due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the registered Holder hereof as the owner and holder for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

4. Exercise of Warrants.

 

(a) All or any part of this Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder in any manner permitted by this Warrant (including Section 11) at any time and from time to time on or after the Original Issue Date, and such rights shall not expire until exercised in full.

 

(b) The Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached as Schedule 1 hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Remaining Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (which may take the form of a “cashless exercise” if so indicated in the Exercise Notice pursuant to Section 10 below), and the date on which the last of such items is delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an “Exercise Date.” The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares, if any.

 

(c) The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this section, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

5. Delivery of Warrant Shares.

 

(a) Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following the Exercise Date), upon the request of the Holder, cause the Transfer Agent to credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock specified by the Holder in the Exercise Notice and to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise (the “Exercise Shares”) to (i) the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian system or (ii) in book-entry form via a direct registration system (“DRS”) maintained by or on behalf of the Transfer Agent, in each case, so long as either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or the resale of such Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Exercise Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming cashless exercise of this Warrant). If (A) and (B) above are not true, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to either (i) record the Exercise Shares in the name of the Holder or its designee on the certificates reflecting the Exercise Shares with an appropriate legend regarding restriction on transferability and stop transfer notation, which shall be issued and dispatched by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, and on the Company’s share register or (ii) issue such Exercise Shares in the name of the Holder or its designee in restricted book-entry form in the Company’s share register reflecting such legend and notation. The Holder, or any Person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares, shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Exercise Date, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account, the date of the book entry positions or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Exercise Shares, as the case may be.

 

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(b) In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to deliver to the Holder or its designee Exercise Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a) within the Standard Settlement Period following the Exercise Date (other than a failure caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by the Holder to the Company) and the Holder or the Holder’s broker on its behalf purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”) but did not receive within the Standard Settlement Period, then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s sole discretion, promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder or its designee the Exercise Shares pursuant to Section 5(a) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased in the Buy-In, less the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Buy-In, times (B) the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice promptly after the occurrence of a Buy-In, indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company.

 

(c) To the extent permitted by law and subject to Section 5(b), the Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with and subject to the terms hereof (including the limitations set forth in Section 11 below) are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance that might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Subject to Section 5(b), nothing herein shall limit the 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 Exercise Shares; provided, however, that the Holder shall not be entitled to both (i) require the Company to reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not timely honored and (ii) receive the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 5(a).

 

6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of Exercise Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense (excluding any applicable stamp duties) in respect of the issuance of such shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any Warrant Shares or the Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liabilities that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof. Each party hereto intends that this Warrant shall be treated as stock for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes.

 

7. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction (in such case) and, in each case, a customary contractual indemnity reasonably acceptable to the Company, if requested. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Warrant.

 

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8. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will, at all times while this Warrant is outstanding, reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares that are at all times issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage (as defined below)), free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Remaining Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and non-assessable. The Company will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation by the Company of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company further covenants that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Holder, take any actions to increase the par value of the Common Stock at any time while this Warrant is outstanding.

 

9. Certain Adjustments. The Remaining Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (the “Number of Warrant Shares”) are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.

 

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock issued and outstanding on the Original Issue Date and in accordance with the terms of such stock on the Original Issue Date or as amended, that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of capital stock any additional shares of Common Stock of the Company, then in each such case the Number of Warrant Shares shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, provided, however, that if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend is not fully paid on the date fixed therefor, the Number of Warrant Shares shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of business on such record date and thereafter the Number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends. Any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision, combination or issuance.

 

(b) Pro Rata Distributions. If, on or after the Original Issue Date, the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other pro rata distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any distribution of shares of Common Stock subject to Section 9(a), any distribution of Purchase Rights (as defined below) subject to Section 9(c) and any Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) subject to Section 9(d)) (a “Distribution”) then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution; provided, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation.

 

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(c) Purchase Rights. If at any time on or after the Original Issue Date, the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property, in each case pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) 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, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights; provided, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and at the Holder’s election, in its sole discretion, either (1) such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the 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 or (2) the Company shall offer the Holder the right upon exercise of such Purchase Right to acquire a security (e.g. a pre-funded warrant) that would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage but will otherwise to the extent possible have economic and other rights, preferences and privileges substantially consistent and on par with the securities or other property issuable upon exercise of the originally offered Purchase Rights). As used in this Section 9(c), (i) “Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities and (ii) “Convertible Securities” mean any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

(d) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, in which the Company is not the surviving entity or in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not own, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving entity immediately after such merger or consolidation, (ii) the Company effects any sale to another Person of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person), holders of capital stock tender shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company and the Company or such other Person, as applicable, accepts such tender for payment, (iv) the Company consummates a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company (except for any such transaction in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction maintain, in substantially the same proportions, the voting power of such Person immediately after the transaction) or (v) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a) above) (in any such case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then following such Fundamental Transaction, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, the same amount and kind of securities of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (including any Distributions or Purchase Rights then held in abeyance pursuant to Sections 9(b) or 9(c) above) without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein (the “Alternate Consideration”) (provided, that to the extent that the Holder’s right to receive any such Alternate Consideration would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the holder shall not be entitled to receive such Alternate Consideration to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such Common Stock as a result of such Alternate Consideration (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and at the Holder’s election, in its sole discretion, either (1) such Alternate Consideration to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Alternate Consideration granted, issued or sold on such initial receipt or on any subsequent receipt to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation) or (2) the Company shall offer the Holder the right upon receipt of such Alternate Consideration to acquire a security (e.g. a pre-funded warrant) that would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage but will otherwise to the extent possible have economic and other rights, preferences and privileges substantially consistent and on par with the securities or other property issuable upon exercise of the originally offered Alternate Consideration). The Company shall not effect any Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the surviving entity or the Alternate Consideration includes securities of another Person unless (i) the Alternate Consideration is solely cash and the Company provides for the simultaneous “cashless exercise” of this Warrant pursuant to Section 10 below or (ii) prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof, any successor to the Company, surviving entity or other Person (including any purchaser of assets of the Company) shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Holder such Alternate Consideration as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to receive, and the other obligations under this Warrant. Notwithstanding, anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9(d). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents 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 Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this Section 9(d) regardless of (i) whether the Company has sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock for the issuance of Warrant Shares and/or (ii) whether a Fundamental Transaction occurs prior to the Exercise Date. The provisions of this paragraph (d) shall similarly apply to subsequent transactions analogous to a Fundamental Transaction type.

 

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(e) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Number of Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 9, the Remaining Exercise Price shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Remaining Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased Number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Remaining Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Remaining Exercise Price be adjusted below the par value of the Common Stock then in effect.

 

(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth of one cent or rounded down to the nearest whole share, as applicable.

 

(g) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will, at the written request of the Holder, promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Remaining Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s transfer agent.

 

(h) Notice of Corporate Events. If, while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice of such transaction at least ten (10) business days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice. In addition, if while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction contemplated by Section 9(d), other than a Fundamental Transaction under clause (iii) of Section 9(d), the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice of such Fundamental Transaction at least ten (10) business days prior to the date such Fundamental Transaction is consummated. Holder agrees to maintain any information disclosed pursuant to this Section 9(h) in confidence until such information is publicly available, and shall comply with applicable law with respect to trading in the Company’s securities following receipt of any such information. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9 to the contrary, the Company shall be deemed to have provided the information required to be delivered to a Holder under this Section 9 if disseminated by press release or filed in any report or statement filed with the Commission prior to the applicable deadline.

 

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10. Payment of Exercise Price. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, satisfy its obligation to pay the Remaining Exercise Price through a “cashless exercise”, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares in an exchange of securities effected pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, determined as follows:

 

X = Y [(A-B)/A]

 

where:

 

“X” equals the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder;

 

“Y” equals the total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise;

 

“A” equals the Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Exercise Date; and

 

“B” equals the Remaining Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

The issue price for each such Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the cashless exercise of a Warrant will be equal to (B), as defined above, and the total issue price for the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issued pursuant to the cashless exercise of a Warrant will be deemed paid and satisfied in full by the deemed surrender to the Company of the portion of such Warrant being exercised in accordance with this Section 10.

 

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a “cashless exercise” transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the Original Issue Date (provided that the Commission continues to take the position that such treatment is proper at the time of such exercise). In the event that a registration statement registering the issuance of Warrant Shares is, for any reason, not effective at the time of exercise of this Warrant, then this Warrant may only be exercised through a cashless exercise, as set forth in this Section 10. If the Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the Company acknowledges and agrees that, in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Exercise Shares issued in such exercise shall take on the registered characteristics of the Warrants being exercised and may be tacked on to the holding period of the Warrants being exercised. Except as set forth in Section 5(b) (Buy-in Remedy) and Section 12 (No Fractional Shares), in no event will the exercise of this Warrant be settled in cash.

 

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11. Limitations on Exercise.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder of this Warrant shall not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrant, and any such exercise shall be null and void ab initio and treated as if the exercise had not been made, to the extent that immediately prior to or following such exercise, the Holder, together with the Attribution Parties, beneficially owns or would beneficially own as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Common Stock that would be issued and outstanding following such exercise. For purposes of calculating beneficial ownership for determining whether the Maximum Percentage is or will be exceeded, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder together with the Attribution Parties, shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder together with the Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the relevant Warrant with respect to which the determination is being made but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrant held and/or beneficially owned by the Holder or the Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company held and/or beneficially owned by such Holder or any Attribution Party (including, without limitation, any convertible notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. For purposes of this Paragraph 11(a), beneficial ownership of the Holder or the Attribution Parties shall, except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, be calculated and determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder of this Warrant may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (such issued and outstanding shares, the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one business day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The Holder shall disclose to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock that it, together with the Attribution Parties holds and/or beneficially owns and has the right to acquire through the exercise of derivative securities and any limitations on exercise or conversion analogous to the limitation contained herein contemporaneously or immediately prior to submitting an Exercise Notice for the relevant Warrant. If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s, together with the Attribution Parties’, beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 11(a), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) or that no reduction is necessary in order to receive shares in compliance with the Maximum Percentage, and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares (if any) and to issue the shares to the Holder (reduced by the Reduction Shares, if applicable). In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and the Attribution Parties since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder, together with the Attribution Parties, being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s, together with the Attribution Parties’, aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder and/or the Attribution Parties shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares and the Holder shall return such Excess Shares (if in its possession) to the Company. By written notice to the Company, a Holder of this Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage specified in such notice, provided, however, that (1) in no case shall the percentage specified be in excess of 19.99% and (2) any increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company and shall not negatively affect any partial exercise effected prior to such change.

 

(b) This Section 11 shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Holder or the Attribution Parties may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder or the Attribution Parties may receive in the event of a Fundamental Transaction as contemplated in Section 9(c) of this Warrant. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder or the Attribution Parties for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, including Rule 16a-1(a)(1). No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 11 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 11 or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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12. No Fractional Shares. No fractional Warrant Shares will be issued in connection with any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded down to the next whole number.

 

13. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered confirmed e-mail prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via confirmed e-mail on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service specifying next business day delivery, or (d) upon actual receipt by the Person to whom such notice is required to be given, if by hand delivery:

 

(a) If to the Company, addressed as follows:

 

Agriforce Growing Systems, Ltd.

800-525 West 8th Avenue

Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1C6

Attention: Jolie Kahn

Email: jkahn@agriforcegs.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

3 World Trade Center

New York, NY 10007

Attention: Michael A. Adelstein

Email: madelstein@kelleydrye.com

 

(b) If to the Holder, at its address or e-mail address set forth in the books and records of the Company, which may be modified by written notice from the Holder to the Company.

 

14. Warrant Agent. The Company shall initially serve as warrant agent under this Warrant. Upon ten (10) days’ notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register. The Holder acknowledges that this Warrant may be held in book-entry form through the facilities of the Company’s warrant agent and, at the request of the Holder, may be issued in definitive form.

 

15. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise set forth in this Warrant, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

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

 

(c) Successors and Assigns. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder. This Warrant may not be assigned by the Company without the written consent of the Holder, except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Holder and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant.

 

(d) Amendment and Waiver. This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder, or their successors and assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder.

 

(e) Acceptance. Receipt of this Warrant by the Holder shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

(f) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PERSON AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT 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 OF THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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

 

(h) Severability. If any part or provision of this Warrant is held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Warrant shall remain binding upon the parties hereto.

 

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

 

  AGRIFORCE GROWING SYSTEMS, LTD.
     
  By:  
  Name: Jolie Khan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Pre-Funded Warrant]

 

 

 

EX-10.1 3 ex10-1.htm EX-10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

STRATEGIC ADVISOR AGREEMENT

 

This Strategic Advisor Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of October [●], 2025, by and between Agriforce Growing Systems, Ltd., a corporation incorporated and organized under the laws to the Province of British Columbia with its principal place of business at 800-525 WEST 8TH AVENUE, VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1C6 (“Company”), and [●] (“Advisor”). Company and Advisor are referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Company will enter into a private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) financing (the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, upon the closing of the Transaction (the “Effective Date”), the Company will adopt a treasury policy under which Avalanche’s AVAX digital token will constitute the principal holding in the Company’s balance-sheet reserves and the net proceeds of the Transaction (after customary costs and expenses) will primarily be used to acquire additional AVAX, and fund and support the Digital Asset Treasury strategy; and

 

WHEREAS, Advisor is a leader in and knowledgeable about the digital asset industry and financial advisory, asset management and technology sectors;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises herein contained, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1. Engagement

 

1.1 Services. Advisor agrees to provide strategic advisory services to Company as described in Schedule A attached hereto (the “Services”).

 

1.2 Independent Contractor. Advisor shall perform the Services as an independent contractor and not as an employee, agent, or partner of Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create a joint venture, partnership, or agency relationship between the Parties.

 

2. Term and Termination

 

2.1 Term. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for an initial period of one (1) year (the “Initial Term”) and, after the Initial Term, will automatically renew for up to two (2) successive one (1) year periods (each, a “Renewal Term”), unless either Party provides written notice of its intent not to renew at least thirty (30) days prior to the start of the applicable Renewal Term.

 

2.2 Termination for Cause. Either Party may terminate this Agreement (a) upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the other Party in the event of a material breach that remains uncured at the end of such thirty (30)-day period or (b) immediately upon written notice to the other Party in the event of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or fraud by such other Party or any allegation thereof.

 

2.3 Effect of Termination for Cause. Upon termination of this Agreement, Advisor shall cease providing the Services, and Company shall pay Advisor any fees due and payable under this Agreement up to the effective date of termination.

 

3. Compensation

 

3.1 Compensation. Company shall pay Advisor the compensation set forth in Schedule B attached hereto (the “Compensation”).

 

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4. Confidentiality

 

4.1 Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” Means non-public information regarding the disclosing Party’s business affairs, products, services, confidential intellectual property, trade secrets, third-party confidential information and other sensitive or proprietary information, whether orally or in visual, written, electronic, or other form or media, and whether or not marked, designated, or otherwise identified as “confidential.”

 

4.2 Exclusions. Confidential Information does not include information that: (a) is or becomes publicly available without breach of this Agreement; (b) was known to the receiving Party prior to disclosure; (c) is independently developed by the receiving Party without use of or reference to the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or (d) is disclosed pursuant to legal or regulatory requirements, provided, however in the case of clause (d), the disclosing Party shall disclose no more than that portion of the Confidential Information which, on the advice of the receiving Party’s legal counsel, such legal or regulatory requirement specifically requires the receiving Party to disclose.

 

4.3 Treatment of Confidential Information. Each Party shall: (A) protect and safeguard the confidentiality of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care as the receiving Party would protect its own Confidential Information, but in no event with less than a commercially reasonable degree of care; (B) not use the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, or permit it to be accessed or used, for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (C) not disclose any such Confidential Information to any person or entity, except to the receiving Party’s representatives who need to know the Confidential Information to assist the recipient, or act on its behalf, to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement. The recipient shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 4.3 caused by any of its representatives. On the expiration or termination of the Agreement, the receiving Party and its representatives shall promptly return to the disclosing Party all copies, whether in written, electronic or other form or media, of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, or destroy all such copies and certify in writing to the disclosing Party that such Confidential Information has been destroyed.

 

4.4 Survival. The obligations under this Section 4 shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for a period of two (2) years.

 

5. Limitation of Liability

 

5.1 Liability Cap. Each Party’s total liability under this Agreement, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, shall be limited to the total Compensation paid under this Agreement provided, however, any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a Party shall not be limited.

 

5.2 Exclusion of Consequential Damages. Neither Party shall be liable to the other Party for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, including loss of profits or revenue, arising out of or related to this Agreement, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

 

6. Representations and Warranties

 

6.1 Mutual Representations. Each Party represents and warrants to each other that: (a) it has the full right, power, and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (b) its performance under this Agreement will not violate any applicable laws or regulations.

 

6.2 Disclaimer. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Advisor makes no warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

 

6.3 Investor Status. The Advisor represents that it is either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act. The Advisor hereby represents that neither it nor any of its Rule 506(d) Related Parties (as defined below) is a “bad actor” within the meaning of Rule 506(d) promulgated under the Securities Act. For purposes of this Agreement, “Rule 506(d) Related Party” shall mean a person or entity covered by the “Bad Actor disqualification” provision of Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

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7. Miscellaneous

 

7.1 Non-Competition. Advisor agrees for the Term and for six months following the termination or expiration of this Agreement, Advisor will not act in a similar role or perform similar Services to those specified in this Agreement for a competing digital asset treasury strategy project or company.

 

7.2 Use of Advisor. The Advisor expressly authorizes the Company, and its affiliates to reference and display the Advisor’s name, title, likeness, and biographical information in marketing, investor-relations, and public-relations materials relating to the Digital Asset Treasury strategy, AVAX, and this Agreement, provided that any such use shall not be materially inaccurate or misleading.

 

7.3 Governing Law and Dispute Resolution. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Any claim, dispute, or controversy (“Claim”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the relationships among the Parties hereto shall be resolved by one arbitrator through binding arbitration conducted in accordance with the expedited procedures set forth in the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “Rules”) as those Rules exist on the Effective Date of this Agreement, including Rules 16.1 and 16.2 of those Rules. The arbitrator’s decision shall be final, binding, and non-appealable. Judgment upon the award may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction. This clause is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Neither Party shall sue the other Party other than as provided herein or for enforcement of this clause or of the arbitrator’s award; any such suit may be brought only in a Federal District Court or a Delaware state court. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court, shall have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability, unconscionability, arbitrability, enforceability, or formation of this Agreement including any claim that all or any part of the Agreement is void or voidable.

 

7.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including its Schedules, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, and communications, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

7.5 Amendments. This Agreement may only be amended in writing signed by both Parties.

 

7.6 Assignment. Neither Party may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, except in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all of its assets or to a wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

7.7 Notices. All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered to the addresses set forth above by certified mail, courier, or email (with confirmation of receipt).

 

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

 

COMPANY:  
     
Agriforce Growing Systems, Ltd.  
   
By:    
Name: Jolie Kahn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  
Date:    
     
ADVISOR:  
   
By:    
Name:    
Date:    

 

[Signature Page to Strategic Advisor Agreement]

 

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EX-10.2 4 ex10-2.htm EX-10.2

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 30, 2025, between AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd., a British Columbia corporation (the “Company”), and each of the holders signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A. On the date of this Agreement, the Company issued certain equity securities (the “Acquired Securities”) to the Holders in connection with and concurrent to the closing of one or more private placement transactions exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); and

 

B. The Company has agreed to provide to the Holders certain registration rights under the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute, and applicable state securities laws.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Holder hereby agrees as follows:

 

1. Registration

 

a. The Company agrees to use reasonable best efforts to submit to or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of this Agreement (the “Filing Date”) (at the Company’s sole cost and expense), a registration statement on Form S-3 (or Form S-1 if Form S-3 is not available) (the “Registration Statement”), registering the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein), and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the filing thereof and upon the earlier of (i) the twenty-fifth (25th) business day (or sixtieth (60th) business day if the Commission notifies the Company that it will “review” the Registration Statement) following the filing date and (ii) the 5th business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review (such earlier date, the “Effective Date”); provided, however, that the Company’s obligations to include the Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Holder furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding Holder, the securities of the Company held by Holder and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities, and Holder shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement as permitted under Section 2.c of this Agreement.

 

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b. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Registrable Securities by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Registrable Securities which is equal to the maximum number of Registrable Securities as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders. Upon notification by the Commission that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, within two (2) business days thereafter, the Company shall file the final prospectus under Rule 424 of the Securities Act. The Company will provide a draft of the Registration Statement to Holder for review at least two (2) business days in advance of filing the Registration Statement; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be required to delay or postpone the filing of such Registration Statement as a result of or in connection with Holder’s review. In no event shall Holder be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement unless required by the Commission; provided, that if the Commission requests the Holder be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement, Holder will have an opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall not identify the Holder as an underwriter therein). Holder shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities. For purposes of clarification, any failure by the Company to file the Registration Statement by the Filing Date or to effect such Registration Statement by the Effective Date shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect the Registration Statement as set forth above in this Section 1. “Registrable Securities” means the Acquired Securities and any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to the Acquired Shares as a result of any stock split or subdivision, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event.

 

2. Registration Procedures

 

a. In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Holder as to the status of such registration. At its expense the Company shall:

 

(i) except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration continuously effective with respect to Holder, and to keep the applicable Registration Statement or any subsequent shelf registration statement free of any material misstatements or omissions, until the earlier of the following: (A) Holder ceases to hold any Registrable Securities, (B) the date all Registrable Securities held by Holder may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, including without limitation, any volume and manner of sale restrictions which may be applicable to affiliates under Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) and (C) three (3) years from the Effective Date of the Registration Statement. The period of time during which the Company is required hereunder to keep a Registration Statement effective is referred to herein as the “Registration Period”;

 

(ii) during the Registration Period, advise Holder promptly:

 

(1) when a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

 

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(2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information;

 

(3) after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;

 

(4) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(5) in accordance with Section 2.b of this Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, any Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or does not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or does not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Company shall not, when so advising Holder of such events, provide Holder with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company, any of its Affiliates (as defined under Rule 144) or any other Person, unless the Company has notified Holder of the existence of such an event (without providing material, nonpublic information about the specific nature of such event) and obtained the written consent of the Holder to receive such information;

 

(iii) during the Registration Period, use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;

 

(iv) during the Registration Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated above, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(v) during the Registration Period, use its commercially reasonable efforts (y) to remain listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market or another national securities exchange (collectively, the “Exchange”) and to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which the shares of the Company’s common stock, at no par value per share (the “Common Stock”) that are issued by the Company have been listed and (z) to timely comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the rules and regulations of the Commission and each Exchange;

 

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(vi) during the Registration Period, use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby and, for so long as Holder holds Registrable Securities, to enable Holder to sell the Registrable Securities under Rule 144; and

 

(vii) subject to receipt from Holder by the Company or its transfer agent of customary representations and other customary documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company and the transfer agent in connection therewith, Holder may request that the Company remove, and the Company shall cause to be removed, any legend from the book entry position(s) or certificate(s) evidencing its Registrable Securities at any time that such Registrable Securities (A) are subject to or have been or are about to be sold or transferred pursuant to, an effective registration statement (including a registration statement filed under this Agreement); (B) have been or are about to be sold pursuant to Rule 144; or (C) may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without restriction on the volume or manner of sale and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act). If required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company shall cause its counsel to deliver to such transfer agent an opinion of counsel to the effect that the removal of restrictive legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Securities Act. If restrictive legends are no longer required for such Registrable Securities pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2 and within two (2) business days of any request therefor from Holder accompanied by such customary and reasonably acceptable representations and other documentation referred to above establishing that restrictive legends are no longer required, deliver to the transfer agent irrevocable instructions that the transfer agent shall make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry Registrable Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all Depository Trust Company fees associated with such issuance.

 

b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to delay or postpone the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and, from time to time, to require Holder not to sell under the Registration Statement or to suspend the effectiveness or use thereof, if it determines that the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof (a “Subsidiary”) is pending or an event has occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event that the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) reasonably believes, upon the advice of outside legal counsel, would require additional disclosure by the Company in the Registration Statement of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in the Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Company, upon the advice of outside legal counsel, to cause the Registration Statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements or is otherwise necessary for the Registration Statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, however, that the Company may not delay or suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement on more than two (2) occasions or for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days, or for more than sixty (60) total calendar days, in each case during any twelve-month period. Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company of the happening of any Suspension Event (which notice shall not contain material, nonpublic information) during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any related prospectus includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Holder agrees that (i) it will promptly discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until Holder receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by the Company, Holder will deliver to the Company or, in Holder’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Registrable Securities in Holder’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Registrable Securities shall not apply (A) to the extent Holder is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (x) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (y) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (B) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

 

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c. Holder may deliver written notice (including via email in accordance with Section 5.g) (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that Holder not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Section 2; provided, however, that Holder may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Holder (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notices to Holder and Holder shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Holder’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Holder will notify the Company in writing at least two (2) business days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 2.c) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Company will so notify Holder, within one (1) business day of Holder’s notification to the Company, by delivering to Holder a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Holder with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event immediately upon its availability.

 

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

 

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4. Indemnification

 

a. The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Holder (to the extent a seller under the Registration Statement), its directors, officers, agents, broker-dealers, and employees and each person who controls Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all out-of-pocket losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable and documented costs (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable documented attorneys’ fees of one legal counsel (and one local counsel)) and all other reasonable and documented expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or relating to any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact included in any prospectus included (or incorporated by reference) in the Registration Statement, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based upon information regarding Holder furnished in writing to the Company by Holder expressly for use therein or Holder has omitted a material fact from such information or otherwise violated the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder; provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this Section 4 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable for any Losses to the extent they arise out of or are based upon a violation which occurs (A) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by Holder expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, or (B) in connection with any offers or sales effected by or on behalf of Holder in violation of Section 1.b hereof. The Company shall notify Holder reasonably promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section 4 of which the Company is aware. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Holder, effect any settlement of any pending proceeding in respect of which Holder or any other person entitled to indemnification hereunder is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of Holder or such other person, as applicable, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by Holder.

 

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b. Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or in any amendment or supplement thereto or arising out of or relating to any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact included in any prospectus included in the Registration Statement, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omissions are based upon information regarding Holder furnished in writing to the Company by Holder expressly for use therein or a material fact that Holder has omitted from such information; provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this Section 4.b shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses if such settlement is effected without the consent of Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). In no event shall the liability of Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation. Holder shall notify the Company promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this [Section 4.b]of which Holder is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by Holder.

 

c. If the indemnification provided under this Section 4 from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Losses, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 4.c from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Each indemnifying party’s obligation to make a contribution pursuant to this Section 4.c shall be several, not joint. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 4 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.

 

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

 

5. Miscellaneous

 

a. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

b. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective affiliates and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

c. If any provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

d. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

e. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts (including by electronic means), all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 (e.g., www.docusign.com), such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

f. Each party shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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g. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or telecopied, sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) upon receipt of an appropriate electronic answerback or confirmation when so delivered by telecopy (to such number specified below or another number or numbers as such person may subsequently designate by notice given hereunder), (iii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email or (iv) five (5) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

(A) if to Holder, to such address or addresses set forth on the signature page hereto;

 

 (B) if to the Company to:

 

Agriforce Growing Systems, Ltd.
800-525 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1C6
Attention: Jolie Kahn
Email: jkahn@agriforcegs.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

3 World Trade Center

New York, NY 10007

Attention: Michael A. Adelstein

Email: madelstein@kelleydrye.com

 

h.  This Agreement, and any claim or cause of action hereunder based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement (whether based on law, in equity, in contract, in tort or any other theory) or the negotiation, execution, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

 

THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY SUCH A NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.g OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.

 

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EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.h.

 

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

 

j.  The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 50.1% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that, if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall be required. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 5.j. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

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

 

l. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Issuer and each Holder has executed or caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first written above.

 

  ISSUER:
   
 

AGRIFORCE GROWING SYSTEMS, LTD.

   
  By:  
  Name: Jolie Kahn
  Email: jkahn@agriforces.com

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 
 

  

  HOLDER:
   
 

[                       ]

   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  
  Email:  
     
  Address:  
   

     

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

EX-10.3 5 ex10-3.htm EX-10.3

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of October [●], 2025, is between AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd., a company existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “Corporation”) and [DIRECTOR] (the “Indemnitee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Indemnitee is either a director, an officer or a director and officer of the Corporation; and

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) has determined that enhancing the ability of the Corporation to retain and attract qualified directors and officers is in the best interests of the Corporation and that the Corporation therefore should seek to assure such persons that indemnification and insurance coverage is available.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the Indemnitee’s agreement to continue to provide services to the Corporation, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “Act” means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia).

 

(b) “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

(c) “Board” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(d) “Claim” means:

 

(i) any threatened, pending or completed action, application, suit, prosecution, assessment, reassessment, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, investigative or other, and whether made under federal, provincial, foreign or other law; or

 

(ii) any inquiry, hearing or investigation that may lead to the institution of any such action, application, suit, prosecution, assessment, reassessment, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism.

 

(e) “Constating Documents” means the Articles and Notice of Articles of the Corporation.

 

(f) “Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

(g) “Court” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20.

 

(h) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to the Claim in respect of which indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee.

 

(i) “Entity” means a corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

 

(j) “Expenses” means any and all expenses, including counsel’s and experts’ fees, court costs, transcript costs, travel expenses, duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone charges and all other costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness or participate in, any Claim. Expenses also shall include (i) expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Claim, including the premium, security for and other costs relating to any security required to be posted for any appeal or its equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of Section 4 only, expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defence of the Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by the Indemnitee or the amount of judgments, penalties or fines against the Indemnitee.

 

 
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(k) “Expense Advance” means any payment of Expenses advanced to the Indemnitee by the Corporation under Section 3 or Section 4.

 

(l) “Indemnifiable Event” means any event or occurrence, whether occurring before, on or after the date of this Agreement, related to the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or in a similar capacity of any other Entity or by reason of an action or inaction by the Indemnitee in any such capacity (whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any Loss is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement).

 

(m) “Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

(n) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporate law and neither presently performs, nor in the past five (5) years has performed, services for either: (i) the Corporation or the Indemnitee (other than in connection with matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement or of other indemnitees under similar agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Claim giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any Person who, under the applicable rules of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

(o) “Losses” means any and all Expenses, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties (whether civil, criminal or other), goods and services or harmonized sales taxes, amounts paid or payable in settlement, including any interest, assessments, any federal, provincial, local or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, any amounts required to be paid by the Indemnitee to gross up for any taxes imposed on any payment under this Agreement, and all other charges paid or payable in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness or participate in, any Claim.

 

(p) “Notification Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).

 

(q) “Other Indemnity Provisions” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.

 

(r) “Person” means any individual or Entity.

 

(s) “Standard of Conduct Determination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

 

 
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2. Indemnification. Subject to Section 8 and Section 9, the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect on the date hereof, or as such laws may from time to time hereafter be amended to increase the scope of such permitted indemnification, against any and all Losses if the Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or participant in, any Claim by reason of or arising in part out of an Indemnifiable Event, including Claims brought by or in the right of the Corporation, Claims brought by third parties and Claims in which the Indemnitee is solely a witness.

 

3. Advancement of Expenses. Subject to Section 8 and Section 9, the Indemnitee shall have the right to advancement by the Corporation, before the final disposition of any Claim by final adjudication to which there are no further rights of appeal, of any, and all, Expenses actually and reasonably paid or incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any Claim arising out of an Indemnifiable Event. Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, within five (5) days after any request by the Indemnitee, the Corporation shall, in accordance with such request, (a) pay such Expenses on behalf of the Indemnitee, (b) advance to the Indemnitee funds in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses, or (c) reimburse the Indemnitee for such Expenses. In connection with any request for Expense Advances, the Indemnitee shall not be required to provide any documentation or information to the extent that the provision thereof would undermine or otherwise jeopardize solicitor-client or litigation privilege. In connection with any request for Expense Advances, the Indemnitee shall execute and deliver to the Corporation an undertaking (which shall be accepted without reference to the Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expense Advances) to repay any amounts paid, advanced or reimbursed by the Corporation for such Expenses to the extent that it is ultimately determined, following the final disposition of such Claim, that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Corporation for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

 

4. Indemnification for Expenses in Enforcing Rights. To the fullest extent allowable under applicable law, the Corporation shall also indemnify against, and, if requested by the Indemnitee, shall advance to the Indemnitee, subject to and in accordance with Section 3, any Expenses actually and reasonably paid or incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any action or proceeding by the Indemnitee for (a) indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of the Expenses by the Corporation under any provision of this Agreement, or under any other agreement or provision of the Constating Documents now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims relating to Indemnifiable Events, and (b) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Corporation. However, if the Indemnitee is ultimately determined not to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be, then all amounts advanced under this Section 4 shall be repaid. The Indemnitee shall be required to reimburse the Corporation if a final judicial determination is made that such action brought by the Indemnitee was frivolous or not made in good faith.

 

5. Partial Indemnity. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for a portion of any Losses in respect of a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event but not for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is entitled.

 

 
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6. Notification and Defence of Claims.

 

(a) Notification. The Indemnitee shall notify the Corporation in writing as soon as practicable of any Claim which could relate to an Indemnifiable Event or for which the Indemnitee could seek Expense Advances, including a brief description (based upon information then available to the Indemnitee) of the nature of, and the facts underlying, such Claim. The failure by the Indemnitee to notify the Corporation hereunder on a timely basis shall not relieve the Corporation from any liability hereunder except to the extent that such failure materially prejudices the Corporation. If at the time of the receipt of such notice, the Corporation has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect under which coverage for Claims related to Indemnifiable Events is potentially available, the Corporation shall give prompt written notice to the applicable insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies. The Corporation shall provide to the Indemnitee a copy of such notice delivered to the applicable insurers, and copies of all subsequent correspondence between the Corporation and such insurers regarding the Claim, in each case substantially concurrently with the delivery or receipt thereof by the Corporation.

 

(b) Defence of Claims. The Corporation shall be entitled to participate in the defence of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event at its own expense and, except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Corporation so wishes, it may assume the defence thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee. After notice from the Corporation to the Indemnitee of its election to assume the defence of any such Claim, the Corporation shall not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently directly incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the Indemnitee’s defence of such Claim other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ the Indemnitee’s own legal counsel in such Claim, but all Expenses related to such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of the defence shall be at the Indemnitee’s own expense; provided that, if (i) the Indemnitee’s employment of the Indemnitee’s own legal counsel has been authorized by the Corporation, (ii) there may be a conflict of interest between the Indemnitee and the Corporation in the defence of such Claim, with Indemnitee’s good faith determination being conclusive as to the fact as to whether such conflict of interest exists, or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defence of such Claim, then the Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain the Indemnitee’s own separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable, local counsel in respect of any such Claim) and all Expenses related to such separate counsel shall be borne by the Corporation.

 

7. Procedure upon Application for Indemnification. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall submit to the Corporation a written request therefor, including in such request such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of the Claim, provided that documentation and information need not be so provided to the extent that the provision thereof would undermine or otherwise jeopardize solicitor-client or litigation privilege. Indemnification shall be made insofar as the Corporation determines, acting reasonably, that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification in accordance with Section 8.

 

8. Determination of Right to Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification as a Witness. To the extent that the Indemnitee’s involvement in a Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event is to prepare to serve and serve as a witness, and not as a party, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Losses incurred in connection therewith to the fullest extent allowable by law and no Standard of Conduct Determination (as defined in Section 8(b)) shall be required.

 

 
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(b) Standard of Conduct. Any determination of whether the Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under the Act that is a legally required condition to indemnification of the Indemnitee hereunder against Losses relating to such Claim or an Expense Advance (a “Standard of Conduct Determination”) shall be made, (A) if the Indemnitee so requests in writing, by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even if less than a quorum of the Board, or (B) otherwise, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee against and, if requested by the Indemnitee, shall reimburse the Indemnitee for, or advance to the Indemnitee, within five (5) days of such request, any, and all, Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in cooperating with the Person or Persons making such Standard of Conduct Determination.

 

(c) Making the Standard of Conduct Determination. The Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any Standard of Conduct Determination required under Section 8(b) to be made as promptly as practicable. If the Person or Persons designated to make the Standard of Conduct Determination under Section 8(b) shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after the later of (i) receipt by the Corporation of a written request from the Indemnitee for indemnification under Section 7 (the date of such receipt being the “Notification Date”), and (ii) the selection of an Independent Counsel, if such determination is to be made by Independent Counsel, then the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have satisfied the applicable standard of conduct; provided that such thirty (30) day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the Person or Persons making such determination in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate information relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of the Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made before the final disposition of any Claim.

 

(d) Payment of Indemnification. If, in regard to any Losses:

 

(i) the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification under Section 8(a);

 

(ii) no Standard of Conduct Determination is legally required as a condition to indemnification of the Indemnitee hereunder; or

 

(iii) the Indemnitee has been determined or deemed under Section 8(b) or Section 8(c) to have satisfied the Standard of Conduct Determination,

 

then the Corporation shall pay to the Indemnitee, within five (5) days after the later of: (A) the Notification Date, or (B) the earliest date on which the applicable criterion specified in Section 8(d)(i), (ii) or (iii) is satisfied, an amount equal to such Losses.

 

(e) Selection of Independent Counsel for Standard of Conduct Determination. The Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee, and the Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Corporation advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. The Corporation may, within five (5) days after receiving written notice of selection from the Indemnitee, deliver to the Indemnitee a written objection to such selection; provided that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Independent Counsel” in Section 1(n), 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 such written objection is properly and timely made and substantiated, (i) the Independent Counsel so 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; and (ii) the Indemnitee may, at its option, select an alternative Independent Counsel and give written notice to the Corporation advising the Corporation of the identity of the alternative Independent Counsel so selected, in which case the provisions of the two immediately preceding sentences and Section 8(e)(i) shall apply to such subsequent selection and notice. If applicable, the provisions of Section 8(e)(ii) shall apply to successive alternative selections. If no Independent Counsel that is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(e) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall have been selected within twenty (20) days after the Indemnitee gives the Indemnitee’s initial notice under the first sentence of this Section 8(e), either the Corporation or the Indemnitee may apply to the Court to resolve any objection which shall have been made by the Corporation to the Indemnitee’s selection of Independent Counsel or to appoint as Independent Counsel a Person to be selected by the Court or 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 will act as Independent Counsel. In all events, the Corporation shall pay all the reasonable fees, disbursements and charges of the Independent Counsel incurred in connection with the Independent Counsel’s determination under Section 8(b).

 

 
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(f) Presumptions and Defences.

 

(i) The Indemnitee’s Entitlement to Indemnification. In making any Standard of Conduct Determination, the Person making such determination shall presume that the Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable standard of conduct and is entitled to indemnification or an Expense Advance, and the Corporation shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption and establish that the Indemnitee is not so entitled. Any Standard of Conduct Determination that is adverse to the Indemnitee may be challenged by the Indemnitee in a Court. No determination by the Corporation (including by its directors or any Independent Counsel) that the Indemnitee has not satisfied any applicable standard of conduct may be used as a defence to any legal proceedings brought by the Indemnitee to secure indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses by the Corporation hereunder or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard of conduct.

 

(ii) Good Faith Reliance as a Safe Harbour. For purposes of this Agreement, and without creating any presumption as to a lack of good faith if the following circumstances do not exist, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation (or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other Entity for which the Indemnitee acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Corporation’s request) if the Indemnitee’s actions or omissions to act are taken in good faith reliance upon the records of the Corporation, including its financial statements, or upon information, opinions, reports or statements furnished to the Indemnitee by the officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or Entities in the course of their duties, or by committees of the Board or by any other Person (including legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors) as to matters that the Indemnitee in good faith reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation. Also, the knowledge and or actions, or failures to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall not be imputed to the Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnity hereunder.

 

 
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(iii) No Other Presumptions. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without Court approval) or conviction will not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet any applicable standard of conduct or have any particular belief, or that indemnification hereunder is otherwise not permitted unless the Indemnitee was judged by a Court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the Indemnitee ought to have done.

 

(iv) Defence to Indemnification and Burden of Proof. It shall be a defence to any action brought by the Indemnitee against the Corporation to enforce this Agreement (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Losses incurred in defending against a Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event in advance of its final disposition) that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Corporation to indemnify the Indemnitee for the amount claimed or advance funds for Expenses. In connection with any such action or any related Standard of Conduct Determination, the burden of proving such a defence or that the Indemnitee did not satisfy the applicable standard of conduct shall be on the Corporation.

 

9. Exclusions from Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be obligated to:

 

(a) indemnify or advance funds to the Indemnitee for Expenses or Losses with respect to proceedings initiated by the Indemnitee, including any proceedings against the Corporation or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees and not by way of defence, except:

 

(i) proceedings referred to in Section 4 (unless a Court determines that each of the material assertions made by the Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous); or

 

(ii) where the Corporation has joined in, or the Board has consented to, the initiation of such proceedings;

 

(b) indemnify the Indemnitee if a final decision by a Court determines that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law;

 

(c) indemnify the Indemnitee for the disgorgement of profits arising from the purchase or sale by the Indemnitee of securities of the Corporation in violation of the Securities Act (British Columbia) or any similar legislation;

 

(d) indemnify the Indemnitee in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the Indemnitee shall have been adjudicated by a Court, in a decision from which there is no further right of appeal, to be liable for gross negligence or knowing or willful misconduct in the performance of his/her duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that any such Court in which such action was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such Losses as such Court shall deem proper; or

 

(e) indemnify the Indemnitee or pay expenses of the Indemnitee where such indemnification is prohibited by the Act, including without limitation Section 163 of the Act.

 

 
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10. Settlement of Claims. The Corporation shall not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any threatened or pending Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event made without the Corporation’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Corporation shall not settle any Claim related to an Indemnifiable Event in any manner that would impose any Losses on the Indemnitee, include any admission of fault by the Indemnitee, or impose any non-monetary obligations on the Indemnitee, in each case without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

11. Duration. All agreements and obligations of the Corporation contained herein shall continue during the period that the Indemnitee is a director or officer of the Corporation (or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, member, trustee or agent of another Entity) and shall continue thereafter (a) so long as the Indemnitee may be subject to any possible Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event (including any rights of appeal thereto), and (b) throughout the pendency of any proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto) commenced by the Indemnitee to enforce or interpret the Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, even if, in either case, the Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any such Claim or proceeding.

 

12. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of the Indemnitee hereunder will be in addition to any other rights the Indemnitee may have under the Constating Documents, the Act or any other contract or otherwise (collectively, “Other Indemnity Provisions”).

 

13. Liability Insurance. For the duration of the Indemnitee’s service as a director, an officer or a director and officer of the Corporation, and thereafter for so long as the Indemnitee shall be subject to any pending Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event, the Corporation shall continue to maintain in effect policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage that is at least substantially comparable in scope and amount to that provided by the Corporation’s then current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance when such director or officer, as applicable, first assumed such role at the Corporation In all policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by the Corporation, the Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide the Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are provided to the most favourably insured of the Corporation’s directors, if the Indemnitee is a director, or of the Corporation’s officers, if the Indemnitee is an officer (and not a director) by such policy. Upon request, the Corporation will provide to the Indemnitee copies of all directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies, declarations, endorsements and other related materials. In the event of a change in control subsequent to the date of this Agreement, or the Corporation’s becoming insolvent (including but not limited to being placed into receivership, an assignment for the benefit of creditors or entering the federal bankruptcy process), the Corporation maintain in force any and all insurance policies then maintained by the Corporation for the purpose of providing coverage to the Corporation’s directors and officers (including but not limited to directors and officers liability, fiduciary and employment practices insurance) for a fixed period of six years thereafter. Such coverage shall be non-cancelable and shall be placed and serviced by the Corporation’s incumbent insurance broker or a broker selected by a majority of the non-management members of the Board.

 

14. No Duplication of Payments. The Corporation shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to the Indemnitee in respect of any Losses to the extent the Indemnitee has otherwise received payment under any insurance policy, the Constating Documents, Other Indemnity Provisions or otherwise of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable by the Corporation hereunder.

 

 
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15. Subrogation. In the event of payment to the Indemnitee under this Agreement, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee. The Indemnitee shall execute all documents required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Corporation to effectively bring suit to enforce such rights; provided that (a) the Corporation shall bear all associated costs and expenses, (b) the Indemnitee shall not be required to take any action that could reasonably be expected to involve material inconvenience, expense or the waiver of any privilege, and (c) the Corporation shall not exercise any such rights in a manner that would adversely affect the Indemnitee’s rights or position under this Agreement or any applicable insurance policy.

 

16. Amendments. No supplement, modification 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 binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof. No amendment to the Corporation’s Constating Documents, bylaws, policies or this Agreement, nor any change in law, shall adversely affect the rights of the Indemnitee hereunder for acts, omissions, events or circumstances occurring prior to such amendment or change without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

 

17. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and endure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, amalgamation, arrangement or otherwise to all or substantially all the property of the Corporation), assigns, spouses, heirs and personal and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, amalgamation, arrangement or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the property of the Corporation, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

18. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable if any of the provisions hereof (including any portion thereof) are held by a Court to be invalid, illegal, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

19. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand, against receipt, (ii) mailed, by postage prepaid, certified or registered mail or (iii) sent by email to the email address provided below (or to such other address or email address as a party may designate by notice in accordance with this Section 19):

 

(a) if to the Indemnitee, to the address and/or email address set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

(b) if to the Corporation, to:

 

AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd.

800-525 West 8th Avenue

Vancouver, British Columbia

V5Z 1C6

Attn: Jolie Kahn, Chief Executive Officer
Email: jkahn@agriforcegs.com

 

Notice of change of address or email address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section 19. All notices complying with this Section 19 shall be deemed to have been received (A) on the date of hand delivery, (B) on the third (3rd) business day after mailing, or (C) if sent by email, on the date of transmission if sent prior to 5:00 p.m. (recipient’s local time) on a business day, or otherwise on the next business day, provided that no error or “bounce back” message indicating failure of delivery is received by the sender.

 

 
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20. Governing Law and Forum Selection. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia, and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the Province of British Columbia or any other jurisdiction). Any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted in the courts of the Province of British Columbia (the “Court”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Court in any such action or proceeding. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the venue of any action or proceeding in the Court and irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim in the Court that any such action or proceeding brought in the Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

21. Headings. The headings of the sections and 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 or interpretation thereof.

 

22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

23. Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (b) the word “or” is not exclusive; (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereby”, “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole; (d) whenever the singular is used herein, the same shall include the plural, and whenever the plural is used herein, the same shall include the singular, where appropriate; and (e) whenever the masculine is used herein, the same shall include the feminine, and whenever the feminine is used herein, the same shall include the masculine, where appropriate. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein: (x) to sections, schedules and exhibits mean the sections of, and schedules and exhibits attached to, this Agreement; (y) to an agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof; and (z) to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted. The exhibit referred to herein shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent as if it was set forth verbatim herein.

 

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

 

 

AGRIFORCE GROWING SYSTEMS LTD.

   
  By:               
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

SIGNED & DELIVERED
In the presence of:

     
       
            
Witness:     Name: [DIRECTOR]
       
       
       
       
       
      Address