VIASPACE INC. PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.1
Execution Copy
Dated as of: November 2, 2006
Newbridge Securities Corporation
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, VIASPACE Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby agrees
with Newbridge Securities Corporation (the “Placement Agent”) as follows:
1. Offering. The Company hereby engages the Placement Agent to act as its exclusive
placement agent in connection with the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement dated the date hereof
between the Company and Cornell Capital Partners, LP (the “Investor”) (the “Standby
Equity Distribution Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company shall issue and sell to the
Investor, from time to time, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company (the
“Offering”) up to Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) (the “Commitment Amount”) of
the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at price per
share equal to the Purchase Price, as that term is defined in the Standby Equity Distribution
Agreement. The Placement Agent services shall consist of reviewing the terms of the Standby Equity
Distribution Agreement and advising the Company with respect to those terms.
All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning
ascribed to them as in the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement. The Investor will be granted
certain registration rights with respect to the Common Stock as more fully set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the Investor dated the date hereof (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”). The Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
together with the documents to be executed and delivered in connection with the Offering,
including, but not limited, to this Agreement, the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, and the
Registration Rights Agreement are referred to sometimes hereinafter collectively as the
“Offering Materials.” The Company’s Common Stock purchased by the Investor under the
Standby Equity Distribution Agreement is sometimes referred to hereinafter as the
“Securities.” The Placement Agent shall not be obligated to sell any Securities.
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2. Compensation.
A. Upon the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Placement Agent or its
designee shares of the Company’s Common Stock in an amount equal to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000)
divided by the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP, on
the date hereof (the “Placement Agent’s Shares”). The Placement Agent shall be entitled to
“piggy-back” registration rights with respect to the Placement Agent’s Shares, which shall be
triggered upon registration of any shares of Common Stock by the Company pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof.
3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Placement Agent.
A. The Placement Agent represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
(i) The Placement Agent has the necessary power to enter into this Agreement and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Placement Agent of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein will not result in any violation of, or be in conflict
with, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Placement Agent is a
party or by which the Placement Agent or its properties are bound, or any judgment, decree, order
or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Placement Agent. This Agreement when executed
and delivered by the Placement Agent, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Placement Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (a) the
enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally, (b) the
enforceability hereof is subject to general principles of equity, or (c) the indemnification
provisions hereof may be held to be in violation of public policy.
(iii) Upon receipt and execution of this Agreement, the Placement Agent will promptly forward
copies of this Agreement to the Company or its counsel and the Investor or its counsel.
(iv) The Placement Agent will not intentionally take any action that it reasonably believes
would cause the Offering to violate the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), the
respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”) or
applicable “Blue Sky” laws of any state or jurisdiction.
(v) The Placement Agent is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
and is a broker-dealer registered as such under the 1934 Act and under the securities laws of the
states in which the Securities will be offered or sold by the Placement Agent unless an exemption
for such state registration is available to the Placement Agent. The Placement Agent is in
material compliance with the rules and regulations applicable to the Placement Agent generally,
except where failure to so be in compliance would not materially adversely impact the Offering, and
applicable to the Placement Agent’s participation in the Offering.
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4. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
A. The Company represents and warrants as follows:
(i) The execution, delivery and performance of each of this Agreement, the Standby Equity
Distribution Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement has been or will be duly and validly
authorized by the Company and is, or will be, a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its respective terms, except to the extent that (a) the
enforceability hereof or thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally, (b) the enforceability hereof or thereof is subject to general principles of equity or
(c) the indemnification provisions hereof or thereof may be held to be in violation of public
policy. The Securities to be issued pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid
for in accordance with this Agreement and the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement will be valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
except to the extent that (1) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of
creditors generally, and (2) the enforceability thereof is subject to general principles of equity.
All corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the
Securities has been duly and validly taken by the Company.
(ii) The Company has a duly authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth
herein and in the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement. The Company is not a party to or bound by
any instrument, agreement or other arrangement providing for it to issue any capital stock, rights,
warrants, options or other securities, except for this Agreement, the agreements described herein
and as described in the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement and the agreements described therein,
and except as set forth on Schedule 4(A)(ii). All issued and outstanding securities of the
Company, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the
holders thereof have no rights of rescission or preemptive rights with respect thereto and are not
subject to personal liability solely by reason of being security holders; and none of such
securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the
Company.
(iii) The shares of Common Stock to be issued in accordance with this Agreement and the
Standby Equity Distribution Agreement have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in
accordance with this Agreement and the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement and the
certificates/instruments representing such Common Stock will be validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable; the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of
being such holders; and such Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of
any holder of any security of the Company.
(iv) The Company has good and marketable title to, or valid and enforceable leasehold estates
in, all items of real and personal property necessary to conduct its business (including, without
limitation, any real or personal property stated in the Offering Materials to be owned or leased by
the Company), free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
claims, security interests and defects of any material nature whatsoever, other than those set
forth in the Offering Materials and liens for taxes not yet due and payable.
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(v) There is no litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, threatened against, or involving the material properties or business of the Company,
except as set forth in the Offering Materials.
(vi) The Company is duly organized and validly exists as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of the State of Nevada. Except as set forth in the Offering Materials, the Company does
not own or control, directly or indirectly, an interest in any other corporation, partnership,
trust, joint venture or other business entity. The Company is duly qualified or licensed and in
good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character of its
operations requires such qualification or licensing and where failure to so qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the Company. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority, and all material and necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates
and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies (domestic and foreign) to
conduct its businesses (and proposed business) as described in the Offering Materials. Any
disclosures in the Offering Materials concerning the effects of foreign, federal, state and local
regulation on the Company’s businesses as currently conducted and as contemplated are correct in
all material respects and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein. The
Company has all corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Standby Equity
Distribution Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and to carry out the provisions and
conditions hereof and thereof, and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in
connection herewith and therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of, and
no filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required by the Company for the
issuance of the Securities or execution and delivery of the Offering Materials except for those
that are required under applicable federal and state securities laws.
(vii) There has been no material adverse change in the condition or prospects of the Company,
financial or otherwise, from the latest dates as of which such condition or prospects,
respectively, are described in the Offering Materials, and the outstanding debt, the property and
the business of the Company conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained
in the Offering Materials.
(viii) Except as set forth in the Offering Materials, the Company is not in breach of, or in
default under, any term or provision of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease,
note, loan or any other material agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed
money, or any other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
of its properties may be bound or affected. The Company is not in violation of any provision of
its charter or by-laws or in violation of any material franchise, license, permit, judgment, decree
or order, or in violation of any material statute, rule or regulation. Neither the execution and
delivery of the Offering Materials nor the issuance and sale or delivery of the Securities, nor the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated in the Offering Materials nor the compliance
by the Company with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof, has conflicted with or will
conflict with, or has resulted in or will result in a breach of, any of the terms and provisions
of, or has constituted or will constitute a
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default under, or has resulted in or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or any other agreement or instrument evidencing an
obligation for borrowed money, or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company may be
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject except (a) where such
default, lien, charge or encumbrance would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
(b) as described in the Offering Materials; nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter or the by-laws of the Company or, assuming the due performance by the
Placement Agent of its obligations hereunder, any material statute or any material order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company of any court or of any foreign, federal, state or other
regulatory authority or other government body having jurisdiction over the Company.
(ix) Subsequent to the dates as of which information is given in the Offering Materials, and
except as may otherwise be indicated or contemplated herein or therein the Company has not (a)
issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed
money, or (b) entered into any transaction other than in the ordinary course of business, or (c)
declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution on or in respect of its capital stock.
Except as described in the Offering Materials, the Company has no outstanding obligations to any
officer or director of the Company other than amounts payable in the ordinary course of business in
connection with services provided to the Company.
(x) Other than pursuant to the letter dated September 12, 2006 by and between the Company and
Gilford Securities, Inc. the Company has received no claims for services in the nature of a
finder’s or origination fee with respect to the sale of the Common Stock and is not aware of any
other arrangements, agreements or understandings that may affect the Placement Agent’s
compensation, as determined by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(xi) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company owns or possesses, free and clear of
all liens or encumbrances and rights thereto or therein by third parties, the requisite licenses or
other rights to use all trademarks, service marks, copyrights, service names, trade names, patents,
patent applications and licenses reasonably necessary to conduct its business (including, without
limitation, any such licenses or rights described in the Offering Materials as being owned or
possessed by the Company) and, except as set forth in the Offering Materials, there is no claim or
action by any person pertaining to, or proceeding, pending or threatened, which challenges the
exclusive rights of the Company with respect to any trademarks, service marks, copyrights, service
names, trade names, patents, patent applications and licenses used in the conduct of the Company’s
businesses (including, without limitation, any such licenses or rights described in the Offering
Materials as being owned or possessed by the Company) except any claim or action that would not
have a material adverse effect on the Company; to the best of the Company’s knowledge, the
Company’s current products, services or processes do not infringe on the patents currently held by
any third party.
(xii) Subject to the performance by the Placement Agent of its obligations hereunder the offer
and sale of the Securities complies, and will continue to comply, in all material respects with the
requirements of Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated by the
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SEC pursuant to the 1933 Act and any other applicable federal and state laws, rules,
regulations and executive orders. Neither the Offering Materials nor any amendment or supplement
thereto nor any documents prepared by the Company in connection with the Offering will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. All statements of material facts in the Offering Materials are true and
correct as of the respective dates of the Offering Materials.
(xiii) All material taxes which are due and payable from the Company have been paid in full or
adequate provision has been made for such taxes on the books of the Company, except for those taxes
disputed in good faith by the Company
(xiv) None of the Company nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents, nor any
other person acting on behalf of the Company, has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give
any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal price concessions to customers in the ordinary
course of business) to any customer, supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier, or
official or employee of any governmental agency or instrumentality of any government (domestic or
foreign) or any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or other person who
is or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of the Company (or assist it in
connection with any actual or proposed transaction) which might subject the Company to any damage
or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding.
5. Certain Covenants and Agreements of the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees at its expense and without any expense to the Placement
Agent, until such time as this Agreement is terminated, as follows:
A. To advise the Placement Agent of any material adverse change in the Company’s financial
condition, prospects or business or of any development materially affecting the Company or
rendering untrue or misleading any material statement in the Offering Materials occurring at any
time as soon as the Company is either informed or becomes aware thereof.
B. To use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Stock issuable in connection
with the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement to be qualified or registered for sale on terms
consistent with those stated in the Registration Rights Agreement and under the securities laws of
such jurisdictions as the Placement Agent shall reasonably request. Qualification, registration
and exemption charges and fees shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Company.
C. Upon written request, to provide and continue to provide the Placement Agent copies of all
quarterly financial statements and audited annual financial statements prepared by or on behalf of
the Company, other reports prepared by or on behalf of the Company for public disclosure and all
documents delivered to the Company’s stockholders.
D. To comply with the terms of the Offering Materials.
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E. To ensure that any transactions between or among the Company, or any of its officers,
directors and affiliates be on terms and conditions that are no less favorable to the Company, than
the terms and conditions that would be available in an “arm’s length” transaction with an
independent third party.
F. Upon the effectiveness of a registration statement covering the Securities, the Company
shall promptly provide the Placement Agent with an opinion of Counsel to the Company, which opinion
shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent.
G. At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall have been furnished such documents,
certificates and opinions as it may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling the Placement
Agent to review or pass upon the matters referred to in this Agreement and the Offering Materials,
or in order to evidence the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction of any of the representations,
warranties or conditions herein contained.
6. Indemnification and Limitation of Liability.
A. The Company hereby agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Placement Agent and each
officer, director, shareholder, employee or representative of the Placement Agent and each person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Placement Agent within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act or the SEC’s Rules and Regulations
promulgated thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”), harmless from and against any and all
loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and
all reasonable legal fees and other expenses and disbursements incurred in connection with
investigating, preparing to defend or defending any action, suit or proceeding, including any
inquiry or investigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever or in appearing or
preparing for appearance as a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, including any inquiry,
investigation or pretrial proceeding such as a deposition) to which the Placement Agent or such
indemnified person of the Placement Agent may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the
Rules and Regulations, or any other federal or state law or regulation, common law or otherwise,
arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in (a) Section 4 of this Agreement, (b) the Offering Materials (except those written
statements relating to the Placement Agent given by the Placement Agent for inclusion therein), (c)
any application or other document or written communication executed by the Company or based upon
written information furnished by the Company filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the
Common Stock under the securities laws thereof, or any state securities commission or agency; (ii)
the omission or alleged omission from documents described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; or (iii) the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the
Company in this Agreement. The Company further agrees that upon demand by an indemnified person,
at any time or from time to time, it will promptly reimburse such indemnified person for any loss,
claim, damage, liability, cost or expense actually and reasonably paid by the indemnified person as
to which the Company has indemnified such person pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Paragraph 6(A), any such payment or reimbursement by the Company of fees,
expenses or
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disbursements incurred by an indemnified person in any proceeding in which a final judgment by
a court of competent jurisdiction (after all appeals or the expiration of time to appeal) is
entered against the Placement Agent or such indemnified person based upon specific finding of fact
that the Placement Agent or such indemnified person’s gross negligence or willful misfeasance
resulted in the loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense will be promptly repaid to the
Company.
B. The Placement Agent hereby agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Company and each
officer, director, shareholder, employee or representative of the Company, and each person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act or the Rules and Regulations, harmless from and
against any and all loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense whatsoever (including, but not
limited to, any and all reasonable legal fees and other expenses and disbursements incurred in
connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any action, suit or proceeding,
including any inquiry or investigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever or in
appearing or preparing for appearance as a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, including any
inquiry, investigation or pretrial proceeding such as a deposition) to which the Company or such
indemnified person of the Company may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the Rules
and Regulations, or any other federal or state law or regulation, common law or otherwise, arising
out of or based upon (i) the material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
made by the Placement Agent in this Agreement, or (ii) any false or misleading information provided
to the Company in writing by one of the Placement Agent’s indemnified persons specifically for
inclusion in the Offering Materials.
C. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of commencement of any action
covered by Section 6(A) or (B), the party to be indemnified shall, within five (5) business days,
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; the omission by one (1) indemnified
party to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its
obligation to indemnify any other indemnified party that has given such notice and shall not
relieve the indemnifying party of any liability outside of this indemnification if not materially
prejudiced thereby. In the event that any action is brought against the indemnified party, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent it may desire, to
assume and control the defense thereof with counsel chosen by it which is reasonably acceptable to
the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election to so assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under such Section 6(A) or (B), for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, but the indemnified
party may, at its own expense, participate in such defense by counsel chosen by it, without,
however, impairing the indemnifying party’s control of the defense. Subject to the proviso of this
sentence and notwithstanding any other statement to the contrary contained herein, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to choose its or their own counsel and control the defense of
any action, all at the expense of the indemnifying party if (i) the employment of such counsel
shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party in connection with the defense of
such action at the expense of the indemnifying party, or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party to have charge of the defense of
such action within a reasonable time after
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notice of
commencement of the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional
to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying
parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified
party or parties), in any of which events such reasonable fees and expenses of one additional
counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party; provided, however, that the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related
actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstance, be
liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time
for all such indemnified parties. No settlement of any action or proceeding against an indemnified
party shall be made without the consent of the indemnifying party.
D. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in Section 6(A) or 7(B) is due in accordance with its terms but is for
any reason held by a court to be unavailable on grounds of policy or otherwise, the Company and the
Placement Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the investigation or
defense of same) which the other may incur in such proportion so that the Placement Agent shall be
responsible for such percent of the aggregate of such losses, claims, damages and liabilities as
shall equal the percentage of the gross proceeds paid to the Placement Agent and the Company shall
be responsible for the balance; provided, however, that no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes
of this Section 6(D), any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
Placement Agent, or any partner, director, officer, employee, representative or any agent of any
thereof, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Placement Agent and each person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each officer of the Company and each director
of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to
contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against the
other party under this Section 6(D), notify such party from whom contribution may be sought, but
the omission to so notify such party shall not relieve the party from whom contribution may be
sought from any obligation they may have hereunder or otherwise if the party from whom contribution
may be sought is not materially prejudiced thereby.
E. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 6 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
indemnified person or any termination of this Agreement.
F. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liability of the
Placement Agent and each officer, director, shareholder, employee or representative of the
Placement Agent and each person controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
Placement Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act or
the Rules and Regulations shall not exceed the compensation received by the Placement Agent
pursuant to Section 2 hereof. This limitation of liability shall
apply regardless of the cause of action, whether contract, tort (including, without
limitation, negligence) or breach of statute or any other legal or equitable obligation.
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7. Payment of Expenses.
The Company hereby agrees to bear all of its own expenses in connection with the Offering,
including, but not limited to the following: filing fees, printing and duplicating costs,
advertisements, postage and mailing expenses with respect to the transmission of Offering
Materials, registrar and transfer agent fees, escrow agent fees and expenses, fees of the Company’s
counsel and accountants, issue and transfer taxes, if any.
8. Termination.
This Agreement shall be co-terminus with, and terminate upon the same terms and conditions as
those set forth in the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement.
9. Miscellaneous.
A. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, but all which shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
B. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing and shall
be deemed effective when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, or when received if
personally delivered or faxed (upon confirmation of receipt received by the sending party),
addressed as follows to such other address of which written notice is given to the others):
If to Placement Agent, to:
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C. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in all respects under the laws of the
State of New Jersey, without reference to its conflict of laws rules or principles. Any suit,
action, proceeding or litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and
prosecuted in such federal or state court or courts located within the State of New Jersey as
provided by law. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the jurisdiction of
each such court or courts located within the State of New Jersey and to service of process by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any other manner provided by
applicable law, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any right to claim that any suit,
action, proceeding or litigation so commenced has been commenced in an inconvenient forum.
D. This Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein contain the entire understanding
between the parties hereto and may not be modified or amended except by a writing duly signed by
the party against whom enforcement of the modification or amendment is sought.
E. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, such
invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Placement Agent Agreement as of the
date first written above.
| Viaspace Inc. | ||||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Name: | ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Newbridge Securities Corporation | ||||
| By: | /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Name: | ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ | |||
| Title: | President | |||
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