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COINBASE, INC.
SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made as of the
12ie day of December, 2013 by and among Coinbase, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and the investors listed on Exhibit A attached to this Agreement (each a
"Purchaser" and together the "Purchasers").
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Purchase and Sale of Preferred Stock.
1.1 Sale and Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock.
(a) The Company shall adopt and file with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware on or before the Initial Closing (as defined below) the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation in the form of Exhibit B attached to this Agreement (the "Restated
Certificate").
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each
Purchaser agrees to purchase at the Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to each
Purchaser at the Closing that number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value
per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), set forth opposite each Purchaser's name on Exhibit
A, at a purchase price of $6.04054 per share. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued to
the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement (including any shares issued at the Initial Closing and
any Additional Shares, as defined below) shall be referred to in this Agreement as the "Shares."
1.2 Closing: Delivery.
(a) The initial purchase and sale of the Shares shall take place
remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, at 10:00 am. on December 12, 2013 or
at such other time and place as the Company and the Purchasers mutually agree upon, orally or in
writing (which time and place are designated as the "Initial Closing"). In the event there is more
than one closing, the term "Closing" shall apply to each such closing unless otherwise specified.
(b) At each Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a
certificate representing the Shares being purchased by such Purchaser at such Closing against
payment of the purchase price therefor by check payable to the Company, by wire transfer to a
bank account designated by the Company, by cancellation or conversion of indebtedness of the
Company to Purchaser, including interest, or by any combination of such methods.
1.3 Sale of Additional Shares of Preferred Stock.
(a) If fewer than 4,241,757 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are sold
at the Initial Closing, the Company may sell, on the same terms and conditions as those contained
in this Agreement, such remaining shares of Series B Preferred Stock (subject to appropriate
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adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or similar recapitalization
affecting such shares) of Series B Preferred Stock (the "Additional Shares"), to one or more
purchasers (the "Additional Purchasers") reasonably acceptable to Andreessen Horowitz Fund
III, L.P. ("Andreessen"), provided that (i) such subsequent sale is consummated prior to 180
days after the Initial Closing, (ii) each Additional Purchaser shall become a party to the
Transaction Agreements, (as defined below) (other than the Management Rights Letters), by
executing and delivering a counterpart signature page to each of the Transaction Agreements, and
(iii) Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, counsel for the Company, provides an opinion dated as
of the date of such additional Closing that the offer, issuance, sale and delivery of the Additional
Shares to the Additional Purchasers do not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or applicable state securities laws. Exhibit A to this Agreement shall be updated to
reflect the number of Additional Shares purchased at each such Closing and the parties
purchasing such Additional Shares.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 1.3(a) above, on April 26, 2014,
Andreessen shall purchase from the Company and the persons listed on Schedule A hereto, the
respective number of shares of FF Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock set forth on
Schedule A hereto, representing an aggregate of 608,526 shares of Series B Preferred Stock
(including Series B Preferred Stock issued upon conversion of the FF Preferred Stock), for a
purchase price of $3,675,825.65 (the "April 2014 Closing").
1.4 Defined Terms Used in this Agreement. In addition to the terms defined
above, the following terms used in this Agreement shall be construed to have the meanings set
forth or referenced below.
(a) "Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with
such Person, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer or
director of such Person or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by
one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company
with, such Person.
(b) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) "Company Intellectual Property" means all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service mark applications,
tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, mask works, information and proprietary
rights and processes, similar or other intellectual property rights, subject matter of any of the
foregoing, tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, licenses in to and under any of the
foregoing, and any and all such cases as are necessary to the Company in the conduct of the
Company's business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.
(d) "Indemnification Agreement" means the agreement between the
Company and the director designated by any Purchaser entitled to designate a member of the
Board of Directors pursuant to the Voting Agreement, dated as of the date of the Initial Closing,
in the form of Exhibit D attached to this Agreement.
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(e) "Investors' Rights Agreement" means the Amended and Restated
Investors' Rights Agreement among the Company and the Purchasers dated as of the date of the
Initial Closing, in the form of Exhibit E attached to this Agreement.
(0 "Key Employee" means any executive-level employee (including
division director and vice president-level positions) as well as any employee or consultant who
either alone or in concert with others develops, invents, programs or designs any Company
Intellectual Property.
(g) "Knowledge," including the phrase "to the Company's
knowledge," shall mean the actual knowledge after reasonable investigation of: Brian
Armstrong, Fred Ehrsam and Martine Niejadik.
(h) "Management Rights Letters" means the agreements between the
Company and each of Andreessen, Union Square Ventures 2012 Fund, L.P. and USV Investors
2012 Fund, L.P. (together, "USV") and Ribbit Capital, LP and Fintech Coinbase Holdings, LLC
(together, "Ribbit Capital") dated as of the date of the Initial Closing, in the form of Exhibit F
attached to this Agreement.
(i) "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on the
business, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, financial condition, property, prospects
or results of operations of the Company.
(j) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust,
limited liability company, association or other entity.
(k) "Purchaser" means each of the Purchasers who is initially a party
to this Agreement and any Additional Purchaser who becomes a party to this Agreement at a
subsequent Closing under Subsection 1.3.
(1) "Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement" means the
Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement among the Company, the
Purchasers, and certain other stockholders of the Company, dated as of the date of the Initial
Closing, in the form of Exhibit G attached to this Agreement.
(m) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(n) "Shares" means the shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued at
the Initial Closing and any Additional Shares issued at a subsequent Closing under Subsection
1.3.
(o) "Transaction Agreements" means this Agreement, the Investors'
Rights Agreement, the Management Rights Letters, the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale
Agreement and the Voting Agreement.
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(p) "Voting Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Voting
Agreement among the Company, the Purchasers and certain other stockholders of the Company,
dated as of the date of the Initial Closing, in the form of Exhibit II attached to this Agreement.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents
and warrants to each Purchaser that, except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule attached as
Exhibit C to this Agreement, specifically identifying the relevant subsection hereof, which
exceptions shall be deemed to be part of the representations and warranties made hereunder, the
following representations are true and complete as of the date of the Initial Closing, except as
otherwise indicated.
For purposes of these representations and warranties (other than those in
Subsections 2.2 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6), the term "the Company" shall include any subsidiaries of
the Company, unless otherwise noted herein.
2.1 Organization, Good Standing, Corporate Power and Oualification. The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business
as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.2 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists, immediately
prior to the Initial Closing, of:
32,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value
per share (the "Common Stock"), 8,728,833 shares of which are issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Initial Closing. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have
been duly authorized, are fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all
applicable federal and state securities laws.
(ii) 1,820,000 shares of FF Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par
value, all of which are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Initial Closing. All
outstanding shares of FF Preferred Stock have been duly authorized, are fully paid and
nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
(iii) 9,405,110 shares of Preferred Stock, 5,163,353 of which
have been designated Series A Preferred Stock, all of which are issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Initial Closing, and 4,241,757 of which have been designated Series B
Preferred Stock, none of which are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Initial
Closing. The rights, privileges and preferences of the Preferred Stock are as stated in the
Restated Certificate and as provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(b) The Company has reserved 3,221,968 shares of Common Stock for
issuance to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to its 2013
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Stock Plan duly adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by the Company stockholders
(the "Stock Plan"). Of such reserved shares of Common Stock, no shares have been issued
pursuant to restricted stock purchase agreements, 938,286 options to purchase shares have been
granted and are currently outstanding, and 2,283,682 shares of Common Stock remain available
for issuance to officers, directors, employees and consultants pursuant to the Stock Plan. The
Company has furnished to the Purchasers complete and accurate copies of the Stock Plan and
forms of agreements used thereunder.
(c) There are convertible notes (the "Convertible Notes") with an
aggregate conversion amount of $12,512,728.68 that will convert into an aggregate of 2,071,454
shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 103,883 shares of Common Stock at the Initial Closing.
(d) Subsection 2.2(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the
capitalization of the Company immediately following the Initial Closing including the number of
shares of the following: (i) issued and outstanding Common Stock, including, with respect to
restricted Common Stock, vesting schedule and repurchase price; (ii) granted stock options,
including vesting schedule and exercise price; (iii) shares of Common Stock reserved for future
award grants under the Stock Plan; (iv) each series of Preferred Stock; and (v) warrants or stock
purchase rights, if any. Except for (A) the conversion privileges of the Shares to be issued under
this Agreement, (B) the rights provided in Section 4 of the Investors' Rights Agreement, and (C)
the securities and rights described in Subsection 2.2(62 of this Agreement and Subsection 2.2(d)
of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including
conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal or similar rights) or agreements, orally
or in writing, to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the Company's capital
stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Company's capital
stock. All outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock and all shares of the Company's
Common Stock underlying outstanding options are subject to (i) a right of first refusal in favor of
the Company upon any proposed transfer (other than transfers for estate planning purposes); and
(ii) a lock-up or market standoff agreement of not less than 180 days following the Company's
initial public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act.
(e) None of the Company's stock purchase agreements or stock option
documents contains a provision for acceleration of vesting (or lapse of a repurchase right) or
other changes in the vesting provisions or other terms of such agreement or understanding upon
the occurrence of any event or combination of events, including without limitation in the case
where the Company's Stock Plan is not assumed in an acquisition. The Company has never
adjusted or amended the exercise price of any stock options previously awarded, whether through
amendment, cancellation, replacement grant, repricing, or any other means. Except as set forth
in the Restated Certificate, the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to purchase
or redeem any of its capital stock.
(f) 409A. The Company believes in good faith that any "nonqualified
deferred compensation plan" (as such term is defined under Section 409A(dX1) of the Code and
the guidance thereunder) under which the Company makes, is obligated to make or promises to
make, payments (each, a "409A Plan") complies in all material respects, in both form and
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operation, with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the guidance thereunder. To
the knowledge of the Company, no payment to be made under any 409A Plan is, or will be,
subject to the penalties of Section 409A(aXI) of the Code.
(g) The Company has obtained valid waivers of any rights by other
parties to purchase any of the Shares covered by this Agreement.
2.3 Subsidiaries. The Company does not currently own or control, directly or
indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, limited liability
company, association, or other business entity. The Company is not a participant in any joint
venture, partnership or similar arrangement.
2.4 Authorization. All corporate action required to be taken by the
Company's Board of Directors and stockholders in order to authorize the Company to enter into
the Transaction Agreements, and to issue the Shares at the Closing and the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Shares, has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. All
action on the part of the officers of the Company necessary for the execution and delivery of the
Transaction Agreements, the performance of all obligations of the Company under the
Transaction Agreements to be performed as of the Closing, and the issuance and delivery of the
Shares has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Agreements, when
executed and delivered by the Company, shall constitute valid and legally binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms except
(i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies, or (iii) to the extent the
indemnification provisions contained in the Investors' Rights Agreement and the Indemnification
Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.
2.5 Valid Issuance of Shares. The Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in
accordance with the terms and for the consideration set forth in this Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of restrictions on transfer other than restrictions on
transfer under the Transaction Agreements, applicable state and federal securities laws and liens
or encumbrances created by or imposed by a Purchaser. Assuming the accuracy of the
representations of the Purchasers in Section 3 of this Agreement and subject to the filings
described in Subsection 2.6(ii) below, the Shares will be issued in compliance with all applicable
federal and state securities laws. The Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares has
been duly reserved for issuance, and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Restated
Certificate, will be validly issued, frilly paid and nonassessable and free of restrictions on transfer
other than restrictions on transfer under the Transaction Agreements, applicable federal and state
securities laws and liens or encumbrances created by or imposed by a Purchaser. Based in part
upon the representations of the Purchasers in Section 3 of this Agreement, and subject to
Subsection 2.6 below, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares will be issued
in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
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2.6 Governmental Consents and Filings. Assuming the accuracy of the
representations made by the Purchasers in Section 3 of this Agreement, no consent, approval,
order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any
federal, state or local governmental authority is required on the part of the Company in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
for (i) the filing of the Restated Certificate, which will have been filed as of the Initial Closing,
and (ii) filings pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act, and applicable state securities
laws, which have been made or will be made in a timely manner.
2.7 Litigation. There is no claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration,
complaint, subpoena, regulatory inquiry, enforcement action, charge or investigation pending or
to the Company's knowledge, currently threatened in writing (i) against the Company or any
officer, director or Key Employee of the Company arising out of their employment or board
relationship with the Company; or (ii) to the Company's knowledge, that questions the validity of
the Transaction Agreements or the right of the Company to enter into them, or to consummate
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. Neither the Company nor, to the
Company's knowledge, any of its officers, directors or Key Employees is a party or is named as
subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or
government agency or instrumentality (in the case of officers, directors or Key Employees, such
as would affect the Company). There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the
Company pending or which the Company intends to initiate. The foregoing includes, without
limitation, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or threatened in writing (or any
basis therefor known to the Company) involving the prior employment of any of the Company's
employees, their services provided in connection with the Company's business, or any
information or techniques allegedly proprietary to any of their former employers, or their
obligations under any agreements with prior employers.
2.8 Financial Services Laws and Rules. The Company has at all times used its
reasonable best efforts to comply with all Financial Services Laws and Rules. "Financial Services
Laws and Rules" means all (i) United States state and federal laws and regulations and any
applicable foreign laws and regulations related to money services businesses, anti-money
laundering, money transmission, sale of payment instruments (including stored value, checks and
other instruments), currency exchange, electronic funds transfers, banking, commodities and
securities, privacy and data security, and data breach remediation and notification; (ii) United
States state and federal laws and regulations and any applicable foreign laws and regulations
related to customer identity verification and screening (including the Office of Foreign Assets
Control list of Specially Designated Nationals); and (iii) relevant payment association rules.
2.9 Intellectual Property. The Company owns or possesses or believes it can
acquire on commercially reasonable terms sufficient legal rights to all Company Intellectual
Property without known conflict with, or infringement of, the rights of others. To the Company's
knowledge, no product or service marketed or sold (or proposed to be marketed or sold) by the
Company violates or will violate any license or infringes or will infringe any intellectual property
rights of any other party. Other than with respect to commercially available software products
under standard end-user object code license agreements, there are no outstanding options,
licenses, agreements, claims, encumbrances or shared ownership interests of any kind relating to
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the Company Intellectual Property, nor is the Company bound by or a party to any options,
licenses or agreements of any kind with respect to the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information, proprietary rights and processes of any
other Person. The Company has not received any communications alleging that the Company
has violated or, by conducting its business, would violate any of the patents, trademarks, service
marks, tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets, mask works or other proprietary rights or processes
of any other Person. The Company has obtained and possesses valid licenses to use all of the
software programs present on the computers and other software-enabled electronic devices that it
owns or leases or that it has otherwise provided to its employees for their use in connection with
the Company's business. To the Company's knowledge, it will not be necessary to use any
inventions of any of its employees or consultants (or Persons it currently intends to hire) made
prior to their employment by the Company. Each employee and consultant has assigned to the
Company all intellectual property rights he or she owns that are related to the Company's
business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Subsection 2.9 of the
Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Intellectual Property. Neither the Company, the
Company's products, nor any software or technology developed by or for the Company is subject
to any obligation or condition that would require that any of the Company's products or any other
software or other technology developed by or for the Company (i) be disclosed, distributed, or
made available in source code form; (ii) be licensed with the permission to create derivative
works; or (iii) be redistributable at no charge. For purposes of this Subsection 2.9, the Company
shall be deemed to have knowledge of a patent right if the Company has actual knowledge of the
patent right or would be found to be on notice of such patent right as determined by reference to
United States patent laws.
2.10 Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company is not in violation or
default (i) of any provisions of its Restated Certificate or Bylaws, (ii) of any instrument,
judgment, order, writ or decree, (iii) under any note, indenture or mortgage, or (iv) under any
lease, agreement, contract or purchase order to which it is a party or by which it is bound that is
required to be listed on the Disclosure Schedule, or, (v) to its knowledge, of any provision of
federal or state statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, the violation of which
would have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreements will not result in any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute,
with or without the passage of time and giving of notice, either (i) a default under any such
provision, instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree, contract or agreement or (ii) an event which
results in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of the Company or the
suspension, revocation, forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any material permit or license applicable to
the Company.
2.11 Agreements; Actions.
(a) Except for the Transaction Agreements, there are no agreements,
understandings, instruments, contracts or proposed transactions to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound that involve (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to,
the Company in excess of $50,000, (ii) the license of any patent, copyright, trademark, trade
secret or other proprietary right to or from the Company, (iii) the grant of rights to manufacture,
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produce, assemble, license, market, or sell its products to any other Person that limit the
Company's exclusive right to develop, manufacture, assemble, distribute, market or sell its
products, or (iv) indemnification by the Company with respect to infringements of proprietary
rights.
(b) The Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, or
authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its capital stock,
(ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or incurred any other liabilities individually in
excess of $50,000 or in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate, (iii) made any loans or advances to
any Person, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses, or (iv) sold, exchanged or
otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the sale of its inventory in the
ordinary course of business. For the purposes of subsections (b) and (c) of this Subsection 2.11,
all indebtedness, liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed
transactions involving the same Person (including Persons the Company has reason to believe are
affiliated with each other) shall be aggregated for the purpose of meeting the individual
minimum dollar amounts of such subsection.
(c) The Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness
of any other Person.
2.12 Certain Transactions.
(a) Other than (i) standard employee benefits generally made available
to all employees, (ii) standard director and officer indemnification agreements approved by the
Board of Directors, and (iii) the purchase of shares of the Company's capital stock and the
issuance of options to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock, in each instance,
approved in the written minutes of the Board of Directors (previously provided to the Purchasers
or their counsel), there are no agreements, understandings or proposed transactions between the
Company and any of its officers, directors, consultants or Key Employees, or any Affiliate
thereof.
(b) The Company is not indebted, directly or indirectly, to any of its
directors, officers or employees or to their respective spouses or children or to any Affiliate of
any of the foregoing, other than in connection with expenses or advances of expenses incurred in
the ordinary course of business or employee relocation expenses and for other customary
employee benefits made generally available to all employees. None of the Company's directors,
officers or employees, or any members of their immediate families, or any Affiliate of the
foregoing (i) are, directly or indirectly, indebted to the Company or, to the Company's
knowledge, have any financial interest in any material contract with the Company, or (ii) have
any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which the Company is
affiliated or with which the Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation
which competes with the Company.
2.13 Rights of Registration and Voting Rights. Except as provided in the
Investors' Rights Agreement, the Company is not under any obligation to register under the
Securities Act any of its currently outstanding securities or any securities issuable upon exercise
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or conversion of its currently outstanding securities. To the Company's knowledge, except as
contemplated in the Voting Agreement, no stockholder of the Company has entered into any
agreements with respect to the voting of capital shares of the Company.
2.14 Property. The property and assets that the Company owns are free and
clear of all mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, loans and encumbrances, except for statutory liens for
the payment of current taxes that are not yet delinquent and encumbrances and liens that arise in
the ordinary course of business and do not materially impair the Company's ownership or use of
such property or assets. With respect to the property and assets it leases, the Company is in
compliance with such leases and, to its knowledge, holds a valid leasehold interest free of any
liens, claims or encumbrances other than those of the lessors of such property or assets. The
Company does not own any real property.
2.15 Financial Statements. The Company has made available to each Purchaser
its unaudited financial statements (including balance sheet, income statement and statement of
cash flows) as of October 31, 2013 and for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2013 (collectively,
the "Financial Statements"). The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
indicated, except that the unaudited Financial Statements may not contain all footnotes required
by generally accepted accounting principles. The Financial Statements fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition and operating results of the Company as of the dates,
and for the periods, indicated therein, except that the interim financial statements are subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments. Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, the Company
has no material liabilities or obligations, contingent or otherwise, other than (a) liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the date of the most recent balance
sheet included in the Financial Statements and (b) obligations under contracts and commitments
incurred in the ordinary course of business and not required under generally accepted accounting
principles to be reflected in the Financial Statements, which, in both cases, individually or in the
aggregate are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company.
2.16 Chances. Since October 31, 2013, there has not been:
(a) any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating
results of the Company from that reflected in the Financial Statements, except changes in the
ordinary course of business that have not caused, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by
insurance, that would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any waiver or compromise by the Company of a valuable right or
of a material debt owed to it;
(d) any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim, or encumbrance or
payment of any obligation by the Company, except in the ordinary course of business and the
satisfaction or discharge of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(e) any material change to a material contract or agreement by which
the Company or any of its assets is bound or subject;
(f) any material change in any compensation arrangement or
agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder;
(g) any resignation or termination of employment of any officer or Key
Employee of the Company;
(h) any mortgage, pledge, transfer of a security interest in, or lien,
created by the Company, with respect to any of its material properties or assets, except liens for
taxes not yet due or payable and liens that arise in the ordinary course of business and do not
materially impair the Company's ownership or use of such property or assets;
(i) any loans or guarantees made by the Company to or for the benefit
of its employees, officers or directors, or any members of their immediate families, other than
travel advances and other advances made in the ordinary course of its business;
(j) any declaration, setting aside or payment or other distribution in
respect of any of the Company's capital stock, or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase, or
other acquisition of any of such stock by the Company;
(k) any sale, assignment or transfer of any Company Intellectual
Property that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(I) receipt of notice that there has been a loss of, or material order
cancellation by, any major customer of the Company;
(m) to the Company's knowledge, any other event or condition of any
character, other than events affecting the economy or the Company's industry generally, that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(n) any arrangement or commitment by the Company to do any of the
things described in this Subsection 2.16.
2.17 Employee Matters.
(a) Subsection 2.16 sets forth a list of all employees, consultants and
independent contractors of the Company as of the date hereof. To the Company's knowledge,
none of its employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or
commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or administrative agency, that would materially interfere with such employee's ability
to promote the interest of the Company or that would conflict with the Company's business.
Neither the execution or delivery of the Transaction Agreements, nor the carrying on of the
Company's business by the employees of the Company, nor the conduct of the Company's
business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, will, to the Company's
knowledge, conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions, or provisions of, or
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constitute a default under, any contract, covenant or instrument under which any such employee
is now obligated.
(b) The Company is not delinquent in payments to any of its
employees, consultants, or independent contractors for any wages, salaries, commissions,
bonuses, or other direct compensation for any service performed for it to the date hereof or
amounts required to be reimbursed to such employees, consultants, or independent contractors.
The Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable state and federal equal
employment opportunity laws and with other laws related to employment, including those related
to wages, hours, worker classification, and collective bargaining. The Company has withheld
and paid to the appropriate governmental entity or is holding for payment not yet due to such
governmental entity all amounts required to be withheld from employees of the Company and is
not liable for any arrears of wages, taxes, penalties, or other sums for failure to comply with any
of the foregoing.
(c) To the Company's knowledge, no Key Employee intends to
terminate employment with the Company or is otherwise likely to become unavailable to
continue as a Key Employee, nor does the Company have a present intention to terminate the
employment of any of the foregoing. The employment of each employee of the Company is
terminable at the will of the Company. Except as set forth in Subsection 2.17 of the Disclosure
Schedule or as required by law, upon termination of the employment of any such employees, no
severance or other payments will become due. Except as set forth in Subsection 2.17 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no policy, practice, plan, or program of paying severance
pay or any form of severance compensation in connection with the termination of employment
services.
(d) The Company has not made any representations regarding equity
incentives to any officer, employees, director or consultant that are inconsistent with the share
amounts and terms set forth in the minutes of meetings of the Company's board of directors.
(e) Each former Key Employee whose employment was terminated by
the Company has entered into an agreement with the Company providing for the full release of
any claims against the Company or any related party arising out of such employment.
(f) Subsection 2.17 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth each
employee benefit plan maintained, established or sponsored by the Company, or which the
Company participates in or contributes to, which is subject to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). The Company has made all required
contributions and has no liability to any such employee benefit plan, other than liability for health
plan continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Title I(B) of ERISA, and has complied in all
material respects with all applicable laws for any such employee benefit plan.
2.18 Tax Returns and Payments. There are no federal, state, county, local or
foreign taxes dues and payable by the Company which have not been timely paid. There are no
accrued and unpaid federal, state, country, local or foreign taxes of the Company which are due,
whether or not assessed or disputed. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax
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returns or reports by any applicable federal, state, local or foreign governmental agency. The
Company has duly and timely filed all federal, state, county, local and foreign tax returns
required to have been filed by it and there are in effect no waivers of applicable statutes of
limitations with respect to taxes for any year.
2.19 Insurance. The Company has in full force and effect fire and casualty
insurance policies with extended coverage, sufficient in amount (subject to reasonable
deductions) to allow it to replace any of its properties that might be damaged or destroyed.
2.20 Emnlovee Agreements. Each current and former employee, consultant and
officer of the Company has executed an agreement with the Company regarding confidentiality
and proprietary information substantially in the form or forms delivered to the counsel for the
Purchasers (the "Confidential Information Agreements"). Each current and former Key
Employee has executed a non-solicitation agreement substantially in the for► or forms delivered
to counsel for Andreessen. No current or former Key Employee has excluded works or
inventions from his or her assignment of inventions pursuant to such Key Employee's
Confidential Information Agreement. The Company is not aware that any of its Key Employees
is in violation of any agreement covered by this Subsection 2.20.
2.21 Permits. The Company has all franchises, permits, licenses and any
similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business, the lack of which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not in default in any material
respect under any of such franchises, permits, licenses or other similar authority.
2.22 Corporate Documents. The Restated Certificate and Bylaws of the
Company are in the form provided to the Purchasers. The copy of the minute books of the
Company provided to the Purchasers contains minutes of all meetings of directors and
stockholders and all actions by written consent without a meeting by the directors and
stockholders since the date of incorporation and accurately reflects in all material respects all
actions by the directors (and any committee of directors) and stockholders with respect to all
transactions referred to in such minutes.
2.23 Environmental and Safety Laws. Except as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect to the best of its knowledge (a) the Company is and
has been in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (b) there has been no release or to the
Company's knowledge threatened release of any pollutant, contaminant or toxic or hazardous
material, substance or waste, or petroleum or any fraction thereof, (each a "Hazardous
Substance") on, upon, into or from any site currently or heretofore owned, leased or otherwise
used by the Company; (c) there have been no Hazardous Substances generated by the Company
that have been disposed of or come to rest at any site that has been included in any published
U.S. federal, state or local "superfund" site list or any other similar list of hazardous or toxic
waste sites published by any governmental authority in the United States; and (d) there are no
underground storage tanks located on, no polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs") or PCB-containing
equipment used or stored on, and no hazardous waste as defined by the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, as amended, stored on, any site owned or operated by the Company, except
for the storage of hazardous waste in compliance with Environmental Laws. The Company has
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made available to the Purchasers true and complete copies of all material environmental records,
reports, notifications, certificates of need, permits, pending permit applications, correspondence,
engineering studies, and environmental studies or assessments.
For purposes of this Section 2.23 "Environmental Laws" means any law,
regulation, or other applicable requirement relating to (a) releases or threatened release of
Hazardous Substance; (b) pollution or protection of employee health or safety, public health or
the environment; or (c) the manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage, or disposal
of Hazardous Substances.
2.24 Disclosure. The Company has made available to the Purchasers all the
information reasonably available to the Company that the Purchasers have requested for deciding
whether to acquire the Shares, including certain of the Company's projections describing its
proposed business plan (the "Business Plan"). No representation or warranty of the Company
contained in this Agreement, as qualified by the Disclosure Schedule, and no certificate furnished
or to be furnished to Purchasers at the Closing contains any untrue statement of a material fact or,
to the Company's knowledge, omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which
they were made. The Business Plan was prepared in good faith; however, the Company does not
warrant that it will achieve any results projected in the Business Plan. It is understood that this
representation is qualified by the fact that the Company has not delivered to the Purchasers, and
has not been requested to deliver, a private placement or similar memorandum or any written
disclosure of the types of information customarily furnished to purchasers of securities.
2.25 Data Privacy and Security. In connection with its collection, storage,
transfer (including without limitation, any transfer across national borders) and/or use of any
personally identifiable information from any individuals, including, without limitation, any
customers, prospective customers, employees and/or other third parties (collectively, "Personal
Information"), the Company is and has been, to the Company's knowledge, in compliance with
all applicable laws in all relevant jurisdictions, the Company's privacy policies, and the
requirements of any contract or codes of conduct to which the Company is a party. The
Company has physical, technical, organizational and administrative security measures and
policies in place to protect all Personal Information and all bitcoin public and/or private key
pairs, wallet addresses and similar data ("Sensitive Data") collected by it or on its behalf from
and against unauthorized access, use and/or disclosure. The Company has not experienced any
actual, probable or reasonably suspected breach of security of the Company Systems and/or of
any actual, probable or reasonably suspected unauthorized access, use, loss, destruction,
compromise or disclosure of any Sensitive Data and/or Personal Information ("Security
Breach"). The Company is and has been, to the Company's knowledge, in compliance in all
material respects with all laws relating to data loss, theft and breach of security notification
obligations. As used herein, "Company Systems" means the computer, information technology
and data processing systems, facilities and services used by or for the Company, including,
without limitation, all software, hardware, networks, communications facilities, platforms and
related systems and ser
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