Accredited Investor Status The Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an “Accredited Investor”).
Accredited Investors Each of the Consultants represents and warrants that, by reason of income, net assets, education, background and business acumen, the Consultants have the experience and knowledge to evaluate the risks and merits attendant to an investment in shares of common stock of Xxxxxxxx, either singly or through the aid and assistance of a competent professional, and are fully capable of bearing the economic risk of loss of the total investment of services; further, they are "accredited investors" as that term is defined under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Accredited Investor The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE In order for the Company to offer and sell the Securities in conformance with state and federal securities laws, the following information must be obtained regarding your investor status. Please initial each category applicable to you as a Purchaser of Securities of the Company.
(1) A bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity;
(2) A broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
(3) An insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act;
(4) An investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act;
(5) A Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958;
(6) A plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
(7) An employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;
(8) A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
(9) An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
(10) A trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such person is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in the Company;
(11) A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000;
(12) A natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000, in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
(13) An executive officer or director of the Company;
(14) An entity in which all of the equity owners qualify under any of the above subparagraphs. If the undersigned belongs to this investor category only, list the equity owners of the undersigned, and the investor category which each such equity owner satisfies.
A. FOR EXECUTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL:
B. FOR EXECUTION BY AN ENTITY:
Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security to any Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a QIB (other than any Person that is not a U.S. Person as defined under Regulation S, a "Foreign Person"):
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) (A) the requested transfer is at least two years after the later of the Issue Date of the Notes and (B) the proposed transferee has certified to the Registrar that the requested transfer is at least two years after last date on which such Note was held by an Affiliate of the Company, or (y) the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto and (B) such certifications, legal opinions and other information as the Trustee and the Company may reasonably request to confirm that such transaction is in compliance with the Securities Act; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by clause (i) and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositary's and the Registrar's procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Certificated Notes of like tenor and amount.
Accredited Investor Status or Investment Limits Subscriber represents that either:
(i) Subscriber is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Subscriber represents and warrants that the information set forth in response to question (c) on the signature page hereto concerning Subscriber is true and correct; or
(ii) The purchase price set out in paragraph (b) of the signature page to this Subscription Agreement, together with any other amounts previously used to purchase Securities in this offering, does not exceed 10% of the greater of the Subscriber’s annual income or net worth. Subscriber represents that to the extent it has any questions with respect to its status as an accredited investor, or the application of the investment limits, it has sought professional advice.
Initial Purchasers as Qualified Institutional Buyers Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that:
(i) it will offer and sell Securities only to (a) persons who it reasonably believes are “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Qualified Institutional Buyers”) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b) upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex I to this Agreement;
(ii) it is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act; and
(iii) it will not offer or sell Securities by, any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act.
Citizenship Certificates; Non-citizen Assignees (a) If any Group Member is or becomes subject to any federal, state or local law or regulation that the General Partner determines would create a substantial risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any property in which the Group Member has an interest based on the nationality, citizenship or other related status of a Limited Partner, the General Partner may request any Limited Partner to furnish to the General Partner, within 30 days after receipt of such request, an executed Citizenship Certification or such other information concerning his nationality, citizenship or other related status (or, if the Limited Partner is a nominee holding for the account of another Person, the nationality, citizenship or other related status of such Person) as the General Partner may request. If a Limited Partner fails to furnish to the General Partner within the aforementioned 30-day period such Citizenship Certification or other requested information or if upon receipt of such Citizenship Certification or other requested information the General Partner determines that a Limited Partner is not an Eligible Citizen, the Limited Partner Interests owned by such Limited Partner shall be subject to redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10. In addition, the General Partner may require that the status of any such Limited Partner be changed to that of a Non-citizen Assignee and, thereupon, the General Partner shall be substituted for such Non-citizen Assignee as the Limited Partner in respect of the Non-citizen Assignee’s Limited Partner Interests.
(b) The General Partner shall, in exercising voting rights in respect of Limited Partner Interests held by it on behalf of Non-citizen Assignees, distribute the votes in the same ratios as the votes of Partners (including the General Partner) in respect of Limited Partner Interests other than those of Non-citizen Assignees are cast, either for, against or abstaining as to the matter.
(c) Upon dissolution of the Partnership, a Non-citizen Assignee shall have no right to receive a distribution in kind pursuant to Section 12.4 but shall be entitled to the cash equivalent thereof, and the Partnership shall provide cash in exchange for an assignment of the Non-citizen Assignee’s share of any distribution in kind. Such payment and assignment shall be treated for Partnership purposes as a purchase by the Partnership from the Non-citizen Assignee of his Limited Partner Interest (representing his right to receive his share of such distribution in kind).
(d) At any time after he can and does certify that he has become an Eligible Citizen, a Non-citizen Assignee may, upon application to the General Partner, request that with respect to any Limited Partner Interests of such Non-citizen Assignee not redeemed pursuant to Section 4.10, such Non-citizen Assignee be admitted as a Limited Partner, and upon approval of the General Partner, such Non-citizen Assignee shall be admitted as a Limited Partner and shall no longer constitute a Non-citizen Assignee and the General Partner shall cease to be deemed to be the Limited Partner in respect of the Non-citizen Assignee’s Limited Partner Interests.
Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners The Company will deliver to the Representatives, on the date of execution of this Agreement, a properly completed and executed Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers, together with copies of identifying documentation, and the Company undertakes to provide such additional supporting documentation as the Representatives may reasonably request in connection with the verification of the foregoing certification.
Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership Notwithstanding any other provision of the Deposit Agreement or this ADR, each Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to comply with requests from the Company pursuant to the laws of Jersey or The United Kingdom, the rules of the London Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange on which the Shares are, or will be, registered, traded or listed or the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, which are made to provide information, inter alia, as to the capacity in which such Holder and Beneficial Owner owns ADSs (and Shares as the case may be) and regarding the identity of any other person interested in such ADSs and the nature of such interest, whether or not they are Holders at the time of such request. The Depositary agrees to use its reasonable efforts to comply, at the Company's expense, with written instructions received from the Company requesting that the Depositary forward any such request from the Company to the Holder and to forward to the Company any such responses to such requests received by the Depositary. Each Holder or Beneficial Owner agrees that such Holder or Beneficial Owner, (i) is bound by and subject to the Articles of Association of the Company as if such Holder were a registered holder of Shares and (ii) will provide such information within the prescribed period as the Company may request in a disclosure notice ("Disclosure Notice") given pursuant to any applicable provision of Jersey or United Kingdom law or the Articles of Association of the Company. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner further acknowledges that failure by such Holder or Beneficial Owner to provide on a timely basis the information required in any Disclosure Notice may result in the withholding of certain rights in respect of such Holder's or Beneficial Owner's American Depositary Shares including, without limitation, voting rights, the right to receive dividends or other payments and rights of free transferability in respect of the Shares represented by such American Depositary Shares. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to comply with all applicable provisions of Jersey and United Kingdom law and the Articles of Association of the Company with regard to notification to the Company of such Holder's or Beneficial Owner's interest in Shares, including any provision requiring such Holder to disclose within a prescribed period an interest in Shares equal to or in excess of three percent (3%) of such Shares outstanding or such other percentage as may be required from time to time pursuant to any provision of Jersey or United Kingdom law or the Articles of Association of the Company.
