LOAN CONVERSION AGREEMENT
This Loan
Conversion Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated May 15,
2009, among Renhuang Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, (the “Company”) and the investors
listed and identified on the signature pages hereto (each an “Investor” and
together, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS,
the Investors provided the Company with a loan in the aggregate amount of $1.5
million on January 29, 2008 for a term of one year in anticipation of a private
placement by the Company (the “Bridge Loan”).
WHEREAS,
it was understood at the time of the making of the Bridge Loan that the
[Principal and any accrued and unpaid interest of the] Bridge Loan was
convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common
Stock”), at the conversion price of $1.25 per share at the option of the
Investors with a 50% warrant coverage which permits the Investors to purchase
shares of the Common Stock at an exercise price equal to 125% of the conversion
price.
WHEREAS,
Company was not able to complete the private placement due to market conditions
and as a result of certain circumstances, the Company was not able to file
required periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and was delisted from the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board
(“OTCBB”).
WHEREAS,
the Company was not able to repay the Bridge Loan and is willing to reduce the
conversion price to $0.70 per share and the warrant exercise price to $0.875 per
share in exchange for the Investors’ (i) waiver of the repayment of the Bridge
Loan and any accrued but unpaid interest thereupon and (ii) conversion of the
Bridge Loan into shares of the Common Stock plus warrants (the “Warrants”)
to purchase shares of the Common Stock (the “Securities”)
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
Regulation D and Regulation S, or other applicable exemptions under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor, and the
Investor desires to convert into and purchase from the Company certain
Securities of the Company, as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement,
and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor agree as
follows:
I.
PURCHASE AND SALE
A.
Closing.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company
shall issue and sell to the Investors (i) shares of Common Stock of the Company
as set forth on the signatures and (ii) Warrants to purchase shares of the
Common Stock as set forth on the signature pages in exchange for the waiver of
the Bridge Loan and any accrued interest thereupon by the
Investors. The Investors shall receive the Shares and Warrants in
lieu of the repayment of the principal of the Bridge Loan and any accrued
interest thereupon. The closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby shall take place at the offices of Cadwalader Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 100025,
on May 15, 2009 or at such other location or time as the parties may agree (the
“Closing
Date”).
B.
Closing
Deliveries.
1. On
the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Investor the following:
(a) certificates
evidencing the Shares, registered in the name of the Investors; and
(b) warrants,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in the name of the
Investors and duly authorized and executed by the Company.
2. The Investor shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Company the following:
(a) any
documentation evidencing the Bridge Loan for cancellation;
(b) a
waiver and release, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, duly
authorized and executed by the Investors.
II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
A.
Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
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Organization and
Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Nevada, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted.
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Authorization and
Power; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the issuance of the securities, has been duly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of the Company. This Agreement is the
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its
terms.
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Issuance of the
Securities. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and
paid for in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants (“Warrant
Shares”), when issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants,
will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
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B.
Representations and
Warranties of the Investor. Each of the Investors, severally and not
jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
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1.
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Organization and
Standing of the Investor. If such Investor is an entity, such
Investor is a corporation, partnership or other entity duly incorporated
or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization.
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Authorization and
Power; Enforcement. Such
Investor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and to purchase
the Securities being sold to it
hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by such Investor and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or partnership action, and no
further consent or authorization of such Investor or its Board of
Directors, stockholders, partners, members, as the case may be, is
required. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Investor and constitutes, or shall constitute
when executed and delivered, a valid and binding obligation of such
Investor enforceable against such Investor in accordance with the terms
hereof.
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No
Conflicts. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation
by such Investor of the transactions
contemplated hereby or relating hereto do not and will not (i) result in a
violation of such Investor’s charter
documents or bylaws or other organizational documents or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event which
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of any agreement, indenture or instrument or obligation to
which such Investor is a party or by which
its properties or assets are bound, or result in a violation of any law,
rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or
governmental agency applicable to such Investor or its properties (except
for such conflicts, defaults and
violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on such Subscriber). Such Investor is not
required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any
filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement or to purchase the Securities in
accordance with the terms hereof, provided that for purposes of the
representation made in this sentence, such Investor is
assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and
agreements of the Company
herein.
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Access to
Information. Such Investor acknowledges that
it has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has
deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the
Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the
Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii)
access to public information about the Company and the subsidiaries and
their respective financial condition, results of operations, business,
properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate
its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional public
information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable
effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the
investment.
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Investor
Information. Such Investor is, and will be at the
time of exercise of the Warrants, an "accredited investor", as
such term is defined in Regulation D promulgated by the Commission under
the 1933 Act, is experienced in investments and business matters, has made
investments of a speculative nature and has purchased securities of United
States publicly-owned companies in private placements in the past and,
with its representatives, has such knowledge and experience in financial,
tax and other business matters as to enable such Investor to utilize the
information made available by the Company to evaluate the merits and risks
of and to make an informed investment decision with respect to the
proposed purchase, which represents a speculative
investment. Such Investor
has the authority and is duly and legally qualified to purchase and own
the Securities. Such
Investor is able to bear the risk of such investment for an indefinite
period and to afford a complete loss thereof. The information
set forth on the signature page hereto regarding such Investor is
accurate.
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Purpose
of Investment. On the Closing Date, such Investors will purchase the Securities
as principal for its own account for investment only and not with a view
toward, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or any
distribution thereof.
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Compliance with
Securities Act. Such Investor understands and agrees that
the Securities have not been registered under the 1933 Act or any
applicable state securities laws, by reason of their issuance in a
transaction that does not require registration under the 1933 Act (based
in part on the accuracy of the representations and warranties of such Investor contained herein), and that
such Securities must be held indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition
is registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws
or is exempt from such registration. Such Investor will comply with all
applicable rules and regulations in connection with the sales of the
Securities including laws relating to short
sales.
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Certain Trading
Activities. Such Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor has
any person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such
Investor, engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company
(including, without limitations, any short sales as defined by Rule 200
under Regulation SHO (“Short
Sales”) involving the Company’s securities since the time that such
Investor was first contacted by the Company regarding the investment in
the Company contemplated by this Agreement. Such Investor covenants that
neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any
understanding with it will engage in any transactions in the securities of
the Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly
disclosed.
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Independent Investment
Decision. Such Investor has independently evaluated the merits of
its decision to purchase the Securities pursuant to the transaction
contemplated hereby, and such Investor confirms that it has not relied on
the advice of any other Investor’s business and/or legal counsel in making
such decision. Such Investor has not relied on the business or legal
advice of the Company or any of its agents, counsel or affiliates in
making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none of such
persons has made any representations or warranties to such Investor in
connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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Opportunity to Conduct
Due Diligence. The Investor was granted the opportunity to conduct
due diligence prior to entering into the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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11.
Regulation S
Representation. If such Investor is not a US person as defined in Rule
902 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule
902”), such Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as
follows:
a. The
offer or sale of the Securities by the Company, a distributor, any of their
respective affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of the foregoing, were
made in an offshore transaction, as such term is defined in Rule 902
;
b. No
directed selling efforts, as such term is defined in Rule 902, were made in the
United States by the Company, a distributor, any of their respective affiliates,
or any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing;
c. The
Investor is not a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902 and is not acquiring the
securities for the account or benefit of any U.S. person or is a U.S. person who
purchased securities in a transaction that did not require registration under
the Securities Act; and
d. Such
Investor agrees to resell such securities only in accordance with the provisions
of Regulation S under the Securities Act, pursuant to registration under the
Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from registration; and
agrees not to engage in hedging transactions with regard to such securities
unless in compliance with the Securities Act;
III.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
A.
Publicity. The
parties agree that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will
remain confidential until the Company files a Form 8-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission disclosing this Agreement. The Investor agrees not to effect
any purchase or sale of the securities of the Company until after such filing is
made.
B.
Transfer
Restrictions.
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The
Investors hereby acknowledge that the Securities and any part hereof may
only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws.
In connection with any transfer of Securities or Warrant Shares other than
pursuant to an effective registration statement, Regulation S or Rule 144,
to the Company or to an Affiliate of a Investor or in connection with a
pledge, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the
Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably
acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of such opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer
does not require registration of such transferred Securities or Warrant
Shares under the Securities Act.
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The
Investor agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required, of a legend on
any of the Securities and Warrant Shares in the following
form:
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[THE
SHARES] [THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT]
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL
OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF
WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY; HEDGING TRANSACTIONS
INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT.
C.
Market
Standoff. The Investors hereby agree that, during the period
of duration(not to exceed 180 days) specified by the Company and an underwriter
of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, following the effective date
of any registered underwritten public offering of Company securities, it shall
not, to the extent requested by the Company and such underwriter, directly or
indirectly sell, offer to sell, contract to sell (including, without limitation,
any short sale), grant any option to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose
of (other than to donees who agree to be similarly bound) any securities of the
Company held by it at any time during such period except Common Stock included
in such registration. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the
Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares of
Common Stock of the Investor (and the shares or securities of every other person
subject to the foregoing restriction (until the end of such period.
D.
General
Indemnity. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Investor (and its respective directors, officers, managers, partners,
members, shareholders, affiliates, agents, successors and assigns) from and
against any and all losses, liabilities, deficiencies, costs, damages and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, charges and
disbursements) incurred by the Investor as a result of any inaccuracy in or
breach of the representations, warranties or covenants made by the Company
herein. The Investor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its
directors, officers, managers, affiliates, agents, successors and assigns from
and against any and all losses, liabilities, deficiencies, costs, damages and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, charges and
disbursements) incurred by the Company as result of any inaccuracy in or breach
of the representations, warranties or covenants made by such Investor
herein.
IV.
MISCELLANEOUS
C. Fees and Expenses.
Each party shall be responsible for its own fees and expenses of its advisers,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred
by such party in connection with this Agreement.
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D.
Notices. Any and all
notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or by email to
the email address set forth on the signature page or (c) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
E.
Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties and their successors. This Agreement is not assignable by either
party.
F.
Governing Law. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of
Nevada.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Conversion
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of
the date first indicated above.
Renhuang
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Li Shaoming |
Name:
Li Shaoming
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Title:
CEO
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Office
Address:
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Fax
No. ¨
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Email
Address:
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Allied
Merit International Inc.
Amount
of Loan Converted
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$ | 1,250,000 | ||
Shares
Received upon Conversion
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1,785,714 | |||
Warrants
Received upon Conversion
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892,857 |
By:
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/s/Xxxx Xxx |
Name:
Xxxx Xxx
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Title:
President
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Office
Address:
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Fax
No.
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Email
Address:
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Xxxxxxx
Ventures Ltd.
Amount
of Loan Converted
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$ | 250,000 | ||
Shares
Received upon Conversion
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357,142 | |||
Warrants
Received upon Conversion
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178,571 |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Director
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Office
Address:
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Fax
No.
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Email
Address:
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