SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of December 24, 2007, by and among Discovery
Technologies, Inc. a Nevada corporation,
and all
predecessors thereof
(the
“Company”),
Green
Agriculture Holding Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (“Green”), Shaanxi
TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd., a company organized under the
laws
of the People’s Republic of China, and all predecessors thereof (“WOFE”),
and
the investors identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Investor”
and
collectively, the “Investors”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
as of the Closing Date the Company is entering into a Share Exchange
Agreement,
dated
as of the date hereof
(the
“Exchange
Agreement”)
with
Green and the owners of 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Green
(“Green
Shareholders”),
pursuant to which the Company will, subject to the terms and conditions thereof,
acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of Green, in exchange for Common
Stock (as defined below) under the Exchange Agreement and immediately prior
to
the Closing under this Agreement (the “Exchange”).
WHEREAS,
the closing of the Exchange is conditioned, among other things, on the
consummation of the financing contemplated by this Agreement immediately
thereafter.
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant
to
exemptions from registration under the Securities Act (as defined below), the
Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor, severally
and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, 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 Investors agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes
of
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this
Section 1.1:
“2009
Guaranteed
ATNI” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“2009
Make Good Shares” means
the
following, as
equitably adjusted for any stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends
or
similar transactions:
the
Shares times 50%.
“2009
Annual
Report”
means
the
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB or appropriate form pursuant to the then effective
rules under the Exchange Act of the Company for the fiscal year ending June
30,
2009, as filed with the Commission.
“2009
Guaranteed
EPS” means
ninety three percent of the 2009 Guaranteed ATNI divided by the Closing
Outstanding Shares (as
may
be equitably adjusted for any stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends
or similar transactions):
2009
Guaranteed ATNI × 93%
Closing
Outstanding Shares
“Action”
means
any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any
partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or threatened
in writing against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency, regulatory or self regulatory authority (federal, state,
county, local or foreign), stock market, stock exchange or trading
facility.
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
“After
Tax Net Income”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Available
Undersubscription Amount”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(c).
“Basic
Amount”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).
“Board
Holdback Escrow
Amount”
has the
meaning set forth in section 4.12.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday
or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized
or
required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Buy-In”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“CFO
Holdback Escrow
Amount” has
the
meaning set forth in section 4.16.
“Circular
75” means Notice
on
Relevant Issues of PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”)
concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage
in
Financing and Round-trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies
promulgated by SAFE on October 21, 2005 and effective from November 1,
2005.
“Circular
106”
means
the implementation guidance to Circular 75 promulgated by SAFE on May 29, 2007
and effective from June 11, 2007.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares
pursuant
to Article II.
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“Closing
Date”
means
the Business Day on which all of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and
5.2 hereof are satisfied, or such other date as the parties may
agree.
"Closing
Escrow Agreement"
means
the Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by
and
among
the
Company, the Investors and Escrow Agent in the form of Exhibit
A
hereto.
“Closing
Outstanding Shares”
means
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following the
Closing.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified or for which it
may
be exchanged as a class.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which entitle the holder thereof
to acquire Common Stock at any time, including without limitation, any debt,
preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any
time convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder
thereof to receive, Common Stock or other securities that entitle the holder
to
receive, directly or indirectly, Common Stock.
“Company”
has
the
meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Company
Entities”
means
the Company, Green and WOFE and all existing Subsidiaries of any such entities
and any other entities which hereafter become Subsidiaries of any such
entities.
“Company
U.S. Counsel”
means
Guzov Ofsink, LLC.
“Company
Deliverables”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Compliance
Notice Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.21.
“Compliance
Period”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.21.
“Disclosure
Materials”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Earnings
Per Share” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the initial Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of
the
Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Escrow
Agent” shall
mean Tri-State
Title & Escrow, LLC and any successor thereto or replacement
thereof.
“Evaluation
Date” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(s).
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“Exchange”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
Agreement”
has the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Existing
Company Entities”
means
the Company, Green and WOFE and their respective Subsidiaries.
“FCPA”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(cc).
“GAAP”
means
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
“Green”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Holdback
Escrow Agreement” means
Holdback Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by
and
among
the
Company, the Investors and Escrow Agent in the form of Exhibit
B
hereto.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
“Intellectual
Property Right Licensing Agreements” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
“Investment
Amount”
means,
with respect to each Investor, the Investment Amount indicated on such
Investor’s signature page to this Agreement.
“Investor
Deliverables”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Investor
Party”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“IR
Holdback Escrow
Amount”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
“Lien”
means
any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, pre-emptive right, right
of
first refusal, right of participation or any other restrictions of any
kind.
“Lockup
Agreement”
means
the Lockup Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company
and each person listed as a signatory thereto, in the form attached as
Exhibit
C
hereto.
“Losses”
means
any loss, liability, obligation, claim, contingency, damage, cost or expense,
including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation related thereto.
“Make
Good Escrow Agreement” means
the
Make Good Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company,
the
Make Good Escrow Agent, the Make Good Pledgor
and the
Investors, in the form of Exhibit
D
hereto.
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“Make
Good Escrow Agent” shall
mean Tri-State
Title & Escrow, LLC and any successor thereto or replacement thereof.
“Make
Good Pledgor” means
Mr.
Yinshing Xxxxx To.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any of (i) a material and adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and adverse effect
on the results of operations, assets, properties, prospects, business or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken
as
a whole, or (iii) an adverse impairment to the Company’s ability to perform on a
timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document, or the Exchange
Agreement.
“Money
Laundering Laws”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ff).
“New
York Courts”
means
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan.
“Notice
of Acceptance”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(c).
“Notice”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.21.
“OFAC”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ee).
“Offer”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).
“Offer
Notice”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).
“Offer
Period”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(c).
“Offered
Securities”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).
“Outside
Date”
means
the fifteenth calendar day (if such calendar day is a Trading Day and if not,
then the first Trading Day following such fifteenth calendar day) following
the
date of this Agreement.
“Per
Share Purchase Price”
means
$3.25.
“Person”
means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Pinnacle”
means
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P.
“PRC”
means
the People’s Republic of China, not including Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Macau.
“Proceeding”
means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced
or threatened.
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“Refused
Securities”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(d).
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the
Company and the Investors, in the form of Exhibit
E
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Investors of the
Shares.
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
rule.
“SEC
Reports”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“September
8 Merger and Acquisition Rules”
means
Rules on Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors jointly
promulgated by six ministries in PRC including PRC Ministry of Commerce and
SAFE
on August 8, 2006 and effective from September 8, 2006.
“Share
Delivery Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock being offered and sold to the Investors by the
Company hereunder.
“Short
Sales”
include,
without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect
stock
pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar
arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other
transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated
brokers.
“Subsequent
Placement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(a).
“Subsequent
Placement Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(d).
“Subsidiary”
of any
Person means any “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of the
Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act of such
Person. The term “Subsidiaries” shall be deemed to include Green and WOFE and
their respective subsidiaries as if the Exchange shall have been consummated
as
of the time of the execution of this Agreement, with the effect that all
references to Subsidiaries of the Company in this Agreement shall also refer
to
Green, WOFE and their respective subsidiaries.
“Trading
Day”
means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than
the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading
Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock
is
traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board,
or
(iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which
the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the
Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common
Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then
Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
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“Trading
Market”
means
whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market
or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading
on the date in question.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Closing Escrow Agreement,
the Holdback Escrow Agreement, the Lockup Agreements, the Make Good Escrow
Agreement and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with
the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Undersubscription
Amount”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).
“WOFE”
has the
meaning specified in the preamble of this Agreement.
“WOFE
Financial Statements”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.1(e).
ARTICLE
2.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1. Closing.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the
Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor shall,
severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, the Shares representing
such Investor’s Investment Amount. The Closing shall take place at the offices
of Guzov Ofsink, LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 on the Closing Date or at such other location or time as
the
parties may agree.
2.2. Closing
Deliveries.
(a)
At the
Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor
the
following (the “Company
Deliverables”):
(i) a
single
certificate representing that number of aggregate Shares to be issued and sold
at Closing to such Investor, determined under Section 2.1(a), registered in
the
name of such Investor;
(ii) the
Closing Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company and the Escrow
Agent;
(iii) the
Holdback Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company and the Escrow
Agent;
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(iv) the
Make
Good Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company and the Escrow
Agent;
(v) the
legal
opinion of Company U.S. Counsel, in agreed form, addressed to the Investors;
(vi) the
legal
opinion of special PRC counsel to WOFE, in agreed form, addressed to the
Investors;
(vii) the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(viii) the
Lockup Agreement, duly executed by each party thereto.
(b) At
the
Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following
(collectively, the “Investors
Deliverables”):
(i) to
the
Company, the Closing Escrow Agreement, duly executed by such
Investor;
(ii) to
the
Company, the Holdback Escrow Agreement, duly executed by such
Investor;
(iii) to
the
Company, the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Investor;
and
(iv) to
the
Company, the Make Good Escrow Agreement, duly executed by such
Investor.
(c) Within
one Business Day following the date of this Agreement, each Investor shall
cause
to be delivered to the Escrow Agent, its Investment Amount, in United States
dollars and in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to an account
designated for such purpose in accordance with the terms of the Closing Escrow
Agreement.
ARTICLE
3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1. Representations
and Warranties of the Existing Company Entities.
The
Company, Green and WOFE hereby jointly and severally make the following
representations and warranties to each Investor:
(a) Subsidiaries.
Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1 (a) none of the Existing Company Entities
have any direct or indirect Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3.1(a), (i) the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock
of each other Existing Company Entity, and each other Existing Company Entity
owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of its respective
Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of any and all Liens, and (ii) all
the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly
issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of any and all Liens. As
of
the Closing, the Company shall own 100% of the capital stock of Green and Green
shall own 100% of the capital stock of WOFE, in each case free and clear of
all
Liens. Prior to the Closing Green Shareholders own 100% of the capital stock
of
Green free and clear of all Liens. Prior to the Closing Green is the owner
of
100% of the capital stock of WOFE, subject to the full payment of the purchase
price of the WOFE.
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(b) Organization
and Qualification. Each Existing Company Entity is duly incorporated or
otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the
requisite power and authority to own and use its respective properties and
assets and to carry on its respective business as currently conducted and as
to
be conducted as specified in the Exchange Agreement, and Current Report on
Form
8-K to be filed in accordance with Section 4.5 herein. No Existing Company
Entity is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate
or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents.
Each Existing Company Entity is duly qualified to conduct its respective
businesses and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity
in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property
owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to
be
so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually
or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement. Each Existing Company Entity which is or is to become party to
any
Transaction Document and the Exchange Agreement has the requisite corporate
and
other power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by each such Transaction Document and the Exchange Agreement to
which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder.
The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, by each Existing Company
Entity to be party thereto and the consummation by each of them of the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of such Existing Company Entity, and no further action is
required by any of them in connection with such authorization. Each Transaction
Document and the Exchange Agreement has been (or upon delivery will have been)
duly executed by the Company, each other Existing Company Entity required to
execute the same and each Subsidiary (to the extent any of them is a party
thereto) and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will
constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company, such Existing
Company Entity and such Subsidiary, enforceable against each in accordance
with
its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar
laws
relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and
remedies or by other equitable principles of general application. The execution
and delivery of the Exchange Agreement by each party thereto and the
consummation by each of them of the transactions contemplated thereby have
been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each such party thereto,
and no further action is required by any of them in connection with such
authorization. The Exchange Agreement has
been (or
upon delivery will have been) duly executed by each party thereto and will
constitute the valid and binding obligation of each party thereto enforceable
against each party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application.
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(d) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents
by the Company, and each other Existing Company Entity and Subsidiary (to the
extent a party thereto) and the consummation by the Company, and such other
Existing Company Entities and Subsidiaries, of the transactions contemplated
thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s, such Existing Company Entity’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents,
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that 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 (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other
instrument (evidencing an Existing Company Entity or Subsidiary debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which any Existing Company Entity or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction
of
any United States or PRC court or governmental authority to which the Company
or
a Subsidiary is subject (including United States federal and state and PRC
national and provincial securities laws and regulations), or by which any
property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except
in
the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually
or
in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals. No Existing Company Entity is required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization, approval or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any United States or PRC court or other
federal, provincial, state, local or other governmental authority or any other
Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
and each Subsidiary to the extent a party thereto of the Transaction Documents,
other than (i) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration
Statements in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights
Agreement, (ii) filings required by state securities laws, (iii) the filing
of a
Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation
D of
the Securities Act, (iv) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.5,
(v) filings, consents and approvals required by the rules and regulations of
the
applicable Trading Market and (vi) those that have been made or obtained prior
to the date of this Agreement.
(f) Issuance
of the Shares. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid
for in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any and all Liens.
The
Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement in order to issue the Shares.
(g) Capitalization.
The number of shares of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock
of
the Company, and all shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
Company’s various option and incentive plans is specified in Schedule
3.1(g). No securities of any Existing Company Entity are entitled to preemptive
or similar rights, and no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive
right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. There are no outstanding
options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to
subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or
may
become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights
convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. The issue and sale
of
the Shares hereunder will not, immediately or with the passage of time, obligate
the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other
securities to any Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in
a
right of any holder of Company or Subsidiary securities to adjust the exercise,
conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. No Existing Company
Entity has issued any capital stock in a private placement transaction,
including, without limitation, in a transaction commonly referred to in the
PRC
as a “1 ½ transaction.”
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(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports required to
be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant
to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months preceding the date hereof
(or such shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such
reports), including, for this purpose, the current report on Form 8-K that
is
being filed by the Company on or about the date hereof to disclose the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Exchange Agreement (the foregoing
materials being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”
and,
together with the Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the “Disclosure
Materials”)
on a
timely basis or has timely filed a valid extension of such time of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.
As
of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC
Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company and
each
Subsidiary included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on
a
consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise
specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present
in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case
of
unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. The
WOFE Financial Statements comply in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with
respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. The WOFE Financial
Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in
such
financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of WOFE and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
of
and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for
the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Press
Releases. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve
months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light
of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not
misleading.
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(j) Material
Changes. Since
the
date of latest audited financial statements included in the Company’s SEC
Reports (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had
or
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)
no Existing Company Entity has incurred any liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
(B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed
in filings made with the Commission, (iii) no Existing Company Entity has
altered its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) no
Existing Company Entity has declared or made any dividend or distribution of
cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any
agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, and (v) no
Existing Company Entity has issued any equity securities to any officer,
director or Affiliate. The Company does not have pending before the Commission
any request for confidential treatment of information.
(k) Litigation.
There is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality,
validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents, the Exchange
Agreement or the Shares or (ii) except as specifically disclosed in the SEC
Reports, could, if there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No Existing Company Entity, nor any director or officer thereof (in
his
or her capacity as such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving
a
claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or
a
claim of breach of fiduciary duty, except as specifically disclosed in the
SEC
Reports. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Existing Company
Entities, there is not any pending investigation by or before the Commission
or
any other court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory
or self regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), stock
market, stock exchange or trading facility involving any Existing Company Entity
or any of their respective current or former directors or officers (in his
or
her capacity as such). The Commission has not issued any stop order or other
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the
Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities
Act.
(l) Labor
Relations. No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Existing
Company Entities, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of any
Existing Company Entity. No Existing Company Entity has any employment or labor
contracts, agreements or other understandings with any Person.
(m) Indebtedness;
Compliance. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.1(m), no Existing Company Entity
is a party to any indenture, debt, loan or credit agreement by which it or
any
of its properties is bound. WOFE has no and as of the Closing will not have
any
liabilities of any nature, contingent or otherwise. No Existing Company Entity
(i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that
has
not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in
a
default by such Existing Company Entity under), nor has any Existing Company
Entity received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is
in
violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement
or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of
its properties is bound (whether
or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of
any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory or self
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign), stock market,
stock exchange or trading facility, or (iii) is or has been in violation of
any
statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including, without
limitation, all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes,
environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and
safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect. The Exchange Agreement complies with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations of the United States. The Company is in compliance
with all effective requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder, that are applicable to it, except
where such noncompliance could not have or reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) Regulatory
Permits. The Existing Company Entities possess all certificates, authorizations
and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as
described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits
could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, and no Existing Company Entity has received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such
permits.
(o) Title
to
Assets. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(o), the Existing Company Entities
have valid land use rights for all real property that is material to their
respective businesses and good and marketable title in all personal property
owned by them that is material to their respective businesses, in each case,
free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the
value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by such Existing Company Entity. Any real
property and facilities held under lease by any Existing Company Entity are
held
by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which such Existing
Company Entity is in compliance, except as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p) Patents
and Trademarks. Schedule 3.1(p) sets forth all of the patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and other similar rights that the Existing Company Entities
own or have the rights to use (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”).
The
Intellectual Property Rights constitute all of the patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
licenses and other similar rights that are necessary for use by the Existing
Company Entities in connection with their respective businesses as described
in
the SEC Reports. No Existing Company Entity has received a written or oral
notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by any of them violates or
infringes upon the rights of any Person. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(p),
all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing
infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights.
To
the knowledge of the Existing Company Entities, no former or current employee,
no former or current consultant, and no third-party joint developer of any
Existing Company Entity has any Intellectual Property Rights made, developed,
conceived, created or written by the aforesaid employee, consultant or
third-party joint developer during the period of his or her retention by, or
joint venture with, such Existing Company Entity which can be asserted against
any Existing Company Entity. The
Intellectual Property Rights and the owner thereof or agreement through which
they are licensed to any of the Existing Company are set forth on Schedule
3.1(p).
By the
Closing, the WOFE shall have entered into agreements by which it is granted
irrevocable, exclusive, royalty-free licenses on all Intellectual Property
Rights that are registered to or owned by any Person other than the WOFE or
its
predecessor. Such agreements together with the agreements referenced in
Schedule
3.1(p)
are
collectively the “Intellectual
Property Right Licensing Agreements.”
The
Existing Company Entities will take such action as may be required, including
making and maintaining the filings set forth in Schedule
3.1(p)
and
shall cause any such transfers of Intellectual Property Rights to the
WOFE to be granted as is required in order for the WOFE to become the
registered owner (in its current name) of all such Intellectual Property Rights
(including, without limitation, the entering into of any Intellectual Property
Right Licensing Agreements as may be necessary and the filing and maintaining
of
any information with the relevant PRC authority which relate to the change
of
name for those Intellectual Property Rights currently in the name of the WOFE’s
predecessor).
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(q) Insurance.
Schedule 3.1(q) sets forth a list of all the insurance policies held by each
Existing Company Entity. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any
Existing Company Entity will not be able to renew its existing respective
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business
on
terms consistent with market for the Company’s and such other Existing Company
Entity’s respective lines of business.
(r) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees; Customers. Except as set forth in the Schedule
3.1(r), none of the officers or directors of any Existing Company Entity, and,
to the knowledge of the Existing Company Entities, none of the employees of
any
Existing Company Entity, is presently a party to any transaction with any
Existing Company Entity (other than for services as employees, officers and
directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing
for
the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Existing Company Entities,
any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a
substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
None
of
the Existing Company Entities owes any money or other compensation to any of
their respective officers or directors or shareholders, except to the extent
of
ordinary course compensation arrangements specified in Schedule 3.1(r).
No
material customer of any Existing Company Entity has indicated its intention
to
diminish its relationship with any Existing Company Entity and no Existing
Company Entity has any knowledge from which it could reasonably conclude that
any such customer relationship may be adversely affected.
(s) Internal
Accounting Controls. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(s), the Company
Entities maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets
at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures
(as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company Entities
and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the Company Entities is made known to the certifying
officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which the Company’s Form 10-KSB or 10-QSB, as the case may be, is being
prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of
the Company’s controls and procedures in accordance with Item 307 of Regulation
S-B under the Exchange Act for the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter
or fiscal year-end (such date, the “Evaluation
Date”).
The
Company presented in its most recently filed Form 10-KSB or Form 10-QSB the
conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date.
Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the
Existing Company Entities’ internal controls (as such term is defined in Item
308(c) of Regulation S-B under the Exchange Act) or, to the Company’s knowledge,
in other factors that could significantly affect any Company Entity’s internal
controls.
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(t) Solvency.
Based on the financial condition of the Company, including the Existing Company
Entities, as of the Closing Date (and assuming that the Closing shall have
occurred), (i) the Existing
Company Entity’s
fair
saleable value of their respective assets exceeds the amount that will be
required to be paid on or in respect of the Existing Company Entity’s existing
debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they
mature, (ii) the Existing Company Entity’s assets do not constitute unreasonably
small capital to carry on their respective business for the current fiscal
year
as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs
taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business
conducted by the Existing Company Entities, and projected capital requirements
and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the
Existing Company Entities, together with the proceeds the Existing Company
Entities would receive, were they to liquidate all of their respective assets,
after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient
to pay all amounts on or in respect of its debt when such amounts are required
to be paid. The Existing Company Entities do not intend to incur debts beyond
their respective ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account
the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
debt).
(u) Certain
Fees. Except as described in Schedule 3.1(u), no brokerage or finder’s fees or
commissions are or will be payable by any Existing Company Entity to any broker,
financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker,
bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Investors shall have no obligation with respect to any fees
or
with respect to any claims (other than such fees or commissions owed by an
Investor pursuant to written agreements executed by such Investor which fees
or
commissions shall be the sole responsibility of such Investor) made by or on
behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that
may
be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(v) Certain
Registration Matters. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations
and warranties set forth in Sections 3.2(b)-(e), no registration under the
Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company
to the Investors hereunder. The Company is eligible to register its Common
Stock
for resale by the Investors under Form SB-2 (or under any successor form
thereof) promulgated under the Securities Act. Except as specified in Schedule
3.1(v), no Existing Company Entity has granted or agreed to grant to any Person
any rights (including “piggy-back” registration rights) to have any securities
of the Company registered with the Commission or any other governmental
authority that have not been satisfied.
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(w) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. Except as specified in the SEC Reports, the
Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof, received notice
from any Trading Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance
with
the listing or maintenance requirements thereof. The Company is, and has no
reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be,
in
compliance with the listing and maintenance requirements for continued listing
of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently
listed or quoted. The issuance and sale of the Shares under the Transaction
Documents does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market
on
which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted, and no approval of the
stockholders of the Company thereunder is required for the Company to issue
and
deliver to the Investors the Shares as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(x) Investment
Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately
following the Closing will not have become, an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(y) Application
of Takeover Protections. The Company has taken all necessary action, if any,
in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of
incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Investors as a result
of
the Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their
rights under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the
Company’s issuance of the Shares and the Investors’ ownership of the Shares.
(z) No
Additional Agreements. No Existing Company Entity has any agreement or
understanding with any Investor with respect to the transactions contemplated
by
the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction
Documents.
(aa) Consultation
with Auditors. The Company has consulted its independent auditors concerning
the
accounting treatment of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, and in connection therewith has furnished such auditors complete
copies of the Transaction Documents.
(bb) Make
Good
Shares. The Make Good Pledgor
is
the sole
record and beneficial owners of the 2009 Make Good Shares and hold such shares
free and clear of all Liens.
(cc) Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act. No Existing Company Entity, nor to the knowledge of
the
Existing Company Entities, any agent or other person acting on behalf of any
Existing Company Entity, has, directly or indirectly, (i) used any funds, or
will use any proceeds from the sale of the Shares, for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic
political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any Person acting
on their behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law,
or
(iv) except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(cc), has violated in any material
respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”).
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(dd) PFIC.
No
Existing Company Entity is or intends to become a “passive foreign investment
company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
(ee) OFAC.
No
Existing Company Entity nor, to the knowledge of the Existing Company Entities,
any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf
of
any Existing Company Entity, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”);
and
the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of
the
Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales
or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country
sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ff) Money
Laundering Laws. The operations of each Existing Company Entity are and have
been conducted at all times in compliance with the money laundering statutes
of
applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related
or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced
by
any applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”)
and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving any Existing Company Entity with
respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of
the
Company, threatened.
(gg) Other
Representations and Warranties Relating to WOFE.
(i) All
material consents, approvals, registrations, authorizations or licenses
requisite under PRC law for the due and proper establishment and operation
of
WOFE have been duly obtained from the relevant PRC governmental authorities
and
are in full force and effect.
(ii) All
filings and registrations with the PRC governmental authorities required in
respect of WOFE and its capital structure and operations including, without
limitation, the registration
with the Ministry of Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission,
the
State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the State
Administration for Foreign Exchange, tax bureau and customs
authorities,
if
necessary
under
current PRC laws and regulations as of the date of this Agreement, have been
duly completed in accordance with the relevant PRC laws, rules and regulations,
except where, the failure to complete such filings and registrations does not,
and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iii) WOFE
has
complied with all relevant PRC laws and regulations regarding the contribution
and payment of its registered capital, the payment schedule of which has been
approved by the relevant PRC governmental authorities. There are no outstanding
rights of, or commitments made by the Company or any Subsidiary to sell any
equity interest in WOFE.
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(iv) WOFE
is
not in receipt of any letter or notice from any relevant PRC governmental or
quasi-governmental authority notifying it of revocation of any licenses or
qualifications issued to it or any subsidy granted to it by any PRC governmental
or quasi-governmental authority for non-compliance with the terms thereof or
with applicable PRC laws, or the need for compliance or remedial actions in
respect of the activities carried out by WOFE, except such revocation does
not,
and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) WOFE
has
conducted its business activities within the permitted scope of business or
has
otherwise operated its business in compliance with all relevant legal
requirements and with all requisite licenses and approvals granted by competent
PRC governmental authorities other than such non-compliance that do not, and
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
As
to licenses, approvals and government grants and concessions requisite or
material for the conduct of any part of WOFE’s business which is subject to
periodic renewal, the Company has no knowledge of any grounds on which such
requisite renewals will not be granted by the relevant PRC governmental
authorities.
With
regard to employment and staff or labor, WOFE has complied with all applicable
PRC laws and regulations in all material respects, including without limitation,
laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical
benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, pensions or the like, other than
such
non-compliance that do not, and would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Disclosure.
Neither any Existing Company Entity nor any Person acting on its behalf has
provided any Investor or its respective agents or counsel with any information
that any Existing Company Entity believes constitutes material, non-public
information concerning the Company, the Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, except insofar as the existence and terms of the proposed
transactions contemplated hereunder may constitute such information. Each of
the
Existing Company Entities understands and confirms that the Investors will
rely
on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions in
securities of the Existing Company Entities. All disclosure provided to the
Investors regarding the Existing Company Entities and their respective
businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, furnished by or on behalf
of the Existing Company Entities (including their respective representations
and
warranties set forth in this Agreement) are true and correct and do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each Investor
acknowledges and agrees that the Existing Company Entities make no
representations or warranties with respect to their respective businesses or
the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
this
Section 3.1 and each of the Investors have relied solely on those
representations and review of the SEC Reports in making its investment decision.
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3.2. Representations
and Warranties of the Investors.
Each
Investor hereby, for itself and for no other Investor, represents and warrants
to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority. Such Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the
requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery
and performance by such Investor of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such
Investor is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company
or
other applicable like action, on the part of such Investor. Each of this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by such
Investor, and when delivered by such Investor in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such
Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by
other equitable principles of general application.
(b) Investment
Intent. Such Investor is acquiring the Shares as principal for its own account
for investment purposes only and not with a view to or for distributing or
reselling such Shares or any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to such
Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
such Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.
Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, nothing contained herein shall
be
deemed a representation or warranty by such Investor to hold the Shares for
any
period of time. Such Investor is acquiring the Shares hereunder in the ordinary
course of its business. Such Investor does not have any agreement or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of
the
Shares.
(c) Investor
Status. At the time such Investor was offered the Shares, it was, and at the
date hereof and the time of sale it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in
Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. Such Investor is not a registered
broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Each Investor has such
sophistication, knowledge and skill to be able to fully evaluate the risks
of
investing in the Company.
(d) General
Solicitation. Such Investor is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Shares
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over
television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general
solicitation or general advertisement.
(e) Access
to
Information. Such Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the Disclosure
Materials and 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 Shares and
the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to 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 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. Neither such inquiries nor any other
investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Investor or its representatives
or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the
truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
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(f) 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
limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities) since the
earlier to occur of (1) the time that such Investor was first contacted by
the
Company or the placement agent regarding an investment in the Company and (2)
the 30th
day
prior to the date of 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.
(g) Independent
Investment Decision. Such Investor has independently evaluated the merits of
its
decision to purchase the Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents, 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 by the Transaction
Documents.
The
Company Entities acknowledge and agree that no Investor has made or makes any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Section
3.2.
ARTICLE
4.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1. (a)
Shares
may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws.
In
connection with any transfer of the Shares other than pursuant to an effective
registration statement, to the Company, to an Affiliate of an Investor or in
connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), the Company may
require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel
selected by the transferor, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does
not require registration of such transferred Shares under the Securities
Act.
(b) Certificates
evidencing the Shares will contain the following legend, until such time as
they
are not required under Section 4.1(c):
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES 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
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
TO
THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THESE SECURITIES
MAY
BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH
SECURITIES.
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The
Company acknowledges and agrees that an Investor may from time to time pledge,
and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares pursuant to a
bona
fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and, if
required under the terms of such agreement or account, such Investor may
transfer pledged or secured Shares to the pledgees or secured parties. Such
a
pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company
and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgors
shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion may
be
required in connection with a subsequent transfer following default by the
Investor transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such pledge.
At the appropriate Investor’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such
reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Shares may reasonably
request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Shares, including the
preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act
to
appropriately amend the list of selling stockholders thereunder. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 4.1(c), any Shares subject to a pledge or security
interest as contemplated by this Section 4.1(b) shall continue to bear the
legend set forth in this Section 4.1(b) and be subject to the restrictions
on
transfer set forth in Section 4.1(a).
(c) Certificates
evidencing Shares and
2009
Make Good Shares, if 2009 Make Good Shares are due to be delivered to Investors
or their transferees pursuant to the Transaction Documents (collectively, the
“Securities”),
shall
not
contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b)): (i)
while
a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering such
Securities
is then
effective (provided, however,
that the Company reserves the right to issue stop transfer instructions to
the
transfer agent (with a copy to the Investors) with respect to the Securities
in the
event that the Registration Statement with respect to the Securities
is no
longer current) or (ii) following a sale or transfer of such Securities
pursuant
to Rule 144 (assuming the transferee is not an Affiliate of the Company), or
(iii) while such Securities
are eligible for sale by the selling Investor without volume restrictions under
Rule 144. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or such other
time as legends are no longer required to be set forth on certificates
representing Securities under this Section 4.1(c), it will, no longer than
three
Trading Days following the delivery by an Investor to the Company or the
Transfer Agent of a certificate representing such Securities containing a
restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such investor Securities
which are free of all restrictive and other legends. If the Company is then
eligible, certificates for Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall
be transmitted by the Transfer to an Investor by crediting the prime brokerage
account of such Investor with the Depository Trust Company System as directed
by
such Investor.
If an
Investor shall make a sale or transfer of Securities
either
(x) pursuant to Rule 144 or (y) pursuant to a registration statement and in
each
case shall have delivered to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent the
certificate representing Securities
containing a restrictive legend which are the subject of such sale or transfer
and a representation letter in customary form (the
date
of such sale or transfer and Securities
delivery
being the “Share
Delivery Date”)
and (1)
the Company shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor
a
certificate representing such Securities
that is
free from all restrictive or other legends by the third
Trading
Day following the Share Delivery Date and (2) following such third
Trading
Day after the Share Delivery Date and prior to the time such Securities
are
received free from restrictive legends, the Investor, or any third party on
behalf of such Investor, purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Investor
of
such Shares (a "Buy-In"),
then
the Company shall pay in cash to the Investor (for costs incurred either
directly by such Investor or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which
the
total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including
brokerage commissions, if any) exceed the proceeds received by such Investor
as
a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Investor shall provide
the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Investor in
respect of the Buy-In. The Company may not make any notation on its records
or
give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.
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4.2. Furnishing
of Information.
As long
as any Investor owns the Securities,
the
Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and
file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by
the
Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any
Investor owns Securities,
if the
Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare
and furnish to the Investors and make publicly available in accordance with
Rule
144(c) such information as is required for the Investors to sell the
Securities
under
Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action
as
any holder of Securities
may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable
such
Person to sell the Securities
without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144.
4.3. Integration.
The
Company shall not, and shall use its best efforts to ensure that no Affiliate
of
the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities
in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the
sale
of the Securities
to the
Investors, or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the
Securities
for
purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market in a manner that
would require stockholder approval of the sale of the Securities
to the
Investors.
4.4. Subsequent
Registrations.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 4.4, the Company may not file any registration
statement (other than on Form S-8 and Form S-4) with the Commission with respect
to any securities of the Company prior to the time that all Shares are
registered pursuant to one or more effective Registration Statement(s), and
the
prospectuses forming a portion of such Registration Statement(s) is available
for the resale of all Shares.
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4.5. Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
By 9:00
a.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day following the Closing Date, the Company
shall issue a press release disclosing the transactions contemplated hereby
and
the Closing (including, without limitation, details with respect to the make
good provision and thresholds contained in Section 4.11 herein). Within
four
Trading
Days
following the Closing Date the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K
disclosing the material terms of the Transaction Documents, including details
with respect to the make good provision and thresholds contained in Section
4.11
herein (and attach as exhibits thereto the Transaction Documents) and the
Closing. The Company shall make the foregoing disclosure such that following
such disclosure, the Investors shall no longer be in possession of any material,
non-public information with respect to the Company. In addition, the Company
will make such other filings and notices in the manner and time required by
the
Commission and the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the
name
of any Investor, or include the name of any Investor in any filing with the
Commission (other than the Registration Statement and any exhibits to filings
made in respect of this transaction in accordance with periodic filing
requirements under the Exchange Act) or any regulatory agency or Trading Market,
without the prior written consent of such Investor, except to the extent such
disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations.
4.6. Limitation
on Issuance of Future Priced Securities.
During
the six months following the Closing Date, the Company shall not issue any
“Future Priced Securities” as such term is described by NASD
IM-4350-1.
4.7. Indemnification
of Investors.
In
addition to the indemnity provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Company Entities will jointly and severally, indemnify and hold the Investors
and their directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and
agents (each, an “Investor
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs, disbursements and expenses, including all
judgments, arbitral awards, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and
reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation (collectively,
“Losses”)
that
any such Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to any
misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement made by any Company Entities in any Transaction Document.
In addition to the indemnity contained herein, the Company Entities will jointly
and severally, reimburse each Investor Party for its reasonable legal and other
expenses (including the cost of any investigation, preparation and travel in
connection therewith) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are
incurred. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures
with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 4.7 shall be
the
same as those set forth in Section 5 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
4.8. Non-Public
Information.
The
Company covenants and agrees that neither it, any Company Entity nor any other
Person acting on its or their behalf will provide any Investor or its agents
or
counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material
non-public information, unless prior thereto such Investor shall have executed
a
written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.
The
Company understands and confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the
foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company.
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4.9. Listing
of Securities.
The
Company agrees (i) if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on
any
other Trading Market, it will include in such application the Securities,
and
will take such other action as is necessary or desirable to cause the
Securities
to be
listed on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible, and (ii) the
Company will take all action reasonably necessary to continue the listing and
trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and will comply in all material
respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the
bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.
4.10. Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder for
working capital purposes and not for the satisfaction of any portion of the
Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables and accrued expenses in the
ordinary course of the Company’s business and consistent with prior practices
and the WOFE Purchase Price as referred to in Article 4.20 below), or to redeem
any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (other than a redemption of 246,148
shares of Common Stock for $550,000 in connection with the closing under the
Exchange Agreement).
4.11. Make
Good
Shares.
(a) The
Make
Good Pledgor
agrees
that
in
the
event that either (i) the Earnings Per Share (as defined below) reported in
the
2009 Annual Report is less than 2009 Guaranteed EPS or (ii) the After Tax Net
Income (as defined below) reported in the 2009 Annual Report is less than
$12,000,000 (the “2009
Guaranteed ATNI”),
the
Make Good Pledgor will
transfer (in accordance with the Make Good Escrow Agreement) to the Investors
on
a pro-rata basis (determined by dividing each Investor’s Investment Amount by
the aggregate of all Investment Amounts delivered to the Company by the
Investors hereunder) for no consideration other than payment of their respective
Investment Amount paid at Closing, the 2009 Make Good Shares. “After
Tax Net Income”
shall
mean the Company’s income after taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009
determined in accordance with GAAP as reported in the 2009 Annual Report.
“Earnings
Per Share”
shall
mean the Company’s After Tax Net Income divided by the number of shares of
common stock of the Company outstanding on
a
fully diluted basis. In
the
event that the After Tax Net Income reported in the 2009 Annual Report is equal
to or greater than the 2009 Guaranteed ATNI and the Earnings Per Share is
greater than the 2009 Guaranteed EPS,
no
transfer of the 2009 Make Good Shares shall be required by the Make Good Pledgor
to the Investors and such 2009 Make Good Shares shall be returned in accordance
with the Make Good Escrow Agreement. Any
such
transfer of the 2009 Make Good Shares shall be made within ten (10)
Business Days after
the date
which
the
2009
Annual Report is filed. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in determining
whether the Company has achieved the 2009 Guaranteed ATNI or
2009
Guaranteed EPS, the
Company may disregard any compensation charge or expense required to be
recognized by the Company under GAAP resulting from
the
release of the 2009 Make Good Shares to Make
Good
Pledgor if and to the extent such charge or expense is specified in the
Company’s independent auditor’s report for the relevant year, as filed with the
Commission. No other exclusions shall be made for any non-recurring expenses
of
the Company, including liquidated damages under the Transaction Documents,
in
determining whether 2009 Guaranteed ATNI or 2009 Guaranteed EPS have been
achieved. If prior to the second anniversary of the filing of the 2009 Annual
Report, the Company or their auditors report or recognize that the financial
statements contained in such report are subject to amendment or restatement
such
that the Company would recognize or report adjusted after tax net income of
less
than the 2009 Guaranteed ATNI or Earnings Per Share of less than the 2009
Guaranteed EPS, as applicable, then notwithstanding any prior return
of
2009
Make Good Shares
to the
Make Good Pledgor, the Make Good Pledgor will, within 10 Business Days following
the earlier of the filing of such amendment or restatement or recognition,
deliver the 2009 Make Good Shares to the Investors.
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(b) In
connection with the foregoing,
the Make
Good Pledgor
agrees
that
within three Trading Days following the Closing, the
Make
Good Pledgor will
deposit all potential 2009 Make Good Shares into escrow in accordance with
the
Make Good Escrow Agreement along with bank signature stamped stock powers
executed in blank (or such other signed instrument of transfer acceptable to
the
Company’s transfer agent), and the handling and disposition of the 2009 Make
Good Shares shall be governed by this Section 4.11 and the Make Good Escrow
Agreement.
The
Company shall notify the Investors as soon as the 2009 Make Good Shares have
been deposited with the Make Good Escrow Agent. The Make Good Pledgor hereby
agrees that his
obligation to transfer shares of Common Stock to Investors pursuant to this
Section 4.11 and the Make Good Escrow Agreement shall continue to run to the
benefit of each Investor even if such Investor shall have transferred or sold
all or any portion of its Shares, and that each Investor shall have the right
to
assign its rights to receive all or any such shares of Common Stock to other
Persons in conjunction with negotiated sales or transfers of any of its
Shares.
(c) The
Company covenants and agrees that upon any transfer of 2009 Make Good Shares
to
the Investors in accordance with the Make Good Escrow Agreement, the Company
shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to reissue such 2009 Make Good Shares
in the applicable Investor’s name and deliver the same as directed by such
Investor.
(d) If
any
term or provision of this Section 4.11 is in contradiction of or conflicts
with
any term or provision of the Make Good Escrow Agreement, the terms of the Make
Good Escrow Agreement shall control.
4.12. Independent
Board of Directors. The Company covenants and agrees that no later than 120
days
following the Closing Date, the Board of Directors of the Company shall be
comprised of a minimum of five members, a majority of which shall be
“independent directors” as such term is defined in NASDAQ Marketplace Rule
4200(a)(15). The Company agrees that $2,000,000 (the
“Board
Holdback Escrow
Amount”)
shall
be held in escrow pursuant to the Holdback Escrow Agreement until such time
as
the Company complies with its obligations under this Section 4.12. If for any
reason or for no reason whatsoever, the Escrow Agent does not receive the
written notice contemplated
by the
Holdback Escrow Agreement from the Company and the Investors
then holding a majority of the Shares
relating
to either the release of (i) the Board Holdback Escrow Amount prior to 125
calendar days following the Closing Date or (ii) CFO Holdback Escrow Amount
prior to 95 calendar days following the Closing Date (each such failure or
breach being referred to as an “Event,”
and for
purposes of this section the date such Event occurs being referred to as
“Event
Date”),
then
in addition to any other rights the Investors may have hereunder or under
applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of
such
Event Date (if
the
applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable
Event is cured,
the
Company shall pay to each Investor by wire transfer an amount in immediately
available funds, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal
to 1%
of the aggregate Investment Amount paid by such Investor for Shares pursuant
to
this Agreement. The partial liquidated damages payable under this Section 4.12
shall
be
independent of any other damages payable under this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document and shall
apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure
of
an Event. In no event will the Company be liable for partial liquidated damages
in excess of 1% of the aggregate Investment Amount of the Investors in any
30-day period in respect of any single Event (it being understood that if the
Company suffers an Event relating to its failure to comply with this Section
4.12 and an Event relating to its failure to comply with Section 4.15 in a
30-day period it will be responsible for 2% of liquidated damages in a 30-day
period). It is further understood that the partial liquidated damages
contemplated hereby are limited to the Board Holdback Escrow Amount as to that
Event and the CFO Holdback Escrow Amount as to that Event; provided that the
Investors are entitled to all other remedies available under applicable law.
On
any Event Date, the Company will deliver to each Investor a written notice
which
shall set forth the relevant Event. If
any
term or provision of this Section 4.12 as to the Board Holdback Escrow Amount
and/or partial liquidated damages is in contradiction of or conflicts with
any
term or provision of the Holdback Escrow Agreement relating thereto, the terms
of the Holdback Escrow Agreement shall control.
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4.13. Third
Party Hiring. By the thirtieth day following the Closing Date, the Company
shall
hire either of CCG Elite, Hayden Communications, or Integrated Corporate
Relations as the Company’s investor relations firm. The
Company agrees that $250,000 (the
“IR
Holdback Escrow
Amount”)
shall
be held in escrow pursuant to the Holdback Escrow Agreement until such time
as
the Company complies with its obligations under this Section 4.13. If
any
term or provision of this Section 4.13 as to the IR Holdback Escrow Amount
is in
contradiction of or conflicts with any term or provision of the Holdback Escrow
Agreement relating thereto, the terms of the Holdback Escrow Agreement shall
control.
4.14. Right
of
First Refusal.
(a) From
the
date hereof until the first anniversary of the effective date of the
Registration Statement
(plus
one additional day for each Trading Day following the Effective Date of any
Registration Statement during which either (1) the Registration Statement is
not
effective or (2) the prospectus forming a portion of the Registration Statement
is not available for the resale of all Registrable Securities (as defined in
the
Registration Rights Agreement)),
the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any
option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries'
equity or equity equivalent securities, including, without limitation, any
debt,
preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during
its
life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (any such
offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a
"Subsequent
Placement")
unless
the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4.14. If the Company
desires to sell any securities it shall deliver to each of the Investors a
written notice to such effect specifying the general terms of the offering
the
Company desires to make and for a period of at least twenty Business Days after
the giving of such notice the Company agrees to negotiate in good faith with
any
Investors responding to such notice the terms of a sale of the Company’s
securities to such responding Investors.
(b) In
the
event that the Company shall receive an
unsolicited offer regarding the purchase of the Company’s securities, the
Company shall deliver to each Investor hereunder a written notice (the
"Offer
Notice")
of any
proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the "Offer")
of the
securities being offered (the "Offered
Securities")
in a
Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (v) identify and describe the
Offered Securities, (w) specify the price and other terms upon which the Offered
Securities are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of
the
Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (x) identify the persons
or
entities (to the extent known) to which or with which the Offered Securities
are
to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (y) offer to issue and sell to
or
exchange with such Investors all of the Offered Securities, allocated among
such
Investors (i) based on such Investor's pro rata portion of the total Investment
Amount hereunder (the "Basic
Amount"),
and
(ii) with respect to each Investor that elects to purchase its Basic Amount,
any
additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts
of other Investors as such Investor shall indicate it will purchase or acquire
should the other Investors subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the
"Undersubscription
Amount"),
which
process shall be repeated until the Investors shall have an opportunity to
subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.
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(c) To
accept
an Offer, in whole or in part, such Investor must deliver a written notice
to
the Company prior to the end of the fifth Business Day after such Investor's
receipt of the Offer Notice (the "Offer
Period"),
setting forth the portion of such Investor's Basic Amount that such Investor
elects to purchase and, if such Investor shall elect to purchase all of its
Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Investor elects
to
purchase (in either case, the "Notice
of Acceptance").
If
the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Investors are less than the total of
all
of the Basic Amounts, then each Investor who has set forth an Undersubscription
Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition
to
the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed
for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for
exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic
Amounts subscribed for (the "Available
Undersubscription Amount"),
each
Investor who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled
to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as
the
Basic Amount of such Investor bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Investors
that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by
the
Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary.
(d) The
Company shall have twenty Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period
above to (i) offer, issue, sell or exchange the Offered Securities as to which
a
Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Investors (the “Refused
Securities”)
but
only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein)
and
only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices
and
interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or persons
or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and
(ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement
Agreement (as defined below), and (b) either (x) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the
termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with
the Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement
Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.
If
no disclosure has been made by the Company by the end of the twenty Business
Day
period referred to in this subsection (d), the Subsequent Placement shall be
deemed to have been abandoned and the Investors shall no longer be deemed to
be
in possession of any non-public information with respect to the Company. The
purchase by the Investors of any Offeree Securities is subject in all cases
to
the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Investors of
a
purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Investors and their respective counsel (such
agreement, the “Subsequent
Placement Agreement.”)
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(e) In
the
event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in this Section
4.15), then each Investor may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion,
reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice
of
Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of
the
Offered Securities that such Investor elected to purchase pursuant to Section
4.15(c) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be
the
number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue,
sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Investors
pursuant to Section 4.15(c) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities.
In
the event that any Investor so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered
Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue,
sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered
Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the
Investors in accordance with Section 4.15(b) above.
(f) Upon
the
closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused
Securities, the Investors shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall
issue to the Investors, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified
in
the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4.15(e) above if
the
Investors have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer.
(g) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by the Investors or other persons in accordance
with Section 4.15(d) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they
are
again offered to the Investors under the procedures specified in this
Agreement.
(h) In
exchange for the Company’s willingness to agree to these procedures, each
Investor hereby irrevocably agrees that it will hold in strict confidence any
and all Offer Notices, the information contained therein, and the fact that
the
Company is contemplating a Subsequent Placement, until such time as the Company
is obligated to make the disclosures required by Section 4.15(d), or unless
it
notifies the Company in writing that it no longer desires to receive Offer
Notices.
4.15. Chief
Financial Officer. No later than three
months
following the Closing Date, the Company will hire a chief financial officer
(“CFO”) who is a
certified public accountant or possesses experience such that he or she can
reasonably serve as a chief financial officer, fluent in English, and
who
has a
working familiarity with
(i) US
GAAP and (ii) auditing procedures and compliance for United States public
companies.
In the
event that the proposed CFO is not a certified public accountant, who is fluent
in English and an expert in GAAP and auditing procedures and compliance for
United States public companies, then such proposed CFO shall be subject to
Pinnacle’s reasonable approval. The Company shall enter into an employment
agreement with the CFO for a term of no less than two years. Should the CFO
be
dismissed at any time prior to two years from the Closing Date, the Company
shall replace the CFO with a Chief Financial Officer who fits the criteria
set
forth herein as soon as practicable.
By
9:00
a.m. (New York time) on the fourth Trading Day following the hiring of such
chief financial officer, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K
disclosing the information required by Item 5.02 of Form 8-K. The Company shall
deposit $2,000,000 to be held in escrow (the “CFO
Holdback Escrow
Amount”)
in
accordance with the terms of the Holdback Escrow Agreement pending compliance
with this provision. If any term or provision of this Section 4.15 as to the
CFO
Holdback Escrow Amount is in contradiction of or conflicts with any term or
provision of the Holdback Escrow Agreement relating thereto, the terms of the
Holdback Escrow Agreement shall control.
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4.16. Liquidated
Damages for Governmental Rescission of the Transaction. If any governmental
agency in the PRC challenges or otherwise takes any action that adversely
affects the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement, and the Company
cannot undo such governmental action or otherwise address the material adverse
effect to the reasonable satisfaction of the Investors within sixty (60) days
of
the occurrence of such governmental action, then, upon written demand from
an
Investor, the Company shall promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days
from the date of such written demand, pay to that Investor, as liquidated
damages, an amount equal to that Investor’s entire Investment Amount with
interest thereon from the Closing date until the date paid at the rate of 10%
per annum. As a condition to the receipt of such payment, the Investor shall
return to the Company for cancellation the certificates evidencing the Shares
acquired by the Investor under the Agreement.
4.17. Further
Assurances. The Company will, and will cause all of the Company Entities and
their management to, use their best efforts to satisfy all of the closing
conditions under Section 5.1, and will not take any action which could frustrate
or delay the satisfaction of such conditions. In addition, either prior to
or
following the Closing, each Existing Company Entity signatory hereto will,
and
will cause each other Company Entity and its management to, perform, or cause
to
be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute
and
deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents,
as
any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
4.19 Insurance.
Within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, each Existing Company Entity
shall become insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the
businesses in which it is engaged and as may be necessary to continue its
business on terms consistent with market for the Company’s and such other
Existing Company Entity’s respective lines of business.
4.20 Completion
of WOFE Purchase and Increase of WOFE’s Registered Capital.
(a) Completion
of WOFE Purchase. By the 20th
day
following the Closing Date, the Company shall complete the WOFE Purchase.
In
order
to complete the WOFE Purchase, the Company and Green agree to transmit
approximately $4,000,000 (“WOFE Purchase Price”) to the accounts of the former
WOFE shareholders and complete additional filings and registrations, including
obtaining a new business license and certificate from the PRC State
Administration of Foreign Exchange reflecting the completion of the payment
of
the Purchase Price. The Company Entities represent and warrant that the former
WOFE shareholders have agreed that they will not retain the WOFE Purchase Price
and have issued an instruction that the PRC State Administration of Foreign
Exchange, Xi’An branch, transmit the WOFE Purchase Price, when received, to the
WOFE. In furtherance of the Company’s obligations under this Section, by the
20th
day
following the Closing Date, the Company shall provide the Investors with
evidence reasonably acceptable to them that the aggregate registered capital
deficit (the WOFE Purchase Price) has been paid by providing a copy of the
new
business license evidencing that the aggregate capital deficit (the WOFE
Purchase Price) has been paid as described above.
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(b) Completion
of the Increase of WOFE’s Registered Capital. By the 65th
day
following the Closing Date, the Company shall complete the increase of WOFE’s
registered capital from approximately $4,000,000 to such amount as necessary
to
accommodate the net proceeds of the sale of Shares under this Agreement. The
WOFE is to receive all necessary documentation evidencing the completion of
the
registered capital increase including the approval from provincial commercial
bureau, a new business license from the local State Administration of Industrial
and Commerce and an updated certificate from PRC State Administration of Foreign
Exchange, Xi’An branch.
4.21 The
Trademarks of the WOFE. For any Intellectual Property Rights that
are
owned in
the name of any predecessor of the WOFE,
the WOFE
shall complete the
change of the registered owner from that of the WOFE’s predecessor to the WOFE’s
current name, address and other related updates which is required by PRC
Trademark Offices within 18 months of the Closing Date (the“Compliance
Period”)
as
evidenced by a written notice certifying the completion of the change of
registered owner information (the “Notice”)
from
the PRC Trademark Offices (the date which is 18 months following the Closing
Date, the “Compliance
Notice Date”).
A copy
of the Notice shall be promptly provided to the Investors. If for any reason
or
for no reason whatsoever, the WOFE does not receive the Notice from the PRC
Trademark Offices and provide such evidence to the Investors within the
Compliance Period, then on the Compliance Notice Date and on each monthly
anniversary thereof (until the WOFE provides a copy of the Notice to the
Investors) the Company shall pay to each Investor by wire transfer an amount
in
immediately available funds, as partial liquidated damages and not as a
penaltyequal to 0.5% of the aggregate Investment Amount paid by such Investor
for Shares pursuant to this Agreement. The
partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.21 shall
be
independent of any other damages payable under this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document and shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion
of a month prior to the time the Investors are provided a copy of the
Notice.
ARTICLE
5.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
5.1. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Investors to Purchase Shares.
The
obligation of each Investor to acquire Shares at the Closing is subject to
the
satisfaction or waiver by such Investor, at or before the Closing, of each
of
the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Existing Company
Entities contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects
as
of the date when made and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such
date;
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(b) Performance.
The Existing Company Entities shall have performed, satisfied and complied
in
all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required
by
the Transaction Documents and the Exchange Agreement to be performed, satisfied
or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any
court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and the Exchange Agreement;
(d) Adverse
Changes. Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series
of
events shall have occurred that reasonably could have or result in a Material
Adverse Effect or a material adverse change with respect to the
Subsidiaries;
(e) WOFE
Financial Statements. WOFE shall have completed and delivered audited
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2006
and
2007 to the Company and the Investors and shall have received an audit report
from an independent audit firm that is registered with the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board relating to the fiscal years ended June 30, 2006
and
2007, a copy of which shall be promptly provided to the Investors (collectively,
the “WOFE
Financial Statements”);
(f) WOFE
Intellectual Property Rights. The WOFE shall provide to the Investors evidence
acceptable to the Investors that all Intellectual Property Rights are either
(i)
validly owned by the WOFE, or (ii) (a) if owned by any Person other than
the WOFE or its predecessor, subject to valid and binding Intellectual Property
Right Licensing Agreements which may not be terminated for any reason until
any
such Intellectual Property Right covered thereby is validly owned by the WOFE,
or (b) if owned by the predecessor of the WOFE, the application for the change
of the registered owner information from that of the WOFE’s predecessor to the
WOFE’s current name, address and other related updates which is or may be
required by relevant PRC authorities in charge of such Intellectual Property
is
submitted by the WOFE to the relevant PRC authority on or before the Closing.
(g) PRC
Opinion. The Company shall have delivered to the Investors, and the Investors
shall be able to rely upon, the legal opinions that the Company shall have
received from its legal counsel in the PRC (which, among other things, shall
confirm the legality under applicable PRC law of the WOFE and the applicability
of SAFE Circular 75, Circular 106 and the September 8 Merger and Acquisition
Rules) with such legal opinions being in a form acceptable to the Investors
in
their sole discretion.
(h) Exchange
Agreement and Form 8-K. Concurrently with or immediately prior to the Closing,
(i) the Company shall have completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding
capital stock of Green pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, and (ii) the Company
shall have provided the Investors with the Current Report on Form 8-K to be
filed in accordance with the Exchange Agreement, containing the audited
financial statements of Green and other required disclosure with respect to
Green and WOFE, provided that, prior to the filing of such Current Report,
the
Company shall give the Investors a meaningful opportunity to review and comment
on the draft thereof and incorporate in good faith any comments from the
Investors reasonably acceptable to the Company;
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(i) Derivative
Securities. Any issued and outstanding options, convertible notes or other
securities of the Company that are exercisable or exchangeable for or
convertible into Common Stock shall have been exercised, converted or exchanged
for Common Stock in a manner satisfactory to the Investors;
(j) Closing
Officer’s Certificate. At the Closing, the Company shall have delivered to each
Investor an officer’s certificate to the effect that each of the conditions
specified in Sections 5.1(a) - 5.1(i) is satisfied in all respects.
(k) Company
Deliverables. The Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in
accordance with Section 2.2(a); and
(l) Termination.
This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance
with Section 6.5.
(m) Minimum/Maximum.
The Company shall have delivered to each Investor signature pages to
this Agreement indicating that the aggregate Investment Amount payable
to the Company hereunder on the Closing Date is not less than $20,000,000 and
no
more than $26,000,000.
5.2. Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to Sell Shares.
The
obligation of the Company to sell Shares at the Closing is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver by the Company, at or before the Closing, of each of
the
following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Investor contained
herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when
made and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such
date;
(b) Performance.
Each Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material
respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the
Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such
Investor at or prior to the Closing;
(c) No
Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any
court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
(d) Exchange
Agreement. Concurrently with or immediately prior to the Closing, the Company
shall have acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Green pursuant
to
the Exchange Agreement.
(e) Investors
Deliverables. Each Investor shall have delivered its Investors Deliverables
in
accordance with Section 2.2(b); and
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(f) Termination.
This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance
with Section 6.5.
ARTICLE
6.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1. Fees
and
Expenses.
At the
Closing, the Company shall reimburse Pinnacle upon presentation to the Company
of a
summary
invoice
therefor
which is addressed to Pinnacle by its counsel, up
to
$60,000
for
Pinnacle’s legal fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents
(Pinnacle may deduct such amount from the Investment Amount deliverable to
the
Company at Closing), it being understood that Xxxxx Xxxx LLP has only rendered
legal advice to Pinnacle, and not to the Company or any other Investor in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that each of the
Company and the other Investors has relied for such matters on the advice of
its
own respective counsel.
In
addition, the Company shall at the Closing pay to Pinnacle, upon presentation
to
the Company of reasonable documentation therefor,
not more
than $7,500 to reimburse Pinnacle for its out-of-pocket due diligence expenses
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Except
as
specified in the immediately preceding two sentences and as described in Section
6.4, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel,
accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such
party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall pay all stamp and
other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale of the
Shares.
In the
event that any waivers or amendments are required with respect to any
Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company
covenants to reimburse Pinnacle for reasonable legal expenses incurred in
connection therewith.
6.2. Entire
Agreement.
The
Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and
representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the
parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
6.3. 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 (provided the sender receives a machine-generated
confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile number specified
in
this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b)
the
next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section
on
a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on
any Trading Day, or (c) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice
is
required to be given, if sent by any means other than facsimile transmission.
The address for such notices and communications shall be as
follows:
If
to the Company:
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Facsimile:
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Attn.:
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to an Investor:
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the address set forth under such Investor’s name on the signature pages
hereof;
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a copy to:
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Xxxx LLP
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for notices to
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Avenue of the Americas
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Email:
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Attn.:
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or
such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner,
by
such Person.
6.4. Amendments;
Waivers; No Additional Consideration.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written
instrument signed by the Company and the Investors holding a majority of the
Shares. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or
requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in
the
future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision,
condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either
party
to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Investor to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document
unless the same consideration is also offered to all Investors who then hold
Shares. The Company shall pay for any fees, including reasonable attorney’s fees
for one counsel representing the Investors, incurred by the Investors in
connection with any amendment to a Transaction Document.
6.5. Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated prior to Closing:
(a) by
written agreement of the Investors holding a majority of the Shares to be issued
at Closing pursuant to the terms hereof and the Company; and
(b) by
an
Investor (as to itself but no other Investor) upon written notice to the
Company, if the Closing shall not have taken place by 6:30 p.m. Eastern time
on
the Closing Date; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under
this Section 6.5(b) shall not be available to any Person whose failure to comply
with its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted
in
the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such time.
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In
the
event of a termination pursuant to Section 6.5(a) upon delivery of a joint
written notice from the Company and the Investors to the Escrow Agent or in
the
event of a termination pursuant to Section 6.5(b) upon delivery of written
notice by an Investor to the Escrow Agent, such Investor shall have the right
to
a return of up to its entire Investment Amount deposited with the Escrow Agent
pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(i), without interest or deduction. The Company
covenants and agrees to cooperate with such Investor in obtaining the return
of
its Investment Amount, and shall not communicate any instructions to the
contrary to the Escrow Agent.
In
the
event of a termination pursuant to this Section, the Company shall promptly
notify all non-terminating Investors. Upon a termination in accordance with
this
Section 6.5, the Company and the terminating Investor(s) shall not have any
further obligation or liability (including as arising from such termination)
to
the other and no Investor will have any liability to any other Investor under
the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.
6.6. Construction.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be
construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden
of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship
of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents.
6.7. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Investors. Any Investor may assign any or all of its rights
under
this Agreement to any Person to whom such Investor assigns or transfers any
Shares, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect
to
the transferred Shares, by the provisions hereof that apply to the “Investors.”
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for the avoidance of doubt,
each Investor may freely transfer any Shares to any Person (including its
Affiliates or any investment fund sponsored or advised by such Investor) without
the consent of any of the Existing Company Entities or any other
Investor.
6.8. No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set
forth
in Section 4.7 (as to each Investor Party).
6.9. 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 internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether
brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or
agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or
with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of the any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that
it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such New York Court,
or
that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence
of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by
applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions
of
a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall
be
reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs
and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of
such Proceeding.
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6.10. Survival.
The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall
survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
6.11. Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to
the
other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of
the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same
force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original
thereof.
6.12. Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is
a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
6.13. Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting
any
similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Investor
exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document
and
the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods
therein provided, then such Investor may rescind or withdraw, in its sole
discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant
notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future
actions and rights.
6.14. Replacement
of Securities.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities
is
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in
lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only
upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested.
The
applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall
also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such
replacement Securities.
If a
replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities
is
requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of
such
mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance
of
a replacement.
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6.15. Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing
sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance
of
any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
6.16. Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Investor pursuant
to
any Transaction Document or an Investor enforces or exercises its rights
thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement
or
exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are
required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee,
receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation,
any
bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action),
then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force
and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff
had not occurred.
6.17. Independent
Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Investor under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to
purchase Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such
Investor independently of any other Investor. Nothing contained herein or in
any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association,
a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Each
Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has acted as agent for such
Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Investor
will be acting as agent of such Investor in connection with monitoring its
investment in the Shares or enforcing its rights under the Transaction
Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce
its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this
Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Investors
has been provided with the same Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing
a transaction with multiple Investors and not because it was required or
requested to do so by any Investor.
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6.18. Limitation
of Liability.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company acknowledges and
agrees that the liability of an Investor arising directly or indirectly, under
any Transaction Document of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied
solely out of the assets of such Investor, and that no trustee, officer, other
investment vehicle or any other Affiliate of such Investor or any investor,
shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial interest of such a Investor shall
be personally liable for any liabilities of such Investor.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
of
December 24, 2007.
DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
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Name: Xxx Xx |
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Title:
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Name: Yinshing Xxxxx To |
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SHAANXI
TECHTEAM JINONG HUMIC ACID PRODUCT CO., LTD.
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Name: Xxx Xx |
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Title:
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as
the
date set forth above.
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Schedules
to
dated
as of December 24, 2007, by and among Discovery
Technologies, Inc. a Nevada corporation,
and all predecessors thereof
(the “Company”),
Green Agriculture Holding Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (“Green”),
Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd., a company organized
under
the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“WOFE”), and the investors
identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Investor” and collectively,
the “Investors”).
Schedule
3.1 (a) Subsidiary
Xi’an
Jintai Agriculture Technology Development Company,
a company incorporated in January 19, 2007 in the PRC is the wholly owned
subsidiary of the WOFE, it serves as the WOFE’s research and development and
experimental base. Its registered capital is XXX 0 xxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxxxx
US$135,000)
Schedule
3.1 (g) Capitalization
Please
refer to the Cap table in excel format.
Schedule
3.1(k) Litigation
Xi’an
Techteam Science and Technology Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (the “Group
Company”), the former parent company of WOFE was a former 20% shareholder of
Shanghai Li Ao Hi-Tech Investment Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Li Ao”) as a nominee. The
Group Company is substantially owned and controlled by Xxx Xx, the Chairman
and
CEO of WOFE.
Shanghai
Li Ao invested monies in Xinjiang Xxxxxx Group. Some of the top management
of
Xinjiang Xxxxxx Group was convicted in the PRC in 2006 of illegally taking
deposit accounts from investors and stock manipulation. At no time has the
Group
Company, Shanghai Li Ao, Xxx Xx, WOFE or any employee, officer or director
thereof been charged with any wrongdoing in connection with this
matter.
Schedule
3.1 (m) Indebtedness
Loan
No.
|
Borrower
|
Amount
(million
in RMB)
|
Dated
|
Term
|
Gurantee
|
Secured
Property
|
||||||
Xi
Shang Yin Xincheng Jie
Zi
[2007] No. 010
|
Xi’an
City Commercial Bank, Xincheng Branch
|
15
|
4/29/2007
|
4/29/2007~4/1/2008
|
Xishangyin
Xincheng Bao Zi [2007] No. 010
|
Property
Certificate No. Yang Xxx Xxxx (2006) No.06
Building
Certificate No. Yang Fang Xxxx Xxxxx Zi No. 20060030
|
||||||
Yang
Nong Yin Jie Zi [2007] No. 001
|
Agricultural
Bank of China, Yangling Branch
|
13.5
|
3/28/2007
|
3/28/2007~3/27/2007
|
Yang
Nong Yin Bao Zi [2007] Xx. 000
|
Xxxx
|
||||||
Xxxxxxxx
Xin Jie Zi Beiwen No. [2007] Xx. 000
|
Xx’xx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Credit Union North Wenyi Road
Branch
|
3.8
|
9/18/2007
|
9/18/2007~9/16/2007
|
None
|
Mortgage
of Building of another company Xi’an Xiansheng Info. Technology Co., Ltd.,
which is majority owned by Mr. Xxx
Xx
|
Schedule
3.1 (o) Title to Assets
There
is
a mortgage over the following land use right and building owned by the WFOE
for
a loan of RMB15million with Xincheng Branch of Commercial Bank of Xi’an City as
referred to under Schedule 3.1 (m).
|
|
License
No.
|
|
Area
|
|
Term
|
Property
at Yangling
|
Yangguan
Xxx Xxxx [2006] No. 06
|
30,946.65
m2
|
Land
use right valid through 01/2001-01/2051
|
|||
Building
at Yangling
|
No.
20060030
|
6494.91
m2
|
—
|
Schedule
3.1 (p) Patents and Trademarks
The
following patents are in the process of application by the
WFOE:
SN
|
|
Application
Number
|
|
Date
of Application
|
|
Applicant
|
|
Contents
|
1
|
200720031884.2
|
5/29/2007
|
Shaanxi
Techteam Jinong Humici Acid Product Co.,Ltd
|
Production
facility of Humic Acid Products
|
||||
2
|
200710017334.x
|
2/1/2007
|
Shaanxi
Techteam Jinong Humici Acid Product Co.,Ltd
|
Method
and recipe of the water solube humic acid fertilizers
|
A.
Xi’an
Techteam Science and Technology Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (the “Group
Company”), a company Mr. Xxx Xx has controlling shares is the registered owner
of the following trademark:
Jinong (“Farmers’ Helper”) | Registration number: No. 1357523 |
The
Group
Company is in the process of transferring the trademark to the WOFE. The
application of the transfer with the PRC State Trademark Offices is dated
October 15, 2007. There is a licensing agreement between the Group Company
and
the WOFE dated December 19, 2007 pursuant to which the Group Company granted
an
irrevocable, royalty free, exclusive license to the WOFE on the trademark
of
Jinong for the period from the date of the licensing agreement to the date
on
which the WOFE is transferred the trademark.
B.
Yanglin Techteam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd. (“Yanglin”), the
predecessor of the WOFE, is the registered owner of the following
trademark:
Libangnong (“Xxxxxx’x Mighty Helper”) | Registration number: No.1503 |
Yanglin
is in the process of updating the owner information records with the PRC
State
Trademark Offices. The application is dated August 23, 2007.
C.
Yanglin is the registered owner of the following trademarks:
Zhimeizi (“Make Plants Grow with Luster”) | Registration number: No. 1504 |
Lepushi (“Make Farming Pleasant”) | Registration number: No. 1428 |
Yanglin
is in preparing the application for the owner information records updating
and
expect to file the application by the Closing.
Schedule
3.1 (q) Insurance
SN
|
Insurance
Category
|
Policy
Number
|
Premium
(RMB)
|
Insured
Property Value (RMB)
|
Insurance
Carrier
|
Term
of the Policy
|
||||||||
1
|
Social
Insurance
|
Endowment
Insurance
|
N/A
|
54.5.4/m/19
Persons
|
N/A
|
It
is different with
|
N/A
|
|||||||
Medical
Insurance
|
N/A
|
1640.52/m/19
Persons
|
N/A
|
each
employee
when
they
|
||||||||||
Unemployment
Insurance
|
N/A
|
696.83/m/19
Persons
|
N/A
|
contracted
with
the
Insurance
|
||||||||||
Maternity
Insurance
|
N/A
|
106.25/m/19
Persons
|
N/A
|
company
at
the beginning.
|
||||||||||
Industrial
Injury Insurance
|
N/A
|
193.05/m/19
Persons
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||
2
|
Assets
Comprehensive
|
Fixed
Assets
|
6005745
|
6,800.00
|
1,360,000.00
|
PICC
Property and Causalty Company Limited,Shaanxi
|
Expires
on 12/29/2008
|
|||||||
|
|
Insurance
|
Finished
Products
|
2,000.00
|
400,000.00
|
Branch | ||||||||
Packing
Materials
|
1,000.00
|
200,000.00
|
Schedule
3.1 (r)
As
of the
date of this Agreement, the WOFE owes $135,947 to its officers and shareholders.
Such advance from the officers and shareholders to the WOFE was unsecured,
non-interest bearing and due on demand. The WOFE plans to pay the amount
off by
December 31, 2007.
Schedule
3.1 (s)
The
Company intends to hire a chief financial officer who has experience with
public
accounting, the requirements of GAAP and the United States securities laws.
The
Company has not yet evaluated its internal controls over financial reporting
in
order to allow management to report on, and the independent auditors to attest
to, its internal controls over financial reporting, as will be required by
Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
of
the SEC. The Company has never performed the system and process evaluation
and
testing required in an effort to comply with the management assessment and
auditor certification requirements of Section 404, which will initially apply
to
us as of December 31, 2007.
Schedule
3.1 (u) Certain Fees
In
connection with the financing contemplated under the Securities Purchase
Agreement, Xxxxxx Freihofner Capital, a Division of Xxxxx Securities, Inc.,
member of FINRA, MSRB, SIPC, as placement agent, is to receive a cash fee
of 6%
of the monies raised comprised of a 5% placement agent fee and 1% for
non-accountable expenses and foreign finders received 2%.
Schedule
3.1 (v) Certain Registration Matters
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx (the “Shell Sellers”), the directors and controlling
owners of the Company before the Closing, has piggy-back registration rights
on
111,386 shares of common stock for the period that they hold those shares,
pursuant to Redemption Agreement by and among the Shell Sellers and the Company
dated the Closing Date. The piggy-back registration rights are conditioned
on
Rule 415 cutback.
Schedule
3.1 (cc) Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act
Under
the
FCPA, companies that have a class of securities registered under Section
12 of
the Exchange Act, or that are required to file reports under Section 15(d)
of
the Exchange Act, are required to devise and maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that:
·
|
transactions
are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization;
|
·
|
transactions
are recorded as necessary (1) to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
or
any other criteria applicable to such statements, and (2) to maintain
accountability for assets;
|
·
|
access
to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general
or
specific authorization; and
|
·
|
the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any
differences.
|
Reference
is made to Schedule 3.1(s).
Schedule
4.4
Reference
is made to Schedule 3.1 (v).