REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
This Registration Rights Agreement
(this “Agreement”) is made
and entered into as of June 17, 2010, between Rodobo International, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and each
of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and,
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This
Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase
Agreement”).
The
Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have
the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Effectiveness Date”
means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, the 90th
calendar day following the date hereof (or, in the event of a “full review” by
the Commission, the 120th
calendar day following the date hereof) and with respect to any additional
Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the
60th
calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is
required to be filed hereunder; provided, however, that in the
event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above
Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further
review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement
shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so
notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above.
“Effectiveness Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Event Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Filing Date” means,
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the
30th
calendar day following the date hereof and, with respect to any additional
Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the
earliest practicable date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to
file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable
Securities.
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“Holder” or “Holders” means the
holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.
“Indemnified Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration
Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to
this Agreement.
“Initial Shares” means
a number of Registrable Securities equal to the lesser of (a) the total number
of Registrable Securities and (b) one-third of the number of issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock that are held by non-Affiliates of the
Company on the day immediately prior to the filing date of the Initial
Registration Statement.
“Losses” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Plan of Distribution”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation,
a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
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“Registrable
Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (a) all Shares, (b)
all Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (assuming on such
date the Warrants are exercised in full without regard to any exercise
limitations therein), (c) any additional shares of Common Stock issuable in
connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Warrants (without giving
effect to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrants) and (d) any
securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other
distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the
foregoing; provided, however, that any
such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the
Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file
another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as
(a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable
Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and
such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holders in accordance
with such effective Registration Statement, (b) such Registrable Securities have
been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (c) such securities become
eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to
Rule 144 and (I) without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 or (II)
the Company is in compliance with the current public information requirement
under Rule 144 as reasonably determined by counsel to the Company (assuming that
such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or
exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or
are issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, and all
Warrants are exercised by “cashless exercise” as provided in Section 2(c) of
each of the Warrants), as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice
of counsel to the Company.
“Registration
Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed
hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements
contemplated by Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus,
including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
any such registration statement.
“Rule 415” means Rule
415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Selling Stockholder
Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a).
“SEC Guidance” means
(i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or
any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the
Securities Act.
2. Shelf
Registration.
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(a) On or
prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all or such maximum
portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC
Guidance that are not then registered on an effective Registration
Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule
415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3
(except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless
otherwise directed by Holders of at least 85% of the Registrable Securities)
substantially the “Plan of Distribution”
attached hereto as Annex
A. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be filed
hereunder to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the
applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep
such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) have
been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) (A) may be sold without
volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and (B) (I) may be
sold without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the
current public information requirement under Rule 144 or (II) the Company is in
compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as
reasonably determined by the counsel to the Company (the “Effectiveness
Period”). The Company shall telephonically request
effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on
a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via
facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the
same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the
Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such
Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City
time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement,
file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule
424. Failure to so notify the Holder within one (1) Trading Day of
such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as
foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(b). Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, and subject to the payment of liquidated
damages pursuant to Section 2(b), if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on
the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular
Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent
efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater
portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a
Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to
be registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by
Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that
some Warrant Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based
on the total number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders); [provided, however, that, prior
to any reduction in the number of Registrable Securities included in a
Registration Statement as set forth in this sentence, [all shares of Common
Stock set forth on Schedule 6(b)] hereto
shall be reduced first]. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall
give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days’ prior written notice along with
the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment.
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(b) Except to
the extent any of the following occur solely as a result of SEC Guidance that
sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be
registered on a particular Registration Statement, if : (i) the Initial
Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the
Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the Holders
the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a)
herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)), or
(ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of
a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the date
that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the
Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not
be subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the effective date of a
Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and
otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of
such Registration Statement within twenty (20) calendar days after the receipt
of comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in
order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv) as to,
in the aggregate among all Holders on a pro-rata basis based on their purchase
of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a Registration Statement
registering for resale all of the Initial Shares is not declared effective by
the Commission by the Effectiveness Date of the Initial Registration Statement,
or (v) after the effective date of a Registration Statement and during the
Effectiveness Period, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to
remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize
the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than ten
(10) consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen (15)
calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month
period, or (vi) the Company shall fail for any reason to satisfy the current
public information requirement under Rule 144 as to the applicable Registrable
Securities (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for
purposes of clauses (i), (iv), and (vi), the date on which such Event occurs,
and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five (5) Trading Day
period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iii) the date which such ten (10)
calendar day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (v) the date on which
such ten (10) or fifteen (15) calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded
being referred to as “Event Date”), then,
in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under
applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each
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 Holder an
amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to
1.0% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, for any unregistered Registrable Securities then held by
such Holder; provided, however, the Company
shall not be required to pay partial liquidated damages to such Holder under
this Section 2(b) in an aggregate amount in excess of 4.0% of the aggregate
purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement. The parties agree that the Company shall not be liable for
liquidated damages under this Agreement with respect to any unexercised
Warrants. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages
pursuant to this Section 2(b) in full within seven days after the date payable,
the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser
maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder,
accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such
amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial
liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata
basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
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3. Registration
Procedures.
In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder:
(a) Not less
than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement
and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that
would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, but not
including any Exchange Act filing that is filed under Rule 424 as part of a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement that is not primarily related to the Registrable Securities), the
Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed
to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and
(ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public
accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the
reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not
file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is
notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after
the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1)
Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related
Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. In the event that the Company
is prevented from making such filing in accordance with the previous sentence,
the failure of the Company to make such filing shall not be deemed a breach or
default hereunder or otherwise with respect to the Securities. Each Holder
agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached
to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Stockholder
Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days
prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th)
Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in
accordance with this Section 3(a).
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(b) The
Company shall (i) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the
Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a
Registration Statement continuously effective (subject to any requirement that a
post-effective amendment be declared effective by the Commission) as to the
applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and
file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to
register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities
subject to any SEC Guidance that sets forth a limitation on the number of
Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration
Statement, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by
any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement),
and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii)
respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the
Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and
if requested by a Holder, provide as promptly as reasonably possible to such
Holder true and complete copies of all written correspondence from and to the
Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the
Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute
material non-public information as to any Holder which has not entered into a
confidentiality agreement with respect thereto with the Company), and (iv)
comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in
accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of
disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as
so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) If during
the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time
exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a
Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably
practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional
Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the
number of such Registrable Securities.
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(d) The
Company shall notify in writing the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold
(which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be
accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the
requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in
the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such
filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no
later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) other than in connection
with an Exchange Act filing that is filed under Rule 424 as part of a
Registration Statement, when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed,
(B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of
such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on
such Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information, except in connection with post-effective amendments not
primarily related to Registration Statements, (iii) of the issuance by the
Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or
all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that
purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or
threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any
event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a
Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in
a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as
the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending
corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may
be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the
best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration
Statement or Prospectus, provided that, any
and all of such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such
information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required
by law; provided, further, that
notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential,
each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material,
non-public information.
(e) The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of or, if
issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable
moment.
(f) The
Company shall furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed
copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and
all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission; provided, that any
such item which is available on the XXXXX system (or successor thereto) need not
be furnished in physical form.
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(g) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after
the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h)
The Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder
proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the
FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested
by any such Holder, and the Company shall pay the filing fee required by such
filing within two (2) Business Days of request therefor.
(i) Prior
to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the
selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or
exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities
for the resale by such Holders under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in
writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom)
effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or
things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of
the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided,
that, the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in
any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(j) If
requested by a Holder, the Company shall cooperate with such Holder to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a
Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent
permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable
such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such
names as any such Holder may request.
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(k) Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), the Company shall, as
promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the
Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and
its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement
or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement
or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance
with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any
Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then
the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will
use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be
resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled
to exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a
Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial
liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(b), for a period not
to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month
period.
(l) The
Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
in connection with obtaining and maintaining the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement required to be filed and maintained with the Commission
hereunder.
(m) The
Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such
Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have
voting and dispositive control over such shares. During any periods
that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the
registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to
furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any
liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall
be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay
shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered
to the Company.
4. Registration
Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company
whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and
independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with
the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading
Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading and (C) in
compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed
to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky
qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing
expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv)
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses
of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the
Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required
hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any
broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, any legal fees or other costs of
the Holders.
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5. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the
Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers,
directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers
who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge
or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment
advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent
role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or
any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners,
agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role
of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any
other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees)
and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as
incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or
supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i)
such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding
such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or (ii)
in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise
unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing
that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by
such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated
in Section 6(d). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the
institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is
aware.
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(b) Indemnification by
Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person
who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or
employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising
out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, provided such Holder has
been timely provided with a reasonable number of copies of same or one copy via
electronic delivery by email or website posting or (y) any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of
a material fact required to be stated therein (in the case of any Prospectus or
supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is
contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the
Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such
Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder’s
proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and
expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration
Statement such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being
understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), or
(iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise
unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing
that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by
such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated
in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling
Holder under this Section 5(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of
the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the
Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation, except in
the case of fraud or willful misconduct.
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(c) Conduct of Indemnification
Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any
Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”),
such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is
sought (the “Indemnifying Party”)
in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that, the
failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement,
except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or
further review) that such failure shall have materially prejudiced the
Indemnifying Party.
An
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ a single separate counsel in
any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or
Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to
pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed
promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3)
the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to
the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of
interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified
Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ
separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying
Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable
fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense
of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending
Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or may be made a party,
unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified
Party from all liability from such parties on claims that are the subject matter
of such Proceeding.
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the
Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred
in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a
manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified
Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses
applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially
determined not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.
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(d) Contribution. If the
indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then
each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party
as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations
set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses
incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms.
The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d),
except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct, no Holder shall be required
to contribute pursuant to this Section 5(d), in the aggregate, any amount in
excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder
from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds
the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission.
The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition
to any other liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties, provided no amount shall be reimbursed twice in any event.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In
the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of its respective
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the
parties agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for
any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this
Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall
waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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(b) No Piggyback on
Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration
Statements. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(b),
neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in
such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any
Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities. The
Company shall not file any other registration statements until all Registrable
Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared
effective by the Commission or all Registrable Securities become eligible for
resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and
(I) without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 or (II) the Company
is in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144
as reasonably determined by counsel to the Company (assuming that such
securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of
which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable,
were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, and all Warrants are
exercised by “cashless exercise” as provided in Section 2(c) of each of the
Warrants), upon the advice of counsel to the Company, provided that this
Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to
registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement or from filing
any registration statements on Form S-8.
(c) Compliance. Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued
Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities,
each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the
occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the
“Advice”) by
the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been
supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its
reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed
as promptly as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges
that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the
disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 2(b).
(e) Piggy-Back
Registrations. If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is
not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable
Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the
Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account
or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or
other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a
written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date
of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the
Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such
Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to
this Section 6(e) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without
volume or manner of sale restrictions and the necessity to comply with
information requirements promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective Registration
Statement.
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(f) Amendments and
Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority
or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (including, for this
purpose any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any
Security). If a Registration Statement does not register all of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with
the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be
registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each
Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities
shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect
to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders
and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may
be given by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which
such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the
provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except
in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this
Section 6(f).
(g) Notices. Any and all
notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be
provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
(h) Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to
the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of
the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign
its respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted
under Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.
(i) No Inconsistent
Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered,
as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or
after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the
Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions
hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(i),
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities
to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.
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(j) Execution and
Counterparts. 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 each other party, it being understood that
the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the
event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail
delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, 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 or “.pdf”
signature page were an original thereof.
(k) Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(l) Cumulative
Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(m) Severability. If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(n) Headings. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of
the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
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(o) Independent Nature of
Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder
are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder,
and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any
other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any
Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as
a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a
group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights,
including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it
shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party
in any proceeding for such purpose.
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(Signature
Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as
of the date first written above.
RODOBO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |||
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO RRA]
Name of Holder: | Whitebox Multi Strategy Partners, L.P |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | CFO/COO |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO RRA]
Name of Holder: | Whitebox Small Cap Long Short Equity Partners, L.P. |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | CFO/COO |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO RRA]
Name of Holder: | CNH Diversified Opportunities Master Account, L.P. |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Authorized Person |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO RRA]
Name of Holder: | Chestnut Ridge Partners, LP |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Chief Financial Officer |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO RRA]
Name of Holder: | Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Authorized Signatory |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | The USX China Fund |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | President |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Alpha Capital |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Kunrad Xxxxxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Kunrad Xxxxxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Director |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Empery Asset Master, LTD |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Managing Member of the GP |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Xxxxx Capital Investments, LLC |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Managing Member of the GP |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Xxxxxx Bay Fund LP |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Investment Manager / Authorized Signatory |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Xxxxxx Bay Overseas Fund, LTD. |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxx Xxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Investment Manager / Authorized Signatory |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLC |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx Xxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | General Counsel |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Cranshire Capital LP |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | President, Downview Capital Inc., The General Partner |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | Freestone Advantage Partners LP |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | Manager |
[SIGNATURE
PAGES CONTINUE]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS TO RDBO
RRA]
Name of Holder: | FirsTrust Group, Inc. |
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xx |
Name of Authorized Signatory: | Xxxxxxx Xx |
Title of Authorized Signatory: | CEO |
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Annex
A
Plan of
Distribution
Each
Selling Stockholder (the “Selling
Stockholders”) of the common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees
and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their
shares of common stock covered hereby on the OTC Bulletin Board or any other
stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in
private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated
prices. A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the
following methods when selling shares:
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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block
trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent
but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction;
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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privately
negotiated transactions;
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settlement
of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a
part;
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in
transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the Selling
Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated
price per share;
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through
the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions,
whether through an options exchange or
otherwise;
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
or
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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The
Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if
available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers
engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to
participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or
discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent
for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated,
but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an
agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in
compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a
markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
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In
connection with the sale of the common stock or interests therein, the Selling
Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other
financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common
stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling
Stockholders may also sell shares of the common stock short and deliver these
securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common
stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The
Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative
securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial
institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such
broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this
prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such
transaction).
The
Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in
selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the
Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling
Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral
agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to
distribute the Common Stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees,
commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent
(8%).
The
Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company
incident to the registration of the shares. The Company has agreed to
indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Because
Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of
the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder. The Selling
Stockholders have advised us that there is no underwriter or coordinating broker
acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling
Stockholders.
We agreed
to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the
shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and
without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule
144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the
current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other
rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to this
prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar
effect. The resale shares will be sold only through registered or
licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws.
In addition, in certain states, the resale shares of Common Stock covered hereby
may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the
applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification
requirement is available and is complied with.
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Under
applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in
the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market
making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted
period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the
distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject
to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and
sales of shares of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other
person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the
Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of
this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including
by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
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Annex
B
RODOBO
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Selling
Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable
Securities”) of Rodobo International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”),
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement (the “Registration
Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of
the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the
address set forth below. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly,
holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult
their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or
not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the
related prospectus.
NOTICE
The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”)
of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities
owned by it in the Registration Statement.
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The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1.
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Name.
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(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Stockholder
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
which Registrable Securities are
held:
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(c)
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Full
Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who
directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose
of the securities covered by this
Questionnaire):
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2.
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Address
for Notices to Selling
Stockholder:
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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Contact
Person:
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3.
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Broker-Dealer
Status:
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(a)
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Are
you a broker-dealer?
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Yes o No o
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(b)
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If
“yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as
compensation for investment banking services to the
Company?
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Yes o No o
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Note:
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If
“no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should
be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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(c)
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Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
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Yes o No o
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(d)
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If
you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased
the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the
time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had
no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person
to distribute the Registrable
Securities?
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Yes o No o
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Note:
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If
“no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should
be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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4.
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Beneficial
Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Stockholder.
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Except
as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities
issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
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(a)
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Type
and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Stockholder:
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5.
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Relationships
with the Company:
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Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any
other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
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State
any exceptions here:
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The
undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes
in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof
at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
By
signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that
such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the
preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly
authorized agent.
Beneficial Owner: | ||||||
Date:
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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PLEASE
FAX A COPY (OR EMAIL A .PDF COPY) OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND
QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
RODOBO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||
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