SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.1
This
Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
dated as of April 17, 2008, by and among Yongye Biotechnology International,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
Fullmax Pacific Limited, an international business company incorporated in
the
British Virgin Islands (“BVI”),
Inner
Mongolia Yongye Nong Feng Biotechnology Co., Ltd., a cooperative joint venture
organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“CJV”),
and
the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as
Appendix
A
(each,
an “Investor”
and
collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS,
on the date hereof, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement, which
will be filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange
Act (as defined below) (the “Exchange
Agreement”)
as an
exhibit (a draft of which Form 8-K (the “Super
8-K”)
is
attached hereto as Appendix
B),
with
BVI and the Company, and the shareholder of BVI, pursuant to which the Company
will, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, acquire all of the equity
interest of BVI and, indirectly, all of BVI’s subsidiaries, in exchange for at
least 84.7% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock (hereinafter
defined) on a fully diluted basis as of the time of the closing of the exchange
under the Exchange Agreement and immediately prior to the Closing under this
Agreement (the “Exchange”).
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:
“2008
Annual
Report” means
the
Annual Report of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008,
as
filed with the Commission on Form 10-K (or such other form appropriate for
such
purpose as promulgated by the Commission).
“2008
Guaranteed ATNI” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“2008
Make Good Shares”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Action”
as
to
any Person, 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 such Person, any of such Person’s
Subsidiaries or any of such Person’s or such Subsidiaries’ respective
properties, before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative
agency, 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 144.
“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.
“Basic
Amount”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15(b).
“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 or State of Nevada
are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Buy-In” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“BVI”
has
the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“CJV”
has
the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“CJV
Founder”
means
Mr. Zishen Wu.
“Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to Article
II.
“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 Closing Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company,
the CJV, the Placement Agent (defined below), the Investors and the Escrow
Agent
(defined below), in the form of Exhibit
A
hereto,
as may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 6.4 of this
Agreement.
“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.
“Company” has
the
meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Company
Entities”
means
the Company, BVI, CJV and all existing Subsidiaries of any such entities and
any
other entities which hereafter become Subsidiaries of any such
entities.
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“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
U.S. Counsel”
means
Loeb & Loeb LLP, having an address at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., with a Fax No. of (000)
000-0000.
“Company
Deliverables”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Disclosure
Materials”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the
Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Escrow
Agent”
means
Tri-State Title & Escrow, LLC with an address at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000.
“Evaluation
Date” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(s).
“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, BVI, CJV and their respective Subsidiaries.
“GAAP”
means
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
“Initial
Financing”
shall
mean the issuance, after the date hereof and within 120 days after the date
hereof, of Common Stock or convertible debt securities to not more than five
accredited investors (with any such investors as shall be affiliated being
considered as one such investor) for an aggregate consideration to the Company
in an amount not to exceed $10 million, provided that such accredited investors
shall meet the definition thereof contained in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7)
under the Securities Act.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
“Intellectual
Property Rights Licensing Agreements”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
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“Investment
Amount”
means,
with respect to each Investor, the Investment Amount indicated on such
Investor’s signature page to this Agreement, which is also reflected on the
Schedule of Investors attached hereto as Appendix
A.
“Investor
Deliverables”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Investor
Party”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“Investor
Warrants”
shall
mean the warrant certificates in the form of Exhibit
B-1,
attached hereto and made a part hereof, respecting the holders’ rights to
purchase 1,623,905 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, at a price per
share
of $1.848.
“Lien”
means
any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, right
of participation or 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
E
hereto.
“Losses”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.7.
“Make
Good Escrow Agreement” means
the
Make Good Escrow Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company,
Tri-State
Title & Escrow, LLC,
as
escrow agent (the “Make
Good Escrow Agent”),
the
Make Good Pledgor (defined below) and the Investors, in the form of Exhibit
C
hereto,
as may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 6.4 of this
Agreement.
“Make
Good Pledgor” means,
Full Alliance International Limited, an international business company
incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, as to 2,000,000
shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued to the Make Good Pledgor,
constituting the 2008 Make Good Shares.
“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) a material and 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” has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
“Notice
of Acceptance”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
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“Offer”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Offer
Notice”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Offer
Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Offered
Securities”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“OFAC”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ee).
“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”
equals
$1.5396.
“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.
“Placement
Agent Warrant”
shall
mean the warrant certificate issued to XXXX Capital Partners, LLC in the form
of
Exhibit
B-2,
attached hereto and made a part hereof, representing the warrant holder’s right
to purchase 649,562 shares of Common Stock at a price per share of
$1.848.
“PRC”
means,
for the purpose of this Agreement, 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, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
“Refused
Securities”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Registrable
Securities”
shall
mean, collectively, the Shares, the Make Good Shares and the Warrant
Shares.
“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
D
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).
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“Securities”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Share
Delivery Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
“Shares”
means
the 6,495,619 shares of Common Stock being issued 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.
“Subsequent
Placement Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Subsidiary”
of
any
Person means any “subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(x) of the Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act of such Person.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any Transaction Document,
BVI, CJV and their respective subsidiaries are each considered a Subsidiary
of
the Company.
“Trading
Day”
means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market or (ii) if
the
Common Stock is not listed or 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) or (ii) hereof, then Trading Day shall
mean
a Business Day.
“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 Make Good Escrow Agreement, the Lockup Agreement and any other documents
or
agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
“Transfer
Agent”
means
Empire Stock Transfer Inc., the current transfer agent of the Company with
a
mailing address of 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
and a
facsimile number of (000) 000-0000, and any successor transfer agent of the
Company.
“Trigger
Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
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“Undersubscription
Amount”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Warrant
Shares”
shall
mean, collectively, the Common Stock to be issued under the Investor Warrants
together with the Common Stock to be issued under the Placement Agent
Warrant.
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, calculated as the quotient of such Investor’s
Investment Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price. The Closing shall
take place at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP 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, dated the Closing Date, issued to each Investor, respectively,
representing that number of aggregate Shares to be issued and sold at Closing
to
such Investor, determined under Section 2.1, registered in the name of such
Investor;
(ii) an
Investor Warrant, dated the Closing Date, issued to each Investor, respectively,
representing the Investor’s right to purchase its pro rata portion of 1,623,905
aggregate Shares at a per Share price of $1.848;
(iii) the
Placement Agent Warrant, dated the Closing Date;
(iv) the
legal
opinion of Company U.S. Counsel, in agreed form, addressed to the Investors;
and
(v) the
legal
opinion of special PRC counsel to CJV , in agreed form, addressed to the
Investors.
(b) By
the
Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered the agreements
specified in Section 5.2(d), each duly signed by such Investor (collectively,
the “Investor
Deliverables”).
(c) Within
two (2) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement, each Investor shall
deliver to the Escrow Agent for deposit and disbursement in accordance with
the
Closing Escrow Agreement, its Investment Amount, in United States Dollars and
in
immediately available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in
writing by the Company for such purpose.
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ARTICLE
3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company, BVI and CJV hereby jointly and severally make the following
representations and warranties to each Investor:
(a) Subsidiaries.
None of
the Existing Company Entities have any direct or indirect Subsidiaries other
than as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(a) hereto. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3.1(i) hereto, upon the consummation of the Exchange, (i) the Company owns,
directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of each other Existing Company
Entity, and each other Existing Company Entity alone or together with other
Existing Company Entities 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
Existing Company Entity and each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
Each
Existing Company Entity, and the Make Good Pledgor, 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 or otherwise in the Current
Report on Form 8-K to be filed in accordance with Section 4.5 herein. No
Existing Company Entity is, and neither is the Make Good Pledgor, 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, and the Make Good Pledgor, 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, and the Make Good Pledgor, 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, and by the Make Good Pledgor, 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, or the Make Good Pledgor, as the case may be, 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
and the Make Good Pledgor, 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, the Make Good Pledgor and such
Subsidiary, enforceable against the Company, the Existing Company Entity, the
Make Good Pledgor and the Subsidiary, as the case may be, 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 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 and the
Exchange Agreement by the Company, and each other Existing Company Entity and
Subsidiary, and the Make Good Pledgor (to the extent a party thereto) and the
consummation by the Company, and such other Existing Company Entities and
Subsidiaries, and the Make Good Pledgor, 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 or the Make Good
Pledgor’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 or Make Good Pledgor debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which any Existing Company Entity or any Subsidiary, or the
Make Good Pledgor is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company
or
any Subsidiary or the Make Good Pledgor 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 or the Make Good Pledgor is subject (including
federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property
or
asset of the Company or a Subsidiary or the Make Good Pledgor 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, and the Make Good Pledgor is not, required to obtain
any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make
any
filing or registration with, any United States or PRC court or other federal,
state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection
with
the execution, delivery and performance by the Company, and each Subsidiary,
and
the Make Good Pledgor, to the extent such Subsidiary or the Make Good Pledgor,
as the case may be, is a party thereto, of the Transaction Documents or the
Exchange Agreement, 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, (vi) those that have been made
or
obtained prior to the date of this Agreement, (vii) registrations, notices
or
filings required to be made in order to comply with the currency and exchange
control requirements imposed by the Chinese government and/or Chinese law,
if
any, and (vii) other post closing securities filings or notifications required
to be made under federal or state securities laws.
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(f) Issuance
of the Shares.
The
Shares and the Warrant 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 all Liens. As of the
Closing, 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 and the Warrant Shares.
(g) Capitalization.
The
number of shares and type 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).
Except
as 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. Except as specified in Schedule
3.1(g),
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.
Except as set forth in Schedule
3.1(g),
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.”
(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), (the foregoing materials
being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”
and,
together with Appendix
B
hereto
and the schedules to this Agreement, 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.
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(i) Press
Releases.
To the
knowledge of the Company, 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.
(j) Material
Changes.
Except
as specifically disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, since December 31, 2007
(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 in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate 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, except pursuant to existing Company stock
option plans. 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 or the Shares or (ii) if
there were an unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, result
in
a loss or liability in an amount in excess of $10,000 or 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, and the Make Good Pledgor and none of its directors or officers are or
have 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 Company, there is not pending any
investigation by the Commission involving any Existing Company Entity or the
Make Good Pledgor 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.
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(l) Labor
Relations.
No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, 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, and the Make Good Pledgor is not, a party to any
indenture, debt, capital lease obligations, mortgage, loan or credit agreement
by which it or any of its properties is bound. No Existing Company Entity is,
and the Make Good Pledgor is not, (i) 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 entity under), nor has any
Existing Company Entity nor the Make Good Pledgor 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) in violation of any order of any court,
arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) 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 and the PRC. 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.
(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.
There
is no real property that is material to the respective businesses of the
Existing Company Entities, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials.
The
Existing Entities have 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.
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(p) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Disclosure Materials have disclosed 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 and material to the
business of the Existing Company Entities in connection with their respective
businesses as described in the Disclosure Materials. No Existing Company Entity
has received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by
any
of them violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. Except as otherwise
disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, to the knowledge of the Existing Company
Entities, 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 that are
necessary and material to the business of the Existing Company Entities 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 has been 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 Entities are set forth in the Disclosure Materials
(q) Insurance.
Each
Existing Company Entity is insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses it is engaged and in the country in which the
Existing Company Entities operate. 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 Disclosure
Materials,
none of
the officers, directors or 5% or more shareholders of any Existing Company
Entity, and, to the knowledge of the Company, 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 such Person
or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director,
or such employee or 5% or more shareholder 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 extent of contracts and ordinary course
compensation arrangements specified in Schedule
3.1(r).
No
material customer of any Existing Company Entity has indicated their intention
to diminish their relationship with such 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.
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(s) Internal
Accounting Controls.
The
Existing 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 is establishing 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.
(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) each 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 such Existing Company Entity, and projected capital
requirements and capital availability thereof and (ii) the current cash flow
of
such Existing Company Entity, together with the proceeds such 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).
The
Make Good Pledgor is not insolvent.
(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 under the
Transaction Documents. The Company is eligible to register its Common Stock
for
resale by the Investors under Form S-1 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 other
than
the Investors pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement 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 Certificate 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 owner of the 2008 Make
Good
Shares, and holds such shares free and clear of all Liens.
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(cc) Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.
No
Existing Company Entity, nor to the knowledge of the Company, 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
such
Existing Company Entity (or made by any Person acting on their behalf of which
the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) has violated in
any
material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977,
as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(dd) PFIC.
The
Company is not, and does not intend 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 Company, 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 CJV.
(i) All
material consents, approvals, authorizations or licenses requisite under PRC
law
for the due and proper establishment and operation of CJV 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 CJV 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 or their
respective local divisions of Commerce, the State Administration of Foreign
Exchange, tax bureau and customs authorities have been duly completed in
accordance with the relevant PRC 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.
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(iii) CJV
has
complied with all relevant PRC laws and regulations regarding the contribution
and payment of its registered share capital, the payment schedule of which
has
been approved by the relevant PRC governmental authorities. There are no
outstanding commitments made by the Company or any Subsidiary to sell any equity
interest in CJV.
(iv) CJV
has
not received any letter or notice from any relevant PRC governmental authority
notifying it of revocation of any licenses or qualifications issued to it or
any
subsidy granted to it by any PRC governmental authority for non-compliance
with
the terms thereof or with applicable PRC laws, or the lack of compliance or
remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out by CJV, except such
revocation as does not, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(v) CJV
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 material part of CJV’s business which is subject
to periodic renewal, the Company has no knowledge of any reasons related to
the
CJV for which such requisite renewals will not be granted by the relevant PRC
governmental authorities.
(vi) With
regard to employment and staff or labor, CJV 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.
(vii) All
agreements to which CVJ is a party, and that are material to the business of
CJV, are valid, enforceable and free of defaults on the part of all parties
thereto except for defaults as are of a nonmaterial nature not entitling any
party to terminate such agreement(s).
(hh) Disclosure.
Neither
any Company Entity nor any Person acting on its behalf has provided any Investor
or its respective agents or counsel with any information that any 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. The Company understands and confirms that the Investors will
rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting transactions
in
securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Investors regarding
the Company Entities and their respective businesses and the transactions
contemplated hereby, furnished by or on behalf of the Company Entities
(including their respective representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement and the disclosure set forth in any diligence report or business
plan
provided by any Company Entity or any Person acting on such Company Entity’s
behalf) 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.
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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:
(ii) 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 Transaction Documents to which it is a party
or
a signatory 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 Transaction Document executed by such Investor 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.
(jj) Investment
Intent.
Such
Investor is acquiring the Shares as principal for its own account 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.
(kk) Investor
Status.
At the
time such Investor was offered the Shares, it was, and at the date hereof 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. Such Investor has such experience in business and financial matters that
it
is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares.
Such Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Shares is speculative
and
involves a high degree of risk.
(ll) General
Solicitation.
Such
Investor is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any advertisement, article,
notice, meeting, 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.
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(mm) 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 Existing Company
Entities’ representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
(nn) Certain
Trading Activities.
Such
Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf
of
or pursuant to any understanding with such Investor, engaged in any transactions
in the securities of the Company (including, without limitations, any Short
Sales involving the Company’s securities) since the earlier to occur of (1) the
time that such Investor was first contacted by the Company or Xxxx Capital
Partners, LLC 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.
(oo) 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 XXXX Capital Partners, LLC 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.
(pp) Rule 144.
Such
Investor understands that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless such
Securities are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from
registration is available. Such Investor acknowledges that it is familiar with
Rule 144 and that such Investor has been advised that Rule 144 permits
resales only under certain circumstances. Such Investor understands that to
the
extent that Rule 144 is not available, such Investor will be unable to sell
any Securities without either registration under the Securities Act or the
existence of another exemption from such registration requirement.
(qq) General.
Such
Investor understands that the Securities are being offered and sold in reliance
on a transactional exemption from the registration requirements of federal
and
state securities laws and the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy
of
the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings
of such Investor set forth herein in order to determine the applicability of
such exemptions and the suitability of such Investor to acquire the Securities.
Such Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or
any
government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation
or
endorsement of the Securities.
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The
Existing 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. Transferability;
Certificate.
(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 Securities (as defined in Section 4.1(c)) will contain the following
legend, until such time as they are not required under Section
4.1(c):
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE
IN
RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT
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. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH
A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
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 Securities 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 pledgor
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 Securities may
reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer thereof including
the
preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule
424(b)(3) of 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 Securities 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).
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(c) Certificates
evidencing Shares and Make Good Shares, if ever Make Good Shares are due to
be
delivered pursuant to the Transaction Documents (collectively with the Shares,
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, 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 (3) 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
instruct the Transfer Agent to deliver 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 Agent 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 the applicable 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 Securities (a “Buy-In”),
then,
in addition to any other rights available to the Investor under the Transaction
Documents and applicable law, 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 any 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.
Except
in connection with the Initial Financing, 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 Shares in a manner that would require
the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Shares to the
Investors, or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Shares
for
purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market in a manner that
would require stockholder approval of the sale of the Shares to the
Investors.
4.4 Subsequent
Registrations.
Except
as may be required in connection with the Initial Financing, he Company may
not
file any registration statement with the Commission with respect to any
securities of the Company prior to the time that all Registrable 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 Registrable Shares.
4.5 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
By 5:00
p.m. (New York time) on the Trading Day following the Closing Date, (a) the
Company shall issue a press release, disclosing the transactions contemplated
by
the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, details with respect
to the make good provision and threshold (i.e. After Tax Net Income) contained
in Section 4.11 herein as well as projected revenue estimates for the Company
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008) and the Closing and (b) the
Company will file the Super 8-K substantially in the form attached hereto as
Appendix B, disclosing the material terms of the Transaction Documents,
including details with respect to the make good provision and threshold (i.e.
After Tax Net Income) contained in Section 4.11 herein (and attach as exhibits
thereto all existing Transaction Documents) and the Closing. The Company
covenants that following such disclosure, the Investors shall no longer be
in
possession of any material, non-public information with respect to any of the
Existing Company Entities. 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.
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4.6 Limitation
on Issuance of Future Priced Securities.
During
the twelve 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, partners, employees and agents (each,
an “Investor
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation in respect thereof (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 of the Company Entities in any Transaction
Document. In addition to the indemnity contained herein, the Company will
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.
4.9 Listing
of Shares.
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 Shares, and
will take such other action as is necessary or desirable to cause the Shares
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
capital expenditures, research and development, marketing, sales and
distribution expansion and working capital purposes and for the purchase from
Inner Mongolia Yongye Biotechnology Co. Limited of existing finished goods
inventory and for no other purposes.
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4.11 Make
Good Shares.
(a) The
Make
Good Pledgor
agrees
that in
the
event that the After Tax Net Income (as defined below) reported in the 2008
Annual Report is less than $10,263,919 (the “2008
Guaranteed ATNI”),
all
of the 2008 Make Good Shares (as defined below) shall be transferred
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 their respective Investment Amounts paid to
the
Company at Closing. The “2008
Make Good Shares”
means
the 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock (as
equitably adjusted for any stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends
or
similar transactions)
required
to be deposited with the Make Good Escrow Agent pursuant to the Make Good Escrow
Agreement.
In the
event that the After Tax Net Income reported in the 2008 Annual Report is equal
to or greater than the 2008 Guaranteed ATNI, no transfer of the 2008 Make Good
Shares shall be required by the Make Good Pledgor to the Investors and such
2008
Make Good Shares shall be returned to the Make Good Pledgor in accordance with
the Make Good Escrow Agreement. Any such transfer of the 2008 Make Good Shares
shall be made to the Investors or the Make Good Pledgor, as applicable, within
10 Business Days after the date which the 2008 Annual Report is filed with
the
Commission and a copy thereof is delivered to Make Good Escrow Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary herein, for
purposes of determining whether or not the 2008 Guaranteed ATNI has been met,
the following items shall not be deemed to be an expense, charge, or any other
deduction from revenues even though GAAP may require contrary treatment or
the
Annual Report for the fiscal year filed with the Commission by the Company
may
report otherwise: (i) any accounting charges for issuing warrants, and (ii)
the
release of any of the 2008 Make Good Shares to the Make Good Pledgor as a result
of the operation of this Section 4.11.
No
other
exclusions shall be made for any non-recurring expenses of the Company,
including liquidated damages under the Transaction Documents, in determining
whether the 2008 Guaranteed ATNI has been achieved. If prior to the second
anniversary of the filing of the 2008 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 2008
Guaranteed ATNI, then notwithstanding any prior return of 2008 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 relevant 2008 Make Good Shares to the
Investors. “After
Tax Net Income”
shall
mean the Company’s operating income after taxes for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2008, determined in accordance with GAAP as reported in the 2008
Annual Report.
(b) If
the
2008 Annual Report is not filed timely with the Commission and remains unfiled
for a period in excess of 45 days after the last day that the same was required
to have been filed (taking into account the relief permitted under Rule 12(b)-25
of the Exchange Act), then ATNI for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008
shall be deemed to be less than the 2008 Guaranteed ATNI, and all of the 2008
Make Good Shares shall be transferred
in
accordance with the Make Good Escrow Agreement to the Investors on a pro-rata
basis.
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(c) In
connection with the foregoing,
the Make
Good Pledgor
agrees
that, contemporaneously with, and as a condition to, the Closing, the
Make
Good Pledgor will
deposit all 2008 Make Good Shares into escrow in accordance with the Make Good
Escrow Agreement along with 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 2008 Make Good Shares shall be governed by
this
Section 4.11 and the Make Good Escrow Agreement. The
Make
Good Escrow Agent shall notify the Investors when it has received from the
Make
Good Pledgor the 2008 Make Good Shares and associated stock powers. The
Make
Good
Pledgor
understands and agrees that the Investors’ right to receive 2008 Make Good
Shares 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. The Make Good Pledgor represents and warrants that it
has
carefully considered and understands its obligations and rights under this
Section 4.11 and the Make Good Escrow Agreement, and in furtherance thereof
(x)
has consulted with its legal and other advisors with respect thereto and (y)
hereby forever waives and agrees that it may not assert any equitable defenses
in any Proceeding involving the 2008 Make Good Shares.
(d) The
Company covenants and agrees that upon any transfer of 2008 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 2008 Make Good Shares
in the applicable Investor’s name and deliver the same as directed by such
Investor.
(e) If
any
term or provision of this Section 4.11 contradicts 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 Intentionally
Omitted.
4.13 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, the CJV Founder and each 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.
4.14 Financial
Professionals. (a) The
Company covenants and agrees that, no later than 365 days following the Closing
Date, the Company will hire a chief financial officer who has experience as
a
senior financial officer of a United States public reporting company and who
is
(i) fluent in English, (ii) residing or will reside, upon employment by the
Company, in Asia, and (iii) familiar with (x) GAAP and (y) auditing procedures
and compliance for United States public companies (such a chief financial
officer being referred to as a “Qualified
CFO”).
The
Company shall enter into an employment agreement with the Qualified CFO for
a
term of no less than two years. Should the Qualified CFO be dismissed at any
time prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, then the Company
shall
replace the Qualified 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 second Trading Day following the hiring of such
Qualified CFO, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing
the
information required by Item 5.02 of Form 8-K. If the Company fails to comply
timely with the appointment of a Qualified CFO and filing of a Current Report
on
Form 8-K disclosing the information required by Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, as
required in this Section 4.14(a) above (the “Qualified CFO Requirement”), then
commencing on the date that the Qualified CFO Requirement was to have been
satisfied hereunder, and on each monthly anniversary thereof, until the
Qualified CFO Requirement is satisfied, the Company shall pay to the Investors,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by wire transfer in immediately
available funds, an aggregate amount equal to 1% of the total Investment Amount
hereunder for all of the Investors, which shall be paid to the Investors pro
rata in accordance with their respective Investment Amounts, until such time
as
the Qualified CFO Requirement is satisfied. The
liquidated damages pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.14(a) in no event
shall exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to 6% of
the
total Investment Amount hereunder for all of the Investors in the aggregate,
but
shall
be
independent of any other damages payable under Section 4.14(b) and elsewhere
in
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
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(b) The
Company covenants and agrees that, no later than 180 days following the
Effective Date, the Company shall have hired a “top 15” independent registered
public accounting firm having its principal office in the United States (or
other independent registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to
the
Placement Agent), that has experience as the independent registered public
accounting firm for a United States public reporting company and having
principals who are (i) a certified public accountants, (ii) fluent in English,
and (iii) an expert in (x) GAAP and (y) auditing procedures and compliance
for
United States public companies (such audit firm being referred to as a
“Qualified
Auditor”).
The
Company shall enter into an audit engagement agreement with the Qualified
Auditor for a term of no less than 12 months, to conduct the annual financial
audit of the Company, prepare the audited annual financial statements of the
Company required to be included in its United States public company filings
and
review and assist in the preparation of the unaudited quarterly financial
statements of the Company required to be included in its United States public
company filings. Should the Qualified Auditor be dismissed at any time within
18
months after the Closing Date, then the Company shall replace the Qualified
Auditor with another independent registered public accounting firm that
satisfies the criteria set forth herein as soon as practicable. By
9:00
a.m. (New York time) on the second Trading Day following the engagement of
such
Qualified CFO, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing
the
information required by Item 4.01 of Form 8-K. If the Company fails to comply
timely with the appointment of a Qualified Auditor and filing of a Current
Report on Form 8-K disclosing the information required by Item 4.01 of Form
8-K,
as required in this Section 4.14(b) above (the “Qualified Auditor Requirement”),
then commencing on the date that the Qualified Auditor Requirement was to have
been satisfied hereunder, and on each monthly anniversary thereof, until the
Qualified Auditor Requirement is satisfied, the Company shall pay to the
Investors, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, by wire transfer in
immediately available funds, an aggregate amount equal to 1% of the total
Investment Amount hereunder for all of the Investors, which shall be paid to
the
Investors pro rata in accordance with their respective Investment Amounts,
until
such time as the Qualified Auditor Requirement is satisfied. The
liquidated damages pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.14(b) in no event
shall exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to 6% of
the
total Investment Amount hereunder for all of the Investors in the aggregate,
but
shall
be
independent of any other damages payable under Section 4.14(a) and elsewhere
in
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
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4.15 .
Right
of First Refusal. (a)
From the
date hereof until the one year anniversary of the Effective Date (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 “Trigger
Date”),
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 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, or if the Company shall receive an
offer regarding the purchase of the Company’s securities and desires to offer
securities consistent with or otherwise in connection with or in furtherance
of
such offer (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 4.15. If the Company
desires to engage in a Subsequent Placement it shall deliver to each of the
Investors a written notice requesting their written approval to receive
nonpublic information regarding the Company. The Investors shall have ten (10)
days to deliver to the Company such approval. Any Investor failing to deliver
timely to the Company such written approval, or who shall have delivered to
the
Company a written notice withholding such approval, shall be deemed to have
waived its rights under this Section 4.15 with regard to such Subsequent
Placement. The Investors who, in response to such request from the Company,
shall have delivered timely to the Company a written approval to receive
nonpublic information regarding the Company (collectively, the “Responding
Investors” and each a “Responding Investor”), shall receive a written notice
that the Company desires to engage in a Subsequent Placement specifying the
general terms of the offering the Company desires to make (including, without
limitation, all information relating to price, structure and amount of such
offering, but not including the identity of any potential investors therein)
and
for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days after the giving of such
notice the Company agrees to negotiate in good faith with the Responding
Investors the terms of a sale of the Company’s securities to the Responding
Investors.
(b) In
the
event that a Subsequent Placement contemplated in the last sentence of Section
4.15(a) shall not have closed by the 30th
Business
Day following the delivery to the Responding Investors of the written notice
for
such Subsequent Placement, and in any event prior to such Subsequent Placement,
the Company shall deliver to the Responding Investors 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, (x) include the final form of documents and agreements
governing the Subsequent Placement, (y) 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,
and
(z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Investors all of the
Offered Securities, allocated among such Responding Investors (a) based on
such
Responding Investor’s pro rata portion of the total Investment Amount hereunder
attributable to such Responsing Investors (the “Basic
Amount”),
and
(b) with respect to each of the Responding Investors that elects to purchase
its
Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable
to
the Basic Amounts of other Responding Investors as such Responding Investor
shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Responding Investors
subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription
Amount”),
which
process shall be repeated until the Responding 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 Responding Investor must deliver a written
notice to the Company prior to the end of the fifth Business Day after such
Responding Investor’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer
Period”),
setting forth the portion of such Responding Investor’s Basic Amount that such
Responding Investor elects to purchase and, if such Responding Investor shall
elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if
any,
that such Responding Investor elects to purchase (in either case, the
“Notice
of Acceptance”).
If
the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Responding Investors are less than
the
total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Responding 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
Responding 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
Responding 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 sixty (60) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer
Period above to (i) offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such
Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by
the
Responding 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 sixty (60) Business
Day period referred to in this subsection (d), the Subsequent Placement shall
be
deemed to have been abandoned and the Responding Investors shall no longer
be
deemed to be in possession of any non-public information with respect to the
Company.
(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 Responding 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 Responding 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 Responding 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 Responding Investors in accordance
with Section 4.15(b) above.
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(f) Upon
the
closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused
Securities, the Responding Investors shall acquire from the Company, and the
Company shall issue to the Responding 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 Responding Investors have so elected, upon the
terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Responding
Investors of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation,
execution and delivery by the Company and the Responding Investors of a purchase
agreement relating to such Offered Securities substantially the same in form
and
substance as the agreement disclosed above in Section 4.15(b)(x) and otherwise
reasonably satisfactory to Responding Investors’ counsel (such agreement, the
“Subsequent
Placement Agreement”).
(g) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by the Responding Investors or other persons
in
accordance with Section 4.15(f) 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
Responding 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.
(i) The
rights contained in this Section 4.15 shall not apply to the issuance and sale
by the Company of (i) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents in
connection with the Initial Financing, (ii) shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents issued as consideration for the acquisition of another company
or business in which the shareholders of the Company do not have an ownership
interest, and where the primary purpose is not to raise capital for the Company
or any Subsidiary, which acquisition has been approved by the Board of Directors
of the Company, or (iii) securities issued in connection with the Initial
Financing.
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:
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(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;
(b) Performance.
The
Existing Company Entities and the Make Good Pledgor 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 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;
(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 Company or the
Subsidiaries;
(e) CJV
Intellectual Property Rights.
The CJV
shall provide to the Investors evidence acceptable to the Investors that all
Intellectual Property Rights are either (i) validly owned by the CJV, or (ii)
(a) if owned by any Person other than the CJV 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 CJV, or (b) if owned by the predecessor of
the
CJV, the application for the change of the registered owner information from
that of the CJV’s predecessor to the CJV’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 CJV to the relevant
PRC
authority on or before the Closing.
(f) PRC,
Nevada, and US Opinions.
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 Nevada and the PRC (which, among other things, shall confirm
the legality arrangements between PRC operating entity and its corporate
ownership structure, including CJV, BVI and the Company, under applicable PRC
law and the legality of the restructuring being effected with BVI in connection
with the Exchange) and with regard to the same and the Make Good Pledgor and
from Company U.S. Counsel and Nevada counsel with regard to the Exchange and
the
enforceability of the Transaction Documents;
(g) 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(e) is satisfied in all respects;
(h) Company
Agreements.
The
Company shall have delivered or cause to be delivered:
(i) This
Agreement, duly executed by the Company, BVI and CJV;
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(ii) The
Closing Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Company and the Escrow
Agent;
(iii) The
Make
Good Escrow Agreement, duly executed by all parties thereto (other than the
Investors) and certificates for the Make Good Shares, with stock powers in
respect of the same, executed in blank by the Make Good Pledgor shall have
been
delivered to the Make Good Escrow Agent;
(iv) The
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company; and
(v) Lockup
Agreements, duly executed by the Company and each officer and member of the
Board of Directors of the Company listed on Schedule 5.1(h)(v) attached
hereto;.
(i) Company
Deliverables.
The
Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section
2.2(a);
(j) Exchange.
The
Exchange, as described in, and to be effectuated pursuant to, the Exchange
Agreement, shall have been completed; and
(k) Termination.
This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance
with
Section 6.5.
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) Investor
Deliverables.
Each
Investor shall have delivered the Registration Rights Agreement, the Closing
Escrow Agreement and the Make Good Escrow Agreement, each duly executed by
such
Investor and a completed Selling Holder Questionnaire (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement); and
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(e) 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.
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.
6.2 Entire
Agreement.
The
Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits,
Appendix
A
and
Appendix
B,
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 (i) facsimile (provided the sender receives a machine-generated
confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile number specified
in
this Section or (ii) electronic mail (i.e., Email) 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 (i) facsimile
at
the facsimile number specified in this Section or (ii) electronic mail (i.e.,
Email) 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) the Trading Day following the date of mailing,
if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon
actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given, if
sent
by any means other than facsimile or Email transmission. The address for such
notices and communications shall be as follows:
If to the Company:
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0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxx Xxxx International Xxxxx
Xx. 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx 000000
PR China
Facsimile: x00 00.0000.0000
Email: xxx@xxxxx-xxxxxx.xxx
Attn.: CEO
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Loeb & Loeb LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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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 at the time of the waiver or amendment. 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.
6.5 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated prior to Closing:
(a) by
written agreement of the Investors and the Company, a copy of which shall be
provided to the Escrow Agent; and
(b) by
the
Company or an Investor (as to itself but no other Investor) upon written notice
to the other, with a copy to the Escrow Agent, if the Closing shall not have
taken place by 6:30 p.m. Eastern time on the Outside 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.
In
the
event of a termination pursuant to Section 6.5(a) or 6.5(b), each 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 6.5, 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.
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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.”
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.
6.10 Survival.
The
representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall
survive the Closing and the delivery of the Shares.
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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 Shares.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares 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 Shares.
If a
replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares 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.
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.
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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.
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
the date first indicated above.
By:
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Zishen Wu
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Wu
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Title: CEO
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FULLMAX
PACIFIC LIMITED
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Title: Director
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INNER
MONGOLIA YONGYE NONG FENG
BIOTECHNOLOGY
CO., LTD.
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Only
as to Sections 4.11 and 4.13 herein:
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FULL
ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Name: Zhong
Xingmei
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Title: Director
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Signature
Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
XXXXXX
XXXXXX
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Agent/Advisor
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Investment
Amount:
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$43,878.60
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Tax
ID No.:
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
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Ardsley
Partners
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Street:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
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Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
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Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Tel:
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(000)
000-0000
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Fax:
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(000)
000-0000
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
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c/o:
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Street:
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City/State/Zip:
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Attention:
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Tel:
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IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
ARDSLEY
PARTNERS FUND II, LP
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Agent/Advisor
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Investment
Amount:
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$1,708,956
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Tax
ID No.:
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00-0000000
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
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Ardsley
Partners
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Street:
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
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Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
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Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Tel:
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(000)
000-0000
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Fax:
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(000)
000-0000
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
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c/o:
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Street:
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Attention:
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IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
ARDSLEY
OFFSHORE FUND, LTD
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Agent/Advisor
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Investment
Amount:
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$1,108,512
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Tax
ID No.:
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n/a
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
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Ardsley
Partners
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Street:
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
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Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
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Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Tel:
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(000)
000-0000
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Fax:
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(000)
000-0000
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
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c/o:
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Street:
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City/State/Zip:
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Attention:
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Tel:
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IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
ARDSLEY
PARTNERS INSTITUTIONAL FUND, LP
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Agent/Advisor
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Investment
Amount:
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$1,139,304
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Tax
ID No.:
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061-1399855
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
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Ardsley
Partners
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Street:
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
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Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
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Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Tel:
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(000)
000-0000
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Fax:
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(000)
000-0000
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
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c/o:
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City/State/Zip:
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|
Attention:
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|
Tel:
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Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
4 of
19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
SPECIAL
SITUATIONS PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P.
|
|
By:
|
/s/Xxxxx
Greenhouse
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
Greenhouse
|
Title:
|
Managing
Director
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$700,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Special
Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P.
|
Street:
|
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New
York, New York 10022
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx/Xxxxx Greenhouse
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000 xxx 0
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
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|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
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Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
5 of
19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
SPECIAL
SITUATIONS CAYMAN FUND, L.P.
|
|
By:
|
/s/Xxxxx
Greenhouse
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
Greenhouse
|
Title:
|
Managing
Director
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$1,300,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Special
Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P.
|
Street:
|
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New
York, New York 10022
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx/Xxxxx Greenhouse
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000 xxx 0
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
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Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
6 of
19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
JAYHAWK
PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Title:
|
CFO
of 6P of 6P
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$940,767.34
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Jayhawk
Capital
|
Street:
|
0000
Xxxx 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
7 of
19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
JAYHAWK
PRIVATE EQUITY CO-INVEST FUND, LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Title:
|
CFO
of 6P of 6P
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$59,232.66
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Jayhawk
Capital
|
Street:
|
0000
Xxxx 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
8 of
19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
BTG
INVESTMENTS, LLC
|
|
By:
|
/s/Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Manager
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$725,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
BTG
Investments, LLC
|
Street:
|
00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxx
xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
9 of
19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above
NAME
OF INVESTOR
MIDSOUTH
INVESTOR FUND LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Title:
|
General
Partner
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$250,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Street:
|
000
0xx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx 0000
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
10
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
XXXXXX
PARTNERS, LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Title:
|
CFO
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$300,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
Asset Management
|
Street:
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
11
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
XXXXXX-GEPT
PARTNERS, LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Title:
|
CFO
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$200,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
Asset Management
|
Street:
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
12
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
XXXXXX
XXXXx
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
Title:
|
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$75,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Spyglass
Capital Partners, LLC
|
Street:
|
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
13
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
BAI
YE FENG
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Bai Ye Feng
|
Name:
|
Bai
Ye Feng
|
Title:
|
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$450,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
|
Attention:
|
Bai
Ye Feng
|
Tel:
|
+
000-000-00000
|
Fax:
|
+
000-000-00000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
14
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXXX
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Title:
|
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$100,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
15
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
XXXXXX
FAMILY TRUST DTD 08/01/04
|
|
By:
|
/s/Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Title:
|
Co-Trustee
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$25,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Xxxx
Capital Partners, LLC
|
Street:
|
00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
16
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
CHESTNUT
RIDGE PARTNERS, LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
|
Title:
|
CFO
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$275,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
Chestnut
Ridge, LP
|
Street:
|
00
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
x/x
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx
|
Xxxxxx:
|
1
New York Plaza, 44th
Floor
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New
York, New York 10004
|
Attention:
|
Simba
Mhungu
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
17
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
CORONADO
CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Title:
|
President
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$250,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
XX
Xxxxxxx
|
Street:
|
00000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, #000
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
c/x
Xxxxxxxxx & Co
|
Street:
|
FAO
Coronado Capital Partners
00000
X. Xxxx Xxxx , #000
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
18
of 19
IN
WITNESSWHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Securities Purchase Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date
first indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
SEI
PRIVATE TRUST Co FAO
The
XX XXXXXXX CO MASTER TRUST
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Title:
|
President,
Coronado Capital Management
|
Investment
Amount:
|
$350,000
|
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000
|
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|
c/o:
|
SPTC
Specialized Trust Admin Services
|
Street:
|
0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxxx,
XX 00000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(if different from above)
|
|
c/o:
|
|
Street:
|
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
Attention:
|
|
Tel:
|
|
Fax:
|
Investor
Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement
Page
19
of 19