Contract
NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS WARRANT IS EXERCISABLE HAVE
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 AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES MAY
BE
PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED
BY
SUCH SECURITIES.
Right
to
Purchase [______] shares of Common Stock of CHINA HOUSING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT,
INC. (subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No.
A-1
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Issue
Date: May 9, 2007
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CHINA
HOUSING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT, INC., a corporation organized under the laws
of
the State of Nevada (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received,
_________________ or its assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company at any time and from time
to
time from and after the Issue Date and through and including May 9, 2012 (the
"Expiration Date"), up to a total of _____________ fully paid and nonassessable
shares of the common stock of the Company (the "Common Stock"), $0.001 par
value
per share with an exercise price of $4.50 per Share, in lawful money of the
United States. The aforedescribed purchase price per share, as adjusted from
time to time as herein provided, is referred to herein as the "Exercise Price."
The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the Exercise Price
are subject to adjustment as provided herein. Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), dated May 7, 2007,
entered into by the Company and the Holder.
As
used
herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the
following respective meanings:
The
term
"Company" shall include China Housing and Land Development, Inc. and any
corporation which shall succeed or assume the obligations of China Housing
and
Land Development, Inc. hereunder.
The
term
"Common Stock" includes (a) the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per
share, as authorized on the date of the Purchase Agreement, and (b) any other
securities into which or for which any of the securities described in (a) may
be
converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization,
merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
The
term
"Fundamental Transaction" means any of the following: (1) the Company effects
any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (2)
the
Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or
a
series of related transactions, (3) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether
by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of
Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other
securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company effects any reclassification
of
the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common
Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash
or
property.
The
term
"Issue Date" means the Issue Date first set forth on the first page of this
Warrant.
1. Exercise.
(a) To
effect
exercises hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Warrant unless the aggregate Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant
is
being exercised. Upon delivery of the form of subscription attached hereto
(the
"Subscription Form") to the Company at its address for notice set forth in
the
Purchase Agreement and upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, the
Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three Trading Days after
the
Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue and deliver to the Holder, a
certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, which, unless
otherwise required by the Purchase Agreement, shall be free of restrictive
legends. A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Holder shall have
delivered to the Company: (i) the Subscription Form, appropriately completed
and
duly signed and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant
Shares so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
(b) If
by the
third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver the
required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section
1(a), then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
(c) If
by the
third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver the
required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section
1(a), and if after such third Trading Day and prior to the receipt of such
Warrant Shares, the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the
Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such
exercise (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder
the
amount by which (x) the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y)
the
amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company
was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue
by (B) the closing bid price of the Common Stock on the Date of Exercise and
(2)
at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and
equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored
or
deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have
been
issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery
obligations hereunder. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the
Buy-In.
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(d) The
Company's obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with
the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or
any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation
of
law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to
the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall
limit a Xxxxxx's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder,
at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure
to
timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(e) If,
following at least 30 days from the registration of the Warrant Shares in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the VWAP of the Common Stock
price on any day for any continuous period of twenty (20) days equals or exceeds
200% of the Exercise Price, the Company can send a call notice in respect of
the
Warrants to the Holder requiring the mandatory exercise by the Holder of the
Warrants (the “Warrant Call”). The Holders shall have sixty calendar days from
the date of the Warrant Call to exercise the Warrants. If the Holder fails
to
exercise the Warrant within sixty (60) calendar days from receipt of the Warrant
Call, the Warrant shall be cancelled and forfeited and shall become null and
void to the extent not then exercised.
2. Certain
Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set
forth in this Section 2.
(a) Stock
Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes
a
distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common
Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number
of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied
by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
such
event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become
effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any
adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become
effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or
combination.
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(b) Fundamental
Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding there is a
Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to
receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities,
cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then
issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the "Alternate Consideration").
For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price
shall
be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on
the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the
securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then
the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it
receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental
Transaction. At the Holder's option and request, any successor to the Company
or
surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall, either (1) issue to
the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder's right to purchase
the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof,
or (2) purchase the Warrant from the Holder for a purchase price, payable in
cash within five Trading Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective
date of the Fundamental Transaction), equal to the Black Scholes value of the
remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such request.
The
terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected
shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply
with the provisions of this paragraph (b) and insuring that the Warrant (or
any
such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent
transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
(c) Number
of
Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price
pursuant to this Section 2, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately,
so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder
for
the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
(d) Notice
of
Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section
2,
the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance
with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such
adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted
number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise
of
this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such
adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based.
Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such
certificate to the Holder and to the Company's Transfer Agent.
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(e) Notice
of
Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other
distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common
Stock, including without limitation any granting of rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary,
(ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits
stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) authorizes the
voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company,
then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice describing the material
terms and conditions of such transaction (but only to the extent such disclosure
would not result in the dissemination of material, non-public information to
the
Holder) at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective
date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate
in or vote with respect to such transaction, and the Company will take all
steps
reasonably necessary in order to insure that the Holder is given the practical
opportunity to exercise this Warrant prior to such time so as to participate
in
or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure
to
deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of
the
corporate action required to be described in such notice.
(f) Other
than in connection with the Excepted Issuances (as hereinafter defined) and
prior to the end of fiscal year 2008, if the Company shall offer, issue or
agree
to issue any common stock to any person or entity at a price per share which
shall be less than the Exercise Price, without the consent of each Holder,
then
the Company shall issue, for each such occasion, additional shares of Common
Stock to each Holder so that the average per share purchase price of the Shares
issued to the Purchasers (of only the Warrant Shares still owned by the Holder)
is equal to such other lower price per share and the Exercise Price shall
automatically be adjusted as provided herein. The delivery to the Holders of
the
additional shares of Common Stock shall be no later than the closing date of
the
transaction giving rise to the requirement to issue additional shares of Common
Stock. The Holders are granted the registration rights described in the
Registration Rights Agreement in relation to such additional shares of Common
Stock, except that the Filing Date and Effective Date vis-a-vis such additional
Shares shall be the forty-fifth (45th) day after the closing date giving rise
to
the requirement to issue the additional shares of Common Stock.
Excepted
Issuances shall include the Company’s issuance of securities (i) as full or
partial consideration in a strategic merger, acquisition, consolidation or
purchase of substantially all of the securities or assets of a corporation
or
other entity which holders of such securities or debt are not at any time
granted registration rights, (ii) in connection with strategic license
agreements and other partnering arrangements so long as such issuances are
not
for the purpose of raising capital which holders of such securities or debt
are
not at any time granted registration rights, (iii) the issuances or grants
of
options to purchase Common Stock pursuant to stock option plans and employee
stock purchase plans, (iv) as a result of the exercise of warrants pursuant
to
any other Agreements or obligations entered into by the Company prior to the
Issuance Date of this Warrant, (v) as a result of underwritten offerings
conducted by the Company, (vi) as payment of any liquidated damages or other
damages pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and (vii) as has been described
in the Reports or Other Written Information filed with the Commission not later
than three Business Days before the Issuance Date.
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3. Common
Stock Legend. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that the shares of Common
Stock
of the Company, and, until such time as the Common Stock has been registered
under the 1933 Act and sold in accordance with an effective registration
statement, or exemption from registration, certificates and other instruments
representing any of the Common Stock shall bear a restrictive legend in
substantially the following form and a stop-transfer order may be placed against
transfer of any such securities:
THE
SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR 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 SHARES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A
BONA
FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SHARES.
4. Warrant
Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of the Warrant, appoint
an agent (a "Warrant Agent") for the purpose of issuing Common Stock issuable
on
the exercise of this Warrant.
5. Miscellaneous.
The Warrant Shares shall be accorded the registration rights set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall
be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State of New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles
thereof.
This
Warrant and the legal relations among the parties hereto shall be governed
by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and
State of New York, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable choice-of-law principles. The parties hereby irrevocably submit
to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the
State and County of New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising
out
of or relating to this Common Stock Purchase Warrant or the transactions
contemplated hereby. The parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the right to trial by jury, any objection which
they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding
brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such
a
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first
written above.
China
Housing and Land Development, Inc.
By:
___________________
Name:
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman
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Exhibit
A
FORM
OF
SUBSCRIPTION
(to
be
signed only on exercise of Warrant)
TO:
CHINA
HOUSING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.A-1), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase:
_____
Shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant.
The
undersigned herewith makes payment of the full purchase price for such shares
at
the price per share provided for in such Warrant. Such payment takes the form
of:
$_________
in lawful money of the United States.
The
undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the
name
of, and delivered to whose address is
By
its
delivery of this Subscription Form, the undersigned represents and warrants
to
the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby the Holder
will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock
(determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934) permitted to be owned under Section 3 of this Warrant to which this notice
relates.
Dated:
(Address)
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