STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 2.1
Execution Version
STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 24, 2023 is made by and between YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt limited partnership (the “Investor”), and ETAO International Co., Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”).
WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company, upon closing of the Business Combination (as defined below), shall have the right to issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to the lesser of (i) $150 million in the aggregate gross purchase price of newly issued shares of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), and (ii) (to the extent applicable) the Exchange Cap (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, upon the closing of the Business Combination, the Ordinary Shares of the combined entity will be listed for trading on Nasdaq (“Nasdaq”); and
WHEREAS, the offer and sale of the Ordinary Shares issuable hereunder will be made in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”), or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the transactions to be made hereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article I. Certain Definitions
Section 1.01 “Additional Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section Section 2.0l(t)(ii).
Section 1.02 “Adjusted Advance Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section Section 2.0l(t)(i).
Section 1.03 “Advance” shall mean any issuance and sale of Advance Shares from the Company to the Investor pursuant to Article II hereof.
Section 1.04 “Advance Date” shall mean the 1st Trading Day after expiration of the applicable Pricing Period for each Advance.
Section 1.05 “Advance Notice” shall mean, as applicable, an Option 1 Advance Notice in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto or an Option 2 Advance Notice in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto and delivered to the Investor hereto.
Section 1.06 “Advance Notice Date” shall mean each date the Company is deemed to have delivered (in accordance with Section 2.0l(b) and 2.01 (c), as applicable, of this Agreement) an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the terms ofthis Agreement.
Section 1.07 “Advance Shares” shall mean the Ordinary Shares that the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor as requested by the Company pursuant to an Advance Notice.
Section 1.08 “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.
Section 1.09 “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
Section 1.10 “Applicable Laws” shall mean all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, executive orders, directives, policies, guidelines and codes having the force oflaw, whether local, national, or international, as amended from time to time, including without limitation (i) all applicable laws that relate to money laundering, terrorist financing, financial record keeping and reporting, (ii) all applicable laws that relate to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, books and records and internal controls, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and (iii) any Sanctions laws.
Section 1.11 “Average Price” shall mean a price per Share (rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate gross purchase price paid by the Investor for all Shares purchased pursuant to this Agreement by (ii) the aggregate number of Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 1.12 “Black Out Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.0l(e).
Section 1.13 “Business Combination” shall mean the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company and other parties thereto, pursuant to which the Company, Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. III, and ETAO International Group (the “Target”), have agreed to consummate a business combination, pursuant to the terms and condition in the Merger Agreement.
Section 1.14 “Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.08.
Section 1.15 “Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
Section 1.16 “Commitment Amount” shall mean $150,000,000 of Ordinary Shares, provided that, the Company shall not issue and sell any Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the Investor shall not purchase any Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement to the extent (but only to the extent) that after giving effect to such purchase and sale the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that would be issued pursuant to this Agreement would exceed 20,449,152 Ordinary Shares which is 19.9% of 102,296,910 issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares as of the Effective Date calculated in accordance with the applicable rules of the Principal Market (such maximum number of shares, the “Exchange Cap”) provided further that, the Exchange Cap will not apply (a) if the Company’s stockholders have approved issuances in excess of the Exchange Cap in accordance with the rules of the Principal Market or (b) solely to the extent that (and only for so long as) the Average Price (including any sales covered by an Advance Notice that has been delivered prior to the determination of whether this clause (b) applies) equals or exceeds $3.79 per share, which is the lower of (i) the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (as reflected on XXXXXX.xxx) immediately preceding the Effective Date; or (ii) the average NASDAQ Official Closing Price for the five Trading Days immediately preceding the Effective Date (the “Principal Market Limit Price”). In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would exceed the Exchange Cap shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the aggregate amount of the requested Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion in respect of each Advance Notice.
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Section 1.17 “Commitment Fee Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.04.
Section 1.18 “Commitment Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and expiring upon the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01.
Section 1.19 “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
Section 1.20 “Company Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.
Section 1.21 “Condition Satisfaction Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.
Section 1.22 “Daily Traded Volume” shall mean the daily trading volume of the Company’s Ordinary Shares on the Principal Market during regular trading hours as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
Section 1.23 “Effective Date” shall mean the Date of this Agreement.
Section 1.24 “Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
Section 1.25 “Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section 1.26 “Exchange Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.16.
Section 1.27 “Excluded Day” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.0l(f)(i).
Section 1.28 “GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Error! Reference source not found..
Section 1.29 “Hazardous Materials” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
Section 1.30 “Indemnified Liabilities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
Section 1.31 “Investor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
Section 1.32 “Investor Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
Section 1.33 “Market Price” shall mean an Option 1 Market Price or Option 2 Market Price, as applicable.
Section 1.34 “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, occurrence or condition that has had or would reasonably be expected to have (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under this Agreement.
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Section 1.35 “Material Outside Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.08.
Section 1.36 “Maximum Advance Amount” in respect of each Advance Notice means the greater of: (i) an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate Daily Traded Volume of Ordinary Shares on the Company’s Principal Market for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding an Advance Notice and (ii) $10,000,000 or up to $20,000,000 upon mutual consent of the Investor in it’s sole discretion.
Section 1.37 “Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.13.
Section 1.38 “Nasdaq” shall mean the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Section 1.39 “OFAC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.29.
Section 1.40 “Option 1 Advance Notice” shall mean a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting forth amount of an Advance that the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor pursuant to Section 2.0l(b).
Section 1.41 “Option 2 Advance Notice” shall mean a written notice in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting amount of an Advance that the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor pursuant to Section 2.0l(c).
Section 1.42 “Option 1 Advance Notice Date” shall mean each date the Company is deemed to have delivered (in accordance with Section 2.0l(b) of this Agreement) an Option 1 Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 1.43 “Option 2 Advance Notice Date” shall mean each date the Company is deemed to have delivered (in accordance with Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement) an Option 2 Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the terms ofthis Agreement.
Section 1.44 “Option 1 Market Price” shall mean the average daily VWAP of the Ordinary Shares during the applicable Option 1 Pricing Period.
Section 1.45 “Option 2 Market Price” shall mean the lowest daily VWAP of the Ordinary Shares during the applicable Option 2 Pricing Period.
Section 1.46 “Option 2 Minimum Acceptable Price” or “MAP” shall mean the minimum price notified by the Company to the Investor in an Option 2 Advance Notice, if applicable.
Section 1.47 “Option I Pricing Period” shall mean the Trading Day commencing on the Option I Advance Notice Date.
Section 1.48 “Option 2 Pricing Period’ shall mean the three (3) consecutive Trading Days commencing on the Option 2 Advance Notice Date.
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Section 1.49 “Option I Purchase Price” shall mean the price per Advance Share obtained by multiplying the average daily VWAP of the Ordinary Shares during the applicable Option I Pricing Period by 95%.
Section 1.50 “Option 2 Purchase Price” shall mean the price per Advance Share obtained by multiplying the lowest daily VWAP of the Ordinary Shares during the applicable Option 2 Pricing Period by 97%.
Section 1.51 “Option 1 Volume Threshold” or “VT” shall mean a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient of (a) the number of Advance Shares requested by the Company in an Option 1 Advance Notice divided by (b) 0.35.
Section 1.52 “Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
Section 1.53 “Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.0l(d)(i).
Section 1.54 “Permitted Liens” shall mean (i) statutory or common law liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, landlords, carriers, repairmen or construction contractors and other similar liens that arise in the ordinary course of business and that relate to amounts not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith through appropriate actions, (ii) liens arising under original purchase price conditional sales contracts and equipment leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) liens for utilities, taxes, assessments or other governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewer charges) which are not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith through appropriate actions and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (iv) liens, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including mortgages, easements, defects or imperfections of title, encroachments, conditions, covenants, licenses, rights of way and similar restrictions of record or that would be shown by a current title report or similar report or listing of such real property) that (A) are matters of record, (B) would be disclosed by a current, accurate survey or physical inspection of such real property or (C) do not materially interfere with the present uses of such real property, (v) with respect to any leased real property (A) the interests and rights of the respective lessors under the terms of the leases with respect thereto, including any statutory landlord liens and any lien thereon and (B) any liens, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, defects or imperfections of title, encroachments, conditions, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) touching and concerning the land of which the leased real property is a part that do not materially interfere with the present uses of such leased real property, (vi) with respect to any leased real property, zoning, building, subdivision, entitlement and other land use and environmental regulations promulgated by any governmental authority, and (vii) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business.
Section 1.55 “Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
Section 1.56 “Plan of Distribution” shall mean the section of a Registration Statement disclosing the plan of distribution of the Shares.
Section 1.57 “Pricing Period” shall mean the Option 1 Pricing Period or Option 2 Pricing Period, as applicable.
Section 1.58 “Principal Market” shall mean the NASDAQ; provided however, that in the event the Ordinary Shares are ever listed or traded on the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the Nasdaq Capital Market, then the “Principal Market” shall mean such other market or exchange on which the Company’s Ordinary Shares are then listed or traded to the extent such other market or exchange is the principal trading market or exchange for the Ordinary Shares.
Section 1.59 “Prospectus” shall mean any prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used by the Company in connection with a Registration Statement.
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Section 1.60 “Prospectus Supplement” shall mean any prospectus supplement to a Prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any prospectus supplement to be filed in accordance with Section 6.01 hereof.
Section 1.61 “Purchase Price” shall mean the price per Advance Share obtained by multiplying the Market Price by (i) 95% of the average daily VWAP in respect of an Advance Notice with an Option 1 Pricing Period, and (ii) 97% of the lowest daily VWAP in respect of an Advance Notice with an Option 2 Pricing Period.
Section 1.62 “Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Shares, and (ii) any securities issued or issuable with respect to any Shares by way of exchange, stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise.
Section 1.63 “Registration Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.0l(d)(ii)
Section 1.64 “Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement on Form F-1 or Form F-3 or on such other form promulgated by the SEC for which the Company then qualifies and which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate, and which form shall be available for the registration of the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, which registration statement provides for the resale from time to time of the Shares as provided herein.
Section 1.65 “Regulation D” shall mean the provisions of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
Section 1.66 “Restricted Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Error! Reference source not found..
Section 1.67 “Restricted Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Error! Reference source not found..
Section 1.68 “Sanctions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.29.
Section 1.69 “Sanctioned Countries” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.29.
Section 1.70 “SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section 1.71 “SEC Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.05.
Section 1.72 “Securities Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.
Section 1.73 “Settlement Document” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).
Section 1.74 “Shares” shall mean the Commitment Fee Shares and the Ordinary Shares to be issued from time to time hereunder pursuant to an Advance.
Section 1.75 “Subsidiaries” shall mean any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (x) owns a majority of the outstanding capital stock or holds a majority of the equity or similar interest of such Person or (y) controls or operates all or substantially all of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and the foregoing are collectively referred to herein as “Subsidiaries.”
Section 1.76 “Target” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.13.
Section 1.77 “Trading Day” shall mean any day during which the Principal Market shall be open for business.
Section 1.78 “Transaction Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02.
Section 1.79 Reserved.
Section 1.80 “VWAP” shall mean for any Trading Day, the daily volume weighted average price of the Ordinary Shares for such Trading Day on the Principal Market during regular trading hours as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
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Article II. Advances
Section 2.01 Advances: Mechanics. Upon the completion of the Business Combination (and prior to the Effective Date), the legal entity that will be the surviving publicly traded parent of the Company or the surviving publicly traded parent company of the entity into which the Company is merged upon completion of the Business Combination shall inure to all the benefits and obligations under this Agreement, and all representations and warranties shall apply in respect of such entity and all references to the “Company” in this Agreement shall be to the legal entity that will be such surviving parent company upon completion of the Business Combination. All references to the Ordinary Shares in this Agreement shall be to the common equity securities of such surviving entity. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, during the Commitment Period, the Company, at its sole discretion, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, Advance Shares by the delivery to the Investor from time to time of an Advance Notice on the following terms:
| (a) | Advance Notice. At any time during the Commitment Period the Company may require the Investor to purchase Shares by delivering an Advance Notice to the Investor, subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Investor of the conditions set forth in Section 7.01, and in accordance with the following provisions: |
| (i) | The Company shall, in its sole discretion, select the number of Advance Shares, not to exceed the Maximum Advance Amount, it desires to issue and sell to the Investor in each Advance Notice and the time it desires to deliver each Advance Notice and the Pricing Period to be used. |
| (ii) | There shall be no mandatory minimum Advances and no non-usages fee for not utilizing the Commitment Amount or any part thereof. |
| (b) | Date of Delivery of an Option 1 Advance Notice. An Option 1 Advance Notices shall be delivered in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit A. An Option 1 Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered (i) the day it is received by the Investor if such notice is received by email prior on or before 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (or later if waived by the Investor in its sole discretion), or (ii) if such notice is received after 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, upon receipt by the Investor, which receipt and commencement of the Option 1 Pricing Period is confirmed by the Investor to the Company by email or other writing, in each case in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit A. |
| (c) | Date of Delivery of an Option 2 Advance Notice. An Option 2 Advance Notices shall be delivered in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit B. An Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the day it is received by the Investor if such notice is received by email prior on or before 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (or later if waived by the Investor in its sole discretion) in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit B, or (ii) the immediately succeeding day if it is received by email after 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, in each case in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit B. |
| (d) | Advance Limitations. Regardless of the number of Advance Shares requested by the Company in the Advance Notice, the final number of Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to an Advance Notice shall be reduced (if at all) in accordance with each of the following limitations: |
| (i) | Ownership Limitation; Commitment Amount. At the request of the Company, the Investor shall (within one business day of such request) inform the Company of the amount of Ordinary Shares the Investor then beneficially owns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase or acquire, and shall not purchase or acquire, any Ordinary Shares under this Agreement which, when aggregated with all other Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Investor and its affiliates (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder), would result in the beneficial ownership by the Investor and its affiliates (on an aggregated basis) to exceed 9.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of Ordinary Shares (the “Ownership Limitation”). Upon the written request of the Investor, the Company shall promptly (but no later than one business day after the next business day on which the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares is open for business) confirm orally or by email or other writing to the Investor the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. In connection with each Advance Notice delivered by the Company, any portion of the number of Advance Shares that would (i) cause the Investor to exceed the Ownership Limitation or (ii) cause the aggregate number of Shares issued and sold to the Investor hereunder (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment Fee Shares) to exceed the Commitment Amount shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company, and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the number of Advance Shares requested by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion; provided that in the event of any such automatic withdrawal and automatic modification, Investor will promptly notify the Company of such event. |
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| (ii) | Registration Limitation and Exchange Cap. In no event shall an Advance exceed the amount registered under the Registration Statement then in effect (the “Registration Limitation”) or the Exchange Cap, to the extent applicable. In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would exceed the Registration Limitation or the Exchange Cap shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the aggregate amount of the requested Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion in respect of each Advance Notice; provided that in the event of any such automatic withdrawal and automatic modification, Investor will promptly notify the Company of such event. |
| (e) | Option 1 Advance Notice Volume Threshold. |
| (i) | In connection with an Option 1 Advance Notice where the Company selected an Option 1 Pricing Period, if the aggregate Daily Traded Volume during the applicable Option 1 Pricing Period is less than the Option 1 Volume Threshold, then the number of Advance Shares issued and sold pursuant to such Advance Notice shall be reduced to the greater of (a) 35% of the Daily Traded Volume of the Ordinary Shares on the Principal Market during the applicable Option 1 Pricing Period, or (b) the number of Ordinary Shares sold by the Investor during such Option 1 Pricing Period, but not to exceed the amount requested in the Advance Notice. |
| (f) | Option 2 Advance Notice Minimum Acceptable Price. |
| (i) | With respect to an Option 2 Advance Notice, the Company may notify the Investor of the MAP with respect to such Advance by indicating a MAP on such Advance Notice. If no MAP is specified in an Advance Notice, then no MAP shall be in effect in connection with such Advance. Each Trading Day during an Option 2 Pricing Period for which (A) with respect to each Advance Notice with a MAP, the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares is below the MAP in effect with respect to such Advance Notice, or (B) there is no VWAP (each such day, an “Excluded Day”), shall result in an automatic reduction to the number of Advance Shares set forth in such Advance Notice by one-third (1/3) (the resulting amount of each Advance being the “Adjusted Advance Amount”), and each Excluded Day shall be excluded from the Option 2 Pricing Period for purposes of determining the Market Price. |
| (ii) | The total Advance Shares in respect of each Advance (after reductions have been made to arrive at the Adjusted Advance Amount, if any) shall be automatically increased by such number of Ordinary Shares (the “Additional Shares”) equal to the number of Ordinary Shares sold by the Investor on such Excluded Day, if any, and the price paid per share for each Additional Share shall be equal to the MAP in effect with respect to such Advance Notice, provided that this increase shall not cause the total Advance Shares to exceed the amount set forth in the original Advance Notice or any limitations set forth in Error! Reference source not found.Error! Reference source not found.. |
| (g) | Unconditional Contract. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that upon the Investor’s receipt of a valid Advance Notice the parties shall be deemed to have entered into an unconditional contract binding on both parties for the purchase and sale of Advance Shares pursuant to such Advance Notice in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (i) subject to Applicable Laws and (ii) subject to Section 3.08, the Investor may sell Ordinary Shares during the Pricing Period. |
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Section 2.02 Closings. The closing of each Advance and each sale and purchase of Advance Shares (each, a “Closing”) shall take place as soon as practicable on or after each Advance Date in accordance with the procedures set forth below. The parties acknowledge that the Purchase Price is not known at the time the Advance Notice is delivered (at which time the Investor is irrevocably bound) but shall be determined on each Closing based on the daily prices of the Ordinary Shares that are the inputs to the determination of the Purchase Price as set forth further below. In connection with each Closing, the Company and the Investor shall fulfill each of its obligations as set forth below:
| (a) | On each Advance Date, the Investor shall deliver to the Company a written document, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C for an Option 1 Advance Notice and as Exhibit D for an Option 2 Advance Notice (each a “Settlement Document”), setting forth the final number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor (taking into account any adjustments pursuant to Section 2.01), the Market Price, the Purchase Price, the aggregate proceeds to be paid by the Investor to the Company, and a report by Bloomberg, L.P. indicating the VWAP for each of the Trading Days during the Pricing Period (or, if not reported on Bloomberg, L.P., another reporting service reasonably agreed to by the parties), in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In the case of an Option 2 Advance Notice where a MAP has been elected, the final number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor at the Closing for such Advance shall equal the sum of (i) the Adjusted Advance Amount which shall be purchased at the Purchase Price, plus (ii) the aggregate number of Additional Shares elected to be purchased by the Investor on Excluded Days during such Pricing Period (as contemplated by Section 2.0l(f)(ii)) which shall be purchased at the applicable MAP. |
| (b) | Promptly after receipt of the Settlement Document with respect to each Advance (and, in any event, not later than one Trading Day after such receipt), the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer such number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor (as set forth in the Settlement Document) by crediting the Investor’s account or its designee’s account at the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, and transmit notification to the Investor that such share transfer has been requested. Promptly upon (and in any event within one Trading Day after) receipt of such notification, the Investor shall pay to the Company the aggregate purchase price of the Advance Shares (as set forth in the Settlement Document) in cash in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company by email or other writing and transmit notification to the Company that such funds transfer has been requested. No fractional shares shall be issued, and any fractional amounts shall be rounded to the next higher whole number of shares. To facilitate the transfer of the Ordinary Shares by the Investor, the Ordinary Shares will not bear any restrictive legends so long as there is an effective Registration Statement covering the resale of such Ordinary Shares (it being understood and agreed by the Investor that notwithstanding the lack of restrictive legends, the Investor may only sell such Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Plan of Distribution set forth in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act (including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements) or pursuant to an available exemption). |
| (c) | On or prior to the Advance Date, each of the Company and the Investor shall deliver to the other all documents, instruments and writings expressly required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein. |
| (d) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if on any day during the Pricing Period (i) the Company notifies Investor that a Material Outside Event has occurred, or (ii) the Company notifies the Investor of a Black Out Period, the parties agree that the pending Advance shall end and the final number of Advance Shares to be purchased by the Investor at the Closing for such Advance shall be equal to the number of Ordinary Shares sold by the Investor during the applicable Pricing Period prior to the notification from the Company of a Material Outside Event or Black Out Period. |
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Section 2.03 Hardship.
| (a) | In the event the Investor sells Ordinary Shares after receipt of an Advance Notice and the Company fails to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.02, the Company agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Article V hereto and in addition to any other remedy to which the Investor is entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, it will hold the Investor harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company and acknowledges that irreparable damage may occur in the event of any such default. It is accordingly agreed that the Investor shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce (subject to the Securities Act and other rules of the Principal Market), without the posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this Agreement. |
| (b) | In the event the Company provides an Advance Notice and the Investor fails to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.02, the Investor agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Article V hereto and in addition to any other remedy to which the Company is entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation specific performance, it will hold the Company harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Investor and acknowledges that irreparable damage may occur in the event of any such default. It is accordingly agreed that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce (subject to the Securities Act and other rules of the Principal Market), without the posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this Agreement. |
Section 2.04 Completion of Resale Pursuant to the Registration Statement. After the Investor has purchased the full Commitment Amount and has completed the subsequent resale of the full Commitment Amount pursuant to the Registration Statement, Investor will notify the Company by email or other writing that all subsequent resales are completed and the Company will be under no further obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Additionally, provided the Investor does not hold any Advance Shares, the Company shall have no further obligation to maintain the effectiveness of any Registration Statement after the 180th day following the earlier to occur of the latest Closing that has occurred and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Article III. Representations and Warranties of Investor
The Investor represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof, as of each Advance Notice Date and each Advance Date that:
Section 3.01 Organization and Authorization. The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to purchase or acquire Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. The decision to invest and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Investor, the performance by the Investor of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and require no further consent or authorization by the Investor or its sole member. The undersigned has the right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other instruments on behalf of the Investor or its shareholders. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and, assuming the execution and delivery hereof and acceptance thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.
Section 3.02 Evaluation of Risks. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of, and bearing the economic risks entailed by, an investment in the Ordinary Shares of the Company and of protecting its interests in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that its investment in the Company involves a high degree of risk, and that the Investor may lose all or a part of its investment.
Section 3.03 No Legal, Investment or Tax Advice from the Company. The Investor acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of the Company’s representatives or agents for legal, tax, investment or other advice with respect to the Investor’s acquisition of Ordinary Shares hereunder, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the laws of any jurisdiction, and the Investor acknowledges that the Investor may lose all or a part of its investment.
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Section 3.04 Investment Purpose. The Investor is acquiring the Ordinary Shares for its own account, for investment purposes and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Investor does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Shares at any time in accordance with, or pursuant to, a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or an applicable exemption under the Securities Act. The Investor does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to sell or distribute any of the Shares. The Investor acknowledges that it will be disclosed as an “underwriter” and a “selling stockholder” in each Registration Statement and in any Prospectus contained therein.
Section 3.05 Accredited Investor. The Investor is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 50l(a)(3) of Regulation D.
Section 3.06 Information. The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information the Investor deemed material to making an informed investment decision. The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management and have received answers to such questions. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Investor or its advisors (and its counsel), if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Company has not made to the Investor, and the Investor acknowledges and agrees it has not relied upon, any representations and warranties of the Company, its employees or any third party other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement. The Investor understands that its investment involves a high degree of risk. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 3.07 Not an Affiliate. The Investor is not an officer, director or a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company or any “Affiliate” of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act). During the Commitment Period, the Investor will not acquire for its own account any Ordinary Shares or securities exercisable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares, other than pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to any transaction entered into directly with the Company.
Section 3.08 No Prior Short Sales. At no time prior to the date ofthis Agreement has the Investor, its sole member, any of their respective officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor or its sole member, engaged in or effected, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for its own principal account, any (i) “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Ordinary Shares or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Ordinary Shares that remains in effect as of the date of this Agreement;
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Section 3.09 General Solicitation. Neither the Investor, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Ordinary Shares by the Investor. The Investor is not purchasing or acquiring the Shares as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Ordinary Shares.
Section 3.10 No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and shall not (i) result in a violation of such Investor’s applicable organizational instruments,
(ii) conflict with, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give rise to any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Investor is a party or is bound, or (iii) result in a violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency applicable to the Investor or by which any of its properties or assets are bound or affected, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, prohibit or otherwise interfere with, in any material respect, the ability of the Investor to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 3.11 Reliance on Exemptions. The Investor understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of U.S. federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Investor set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Shares.
Section 3.12 No Governmental Review. The Investor understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Shares nor have such authorities passes upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares.
Section 3.13 Resale of Shares. The Investor represents, warrants and covenants that it will resell the Shares only pursuant to a Registration Statement in which the resale of such Shares is registered under the Securities Act, in a manner described under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in such Registration Statement, and in a manner in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Section 3.14 Shell Status. The Investor acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, the Company is a shell company formed for the purposes of effecting the Business Combination and has no operations or significant assets.
Section 3.15 Availability of Funds. The Investor has sufficient cash available to enable it to pay the full Commitment Amount pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and to make all other necessary payments by it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 3.16 Anti-Money laundering. The Investor represents, warrants and covenants that it has not violated any anti-money laundering laws.
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Article IV. Representations and Warranties of the Company
Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company represents and warrants to the Investor that upon the closing of the Business Combination, and on each Advance Date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date), that:
Section 4.01 Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is an entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of their respective jurisdiction of organization, and has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (to the extent applicable) in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.02 Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Other than any stockholder approval required for any issuance of the Ordinary Shares exceeding the Exchange Cap hereunder, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Ordinary Shares) have been or (with respect to consummation) will be duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and no further consent or authorization will be required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party have been (or, when executed and delivered, will be) duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the execution and delivery thereof and acceptance by the Investor, constitute (or, when duly executed and delivered, will be) the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.
Section 4.03 Authorization of the Shares. The Shares to be issued under this Agreement have been, or with respect to Shares to be purchased by the Investor pursuant to an Advance Notice, will be, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, against payment therefor as provided herein, duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights, upon the closing of the Business Combination will be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. The Shares, when issued, will conform to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated into the Prospectus.
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Section 4.04 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Ordinary Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the certificate of incorporation or other organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries (with respect to consummation, as the same may be amended prior to the date on which any of the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.05 SEC Documents: Financial Statements. The Company has timely filed (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (all of the foregoing filed within two years preceding the date hereof or amended after the date hereof, or filed after the date hereof, and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, and all registration statements filed by the Company under the Securities Act (including any Registration Statements filed hereunder), being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered or made available to the Investor through the SEC’s website at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx, true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. As of their respective dates (or, with respect to any filing that has been amended or superseded, the date of such amendment or superseding filing), the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and did not contain 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Section 4.06 Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis (except for (i) such adjustments to accounting standards and practices as are noted therein, (ii) in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to the extent such financial statements may not include footnotes required by GAAP or may be condensed or summary statements and (iii) such adjustments which are not material, either individually or in the aggregate) during the periods involved; the other financial and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or proforma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the SEC Documents (excluding the exhibits thereto); and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the SEC) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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Section 4.07 Registration Statement and Prospectus. Each Registration Statement and the offer and sale of Shares as contemplated hereby, if and when filed, will meet the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with said Rule. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits to a Registration Statement have been so described or filed. Copies of each Registration Statement, any Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the SEC on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available through XXXXX, to the Investor and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of each Settlement Date and completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares other than a Registration Statement and the Prospectus to which the Investor has consented.
Section 4.08 No Misstatement or Omission. Each Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, and any Prospectus on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Advance Date, the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, each as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. Each Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Each Prospectus did not, or will not, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in a Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the SEC, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company by the Investor specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
Section 4.09 Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act. Each Registration Statement, each Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference in each Registration Statement, Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents were or are filed with the SEC under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable.
Section 4.10 Equity Capitalization. On the date of the closing of the Business Combination, the authorized share capital of the Company shall be provided to the Investor as a supplement hereto prior to the completion of the Effective Date. Upon the closing of the Business Combination the Ordinary Shares will be registered pursuantto Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and will be listed on a Principal Market under the trading symbol “ETAO.” The Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Ordinary Shares from the Principal Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC or the Principal Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the Company’s knowledge, it is, or will be upon the closing of the Business Combination, in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Principal Market.
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Section 4.11 Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights, if any, necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received written notice of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, or trade secrets, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no material claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement, in each case, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.12 Employee Relations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened, in each case which is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.13 Environmental Laws. To the Company’s actual knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received written notice alleging any failure to comply with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state and local laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.
Section 4.14 Title. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (or its Subsidiaries) have indefeasible fee simple or leasehold title to its properties and material assets owned by it, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest other than (x) such as are not material to the business of the Company or (y) Permitted Liens. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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Section 4.15 Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.16 Regulatory Permits. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect or disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to own their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permits.
Section 4.17 Internal Accounting Controls. The Company maintains 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 generally accepted accounting principles 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, and management is not aware of any material weaknesses that are not disclosed in the SEC Documents as and when required.
Section 4.18 Absence of Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Ordinary Shares or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.19 Reserved.
Section 4.20 Tax Status. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) has timely made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not received written notification of any unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim where failure to pay would cause a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.21 Certain Transactions. Except as not required to be disclosed pursuant to Applicable Laws, none of the officers or directors of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer or director, or to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer or director has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
Section 4.22 Rights of First Refusal. The Company is not obligated to offer the Ordinary Shares offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former stockholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.
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Section 4.23 Dilution. The Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance of Ordinary Shares hereunder could cause dilution to existing stockholders and could significantly increase the outstanding number of Ordinary Shares.
Section 4.24 Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Purchase of Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length investor with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Shares hereunder. The Company is aware and acknowledges that it shall not be able to request Advances under this Agreement if the Registration Statement is not effective or if any issuances of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any Advances would violate any rules of the Principal Market. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Furthermore notwithstanding Section 3.08 the Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Investor may engage in the trading of options with respect to the Ordinary Shares, (b) upon receipt of an Advance Notice the Investor has the right to sell (i) the Shares to be issued to the Investor pursuant to the Advance Notice prior to receiving such Shares, or (ii) other Ordinary Shares sold by the Company to Investor pursuant to this Agreement and which the Investor has continuously held as a long position.
Section 4.25 Finder’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s fees, brokerage commissions or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, with the exception of CMD Global Partners, LLC.
Section 4.26 Relationship of the Parties. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, affiliates, nor to the actual knowledge of the Company, any person acting on its or their behalf is a client or customer of the Investor or any of its affiliates and neither the Investor nor any of its affiliates has provided, or will provide, any services to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the actual knowledge of the Company, any person acting on its or their behalf. The Investor’s relationship to Company is solely as investor as provided for in the Transaction Documents.
Section 4.27 Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement or a Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
Section 4.28 Compliance with Laws. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with Applicable Laws; to the knowledge of the Company, the Company has not received a written notice of non-compliance, nor knows of facts that any director, or officer, or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, not complied with Applicable Laws, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 4.29 Sanctions Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or controlled affiliate of the Company or any director or officer of any Subsidiary, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or His Majesty’s Treasury, including, without limitation, designation on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including, without limitation, the Crimea region, the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan and Syria (the “Sanctioned Countries”)). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds from the sale of Advance Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities or business of or with any Person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or in a Sanctioned Country in violation of Sanctions, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions or Applicable Laws by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past three years, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in, and is now not engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions or was in a Sanctioned Country in violation of Sanctions.
Article V. Indemnification
The Investor and the Company hereby agree to the following with respect to itself:
Section 5.01 Indemnification by the Company. In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Shares hereunder, and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and its investment manager, Yorkville Advisors Global, LP, and each of their respective officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and each person who controls the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and reasonable and documented expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Investor Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by the Investor Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any related prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the case of a prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion therein; (b) any material misrepresentation or breach of any material representation or material warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby; or (c) any material breach of any material covenant, material agreement or material obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable under Applicable Law, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under Applicable Law.
Section 5.02 Indemnification by the Investor. In consideration of the Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in addition to all of the Investor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Investor shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its Subsidiaries and each of their respective officers, directors, stockholders, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and each person who controls the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Company Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any related prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the case of a prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that the Investor will only be liable for written information relating to the Investor furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, and will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Investor by or on behalf of the Company specifically for inclusion therein; (b) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Investor in this Agreement or any instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor; or (c) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Investor contained in this Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Investor. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Investor may be unenforceable under Applicable Laws, the Investor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under Applicable Laws.
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Section 5.03 Notice of Claim. Promptly after receipt by an Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Investor Indemnitee or Company lndemnitee, as applicable, shall, if a claim for an Indemnified Liability in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Article V, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it of liability under this Article V except to the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced by such failure. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually reasonably satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Investor Indemnitee or Company lndemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the actual and reasonable third party fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Investor Indemnitee or Company lndemnitee to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Investor lndemnitee or Company lndemnitee and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Investor lndemnitee or Company Indemnitee and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Investor lndemnitee or Company Indemnitee shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Investor lndemnitee or Company Indemnitee which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Investor Indemnitee or Company lndemnitee reasonably apprised as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Investor Indemnitee or Company Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The indemnification required by this Article V shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received and payment therefor is due.
Section 5.04 Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Article V are not exclusive and shall not limit any right or remedy which may be available to any indemnified person at law or equity. The obligations of the parties to indemnify or make contribution under this Article V shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Article VI. Covenants
The Company covenants with the Investor, and the Investor covenants with the Company, as follows, which covenants of one party are for the benefit of the other party, during the Commitment Period:
Section 6.01 Registration Statement.
| (a) | Filing of a Registration Statement. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement, or multiple Registration Statements for the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities. The Company in its sole discretion may choose when to file such Registration Statements;provided, however, that the Company shall not have the ability to request any Advances until the effectiveness of a Registration Statement. |
| (b) | Maintaining a Registration Statement. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of any Registration Statement with respect to the Shares that has been declared effective at all times during the Commitment Period, provided, however, that if the Company has received notification pursuant to Section 2.04 that the Investor has completed resales pursuant to the Registration Statement for the full Commitment Amount, then the Company shall be under no further obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall ensure that, when filed, each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) and the prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used in connection with such Registration Statement shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. During the Commitment Period, the Company shall notify the Investor promptly if (i) the Registration Statement shall cease to be effective under the Securities Act, (ii) the Ordinary Shares shall cease to be authorized for listing on the Principal Market, or (iii) the Ordinary Shares cease to be registered under Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act or (iv) the Company fails to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act. |
| (c) | Filing Procedures. The Company shall (A) permit counsel to the Investor an opportunity to review and comment upon (i) each Registration Statement prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to each Registration Statement (including, without limitation, the Prospectus contained therein) (except for Annual Reports on Form 20-F and Current Reports on Form 6-K, and any similar or successor reports or Prospectus Supplements the contents of which is limited to that set forth in such reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) shall reasonably consider any comments of the Investor and its counsel on any such Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto or to any Prospectus contained therein. |
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The Company shall promptly furnish to the Investor, without charge, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, (i) electronic copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the Staff to the Company or its representatives relating to each Registration Statement (which correspondence shall be redacted to exclude any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), (ii) after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one (1) electronic copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment(s) and supplement(s) thereto, including, without limitation, financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by the Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, one (1) electronic copy of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to furnish any document to the extent such document is available on XXXXX).
| (d) | Amendments and Other Filings. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the related prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Commitment Period, and prepare and file with the SEC such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii) provide the Investor copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may redact any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information, and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 6.0l(d) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, provided, that such report is not automatically incorporated by reference into the applicable Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file such report in a prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act to incorporate such filing into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC either on the day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, if feasible, or otherwise promptly thereafter. |
| (e) | Blue-Sky. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to, if required by Applicable Laws, (i) register and qualify the Ordinary Shares covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Commitment Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Commitment Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Ordinary Shares for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 6.01, (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Ordinary Shares for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual written notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose. |
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Section 6.02 Suspension of Registration Statement.
| (a) | Establishment of a Black Out Period. During the Commitment Period, the Company from time to time may suspend the use of the Registration Statement by written notice to the Investor in the event that the Company determines in its sole discretion in good faith that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material nonpublic information concerning the Company, the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Company, in the best interests of the Company or (B) amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (a “Black Out Period”). |
| (b) | No Sales by Investor During the Black Out Period. During such Black Out Period, the Investor agrees not to sell any Ordinary Shares of the Company pursuant to such Registration Statement, but may sell Ordinary Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration, if available, subject to the Investor’s compliance with Applicable Laws. |
| (c) | Limitations on the Black Out Period. The Company shall not impose any Black Out Period that is longer than 60 consecutive days (or 90 days in any calendar year) or in a manner that is more restrictive (including, without limitation, as to duration) than the comparable restrictions that the Company may impose on transfers of the Company’s equity securities by its directors and senior executive officers. In addition, the Company shall not deliver any Advance Notice during any Black Out Period. If the public announcement of such material, nonpublic information is made during a Black Out Period, the Black Out Period shall terminate immediately after such announcement, and the Company shall immediately notify the Investor of the termination of the Black Out Period. |
Section 6.03 Listing of Ordinary Shares. As of each Advance Date, the Shares to be sold by the Company from time to time hereunder will have been registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and approved for listing on the Principal Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
Section 6.04 Opinion of Counsel. Prior to the date of the delivery by the Company of the first Advance Notice, the Investor shall have received an opinion letter from counsel to the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor.
Section 6.05 Exchange Act Registration. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act and will not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by Exchange Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act.
Section 6.06 Transfer Agent Instructions. For any time while there is a Registration Statement in effect for this transaction, the Company shall (if required by the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares) cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver to the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares (with a copy to the Investor) instructions to issue Ordinary Shares to the Investor free ofrestrictive legends upon each Advance if the delivery of such instructions are consistent with Applicable Law.
Section 6.07 Corporate Existence. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve and continue the corporate existence of the Company during the Commitment Period.
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Section 6.08 Notice of Certain Events Affecting Registration: Suspension of Right to Make an Advance. During the Commitment Period, the Company will promptly notify the Investor, and confirm by email or other writing, promptly following its becoming aware of the occurrence of any of the following events in respect of a Registration Statement or related Prospectus relating to an offering of Ordinary Shares (in each of which cases the information provided to Investor will be kept strictly confidential): (i) except for requests made in connection with SEC investigations disclosed in the SEC Documents, receipt of any request for additional information by the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any request for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the SEC or any other Federal governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Ordinary Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the happening of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, related Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the related Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or of the necessity to amend the Registration Statement or supplement a related Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or any other law, and the Company will promptly make available to the Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related Prospectus; (v) the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be required under Applicable Law; (vi) the Ordinary Shares shall cease to be authorized for listing on the Principal Market; or (vii) the Company fails to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act. The Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Advance Notice, and the Company shall not sell any Shares pursuant to any pending Advance Notice (other than as required pursuant to Section 2.02(d)), during the continuation of any of the foregoing events (each of the events described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (vii), inclusive, a “Material Outside Event”).
Section 6.09 Consolidation. If an Advance Notice has been delivered to the Investor, then the Company shall not effect any consolidation of the Company with or into, or a transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company to another entity before the transaction contemplated in such Advance Notice has been closed in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, and all Shares in connection with such Advance have been received by the Investor.
Section 6.10 Issuance of the Company’s Ordinary Shares. The issuance and sale of the Ordinary Shares hereunder shall be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities law.
Section 6.11 Expenses. The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment and supplement thereto, of each prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of any Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) all fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors (but not, for the avoidance doubt, the fees and disbursements oflnvestor’s counsel, accountants and other advisors), (iv) the qualification of the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including filing fees in connection therewith, (v) the printing and delivery of copies of any prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto reasonably requested by the Investor, (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Shares for trading on the Principal Market, or (vii) filing fees of the SEC and the Principal Market.
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Section 6.12 Current Report. The Company shall, not later than 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth business day after the date of this Agreement, file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the execution of this Agreement by the Company and the Investor (including any exhibits thereto, the “Current Report”). The Company shall provide the Investor and its legal counsel a reasonable opportunity to comment on any description of this Agreement contained in a draft of the Current Report, including any exhibit to be filed related thereto, as applicable, prior to filing the Current Report with the SEC and shall give due consideration to all such comments. From and after the filing of the Current Report with the SEC, the Company shall have publicly disclosed all material, nonpublic information delivered to the Investor (or the Investor’s representatives or agents) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives (if any) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide the Investor with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without the express prior written consent of the Investor (which may be granted or withheld in the Investor’s sole discretion); it being understood that the mere notification of Investor required pursuant to Section 6.08 (iv) hereof shall not in and of itself be deemed to be material non-public information. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly agrees that it shall publicly disclose in the Current Report or otherwise make publicly available any information communicated to the Investor by or, to the knowledge of the Company, on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, which, following the date hereof would, if not so disclosed, constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting resales of Shares under the Registration Statement in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 6.13 Advance Notice Limitation. The Company shall not deliver an Advance Notice if a stockholder meeting or corporate action date, or the record date for any stockholder meeting or any corporate action, would fall during the period beginning one (1) Trading Day prior to the date of delivery of such Advance Notice and ending one (1) Trading Day following the Closing of such Advance.
Section 6.14 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of the Shares by the Company to Investor shall be used by the Company in the manner as will be set forth in the Prospectus included in any Registration Statement (and any post-effective amendment thereto) and any Prospectus Supplement thereto filed pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 6.15 Market Activities. Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons will, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Ordinary Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Ordinary Shares in violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Shares.
Section 6.16 Trading Information. Upon the Company’s request, the Investor agrees to provide the Company with trading reports setting forth the number and average sales prices of Ordinary Shares sold by the Investor during the prior trading week.
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Section 6.17 Selling Restrictions. Except as expressly set forth above in Section 4.24 and below, the Investor covenants that from and after the date hereof through and including the Trading Day next following the expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 10.01 (the “Restricted Period”), none of the Investor any of its officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor (collectively, the “Restricted Persons” and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Restricted Person”) shall, directly or indirectly, (i) engage in any “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Ordinary Shares or (ii) engage in any hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to any securities of the Company (including the Ordinary Shares), with respect to each of clauses (i) and (ii) hereof,, either for its own principal account or for the principal account of any other Restricted Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall (without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the Restricted Period from: (1) selling “long” (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO) the Shares; or (2) selling a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the number of Advance Shares that such Restricted Person is unconditionally obligated to purchase under a pending Advance Notice but has not yet received from the Company or the transfer agent pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 6.18 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations of the parties hereto may be assigned to any other Person. Nothing in this Section 6.18 shall be construed to prevent the legal entity that will be the surviving publicly-traded parent company of the Company or the surviving publicly-traded parent company of the entity into which the Company is merged upon completion of the Business Combination from inuring to all the benefits and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Section 6.19 Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that, other than as expressly required by Section 6.08 hereof, or, with the Investor’s consent pursuant to Section 6.12, it shall refrain from disclosing, and shall cause its officers, directors, employees and agents to refrain from disclosing, any material non-public information (as determined under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or the rules and regulations of the SEC) to the Investor, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information as being material non-public information and provides the Investor with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material non-public information for review. Unless specifically agreed to in writing, in no event shall the Investor have a duty of confidentiality, or be deemed to have agreed to maintain information in confidence, with respect to the delivery of any Advance Notices.
Article VII.
Conditions for Delivery of Advance Notice
Section 7.01 Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice. The right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice and the obligations of the Investor hereunder with respect to an Advance are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, on each Advance Notice Date (a “Condition Satisfaction Date”), of each of the following conditions:
| (a) | Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of each Advance Notice Date (other than representations and warranties that are made as of another date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such other date).. |
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| (b) | Registration of the Ordinary Shares with the SEC. There is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Investor is permitted to utilize the Prospectus thereunder to resell all of the Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice. The Company shall have filed with the SEC all reports, notices and other documents required under the Exchange Act and applicable SEC regulations during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date or such shorter period during which the Company shall have been subject to such requirements. |
| (c) | Authority. The Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any applicable state for the offer and sale of all the Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice, or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of such Ordinary Shares shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject. |
| (d) | No Material Outside Event. No Material Outside Event shall have occurred and be continuing. |
| (e) | Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date. |
| (t) | 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 any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. |
| (g) | No Suspension of Trading in or Delisting of Ordinary Shares. The Ordinary Shares are quoted for trading on the Principal Market and all of the Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice will be listed or quoted for trading on the Principal Market. The issuance of Ordinary Shares with respect to the applicable Advance Notice will not violate the stockholder approval requirements of the Principal Market. |
| (h) | Authorized. There shall be a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Ordinary Shares for the issuance of all of the Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice. |
| (i) | Executed Advance Notice. The representations contained in the applicable Advance Notice shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date. |
| (j) | Consecutive Advance Notices. Except with respect to the first Advance Notice, the Company shall have delivered all Shares relating to all prior Advances. |
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Article VIII.
Non Exclusive Agreement
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, this Agreement and the rights awarded to the Investor hereunder are non-exclusive, and the Company may, at any time throughout the term of this Agreement and thereafter, issue and allot, or undertake to issue and allot, any Ordinary Shares and/or securities and/or convertible notes, bonds, debentures, options to acquire Ordinary Shares or other securities and/or other facilities which may be converted into or replaced by Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company, and to extend, renew and/or recycle any bonds and/or debentures, and/or grant any rights with respect to its existing and/or future share capital.
Article IX.
Choice of Law/Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any action between them shall be heard in New York County, New York, and expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Supreme Court of New York, sitting in New York County, New York and the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, sitting in New York, New York, for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Agreement.
Article X. Termination
Section 10.01 Termination.
| (a) | Unless earlier terminated as provided hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate automatically on the earliest of (i) the first day of the month next following the 36-month anniversary of the Effective Date, (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant to this Agreement for Ordinary Shares equal to the Commitment Amount or (iii) the termination of the Merger Agreement (other than in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination). |
| (b) | The Company may terminate this Agreement effective upon five Trading Days’ prior written notice to the Investor; provided that (i) there are no outstanding Advance Notices, the Ordinary Shares under which have yet to be issued, and (ii) the Company has paid all amounts owed to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual written consent of the parties, effective as of the date of such mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such written consent. |
| (c) | Nothing in this Section 10.01 shall be deemed to release the Company or the Investor from any liability for any breach under this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company and the Investor to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement. Section 12.08 and the indemnification provisions contained in Article V shall survive termination hereunder. |
| (d) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no obligation, including the obligation to issue to the Investor the Commitment Fee Shares, shall arise until the consummation of the Business Combination. If the Merger Agreement is terminated, other than in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, then this Agreement shall be terminated and of no further effect, without any liability of any party hereunder. |
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Article XI. Notices
Other than with respect to Advance Notices, which must be in writing and will be deemed delivered on the day set forth in Section 2.0l(b), any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by e-mail if sent on a Trading Day, or, if not sent on a Trading Day, on the immediately following Trading Day; (iii) five (5) calendar days after being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, (iv) one (1) calendar day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and e-mail addresses for such communications (except for Advance Notices which shall be delivered in accordance with Exhibit A hereof) shall be:
| If to the Company following the consummation of the Business Combination, to: | Etao International Co., Ltd. 0000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx: Xxxxxx.Xxx@xxxx.xxxxx |
| With a copy (which will not constitute notice) to: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Email: Xxxx@xxx.xxx |
| If to the Investor(s): | YA II PN, Ltd. 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Portfolio Manager Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
| With a Copy (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process) to: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq. Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
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or at such other address and/or e-mail and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party prior to the effectiveness of such change by means provided in this Article XI. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) electronically generated by the sender’s email service provider containing the time, date, and recipient email address or (iii) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
Article XII. Miscellaneous
Section 12.01 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, both which 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. Facsimile or other electronically scanned and delivered signatures (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx), including by e-mail attachment, shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes of this Agreement.
Section 12.02 Entire Agreement: Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their respective affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and, except as specifically set forth herein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement.
Section 12.03 Reporting Entity for the Ordinary Shares. The reporting entity relied upon for the determination of the trading price or trading volume of the Ordinary Shares on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be Bloomberg, L.P. or any successor thereto. The written mutual consent of the Investor and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.
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Section 12.04 Structuring Fee. Each of the parties shall pay its own fees and expenses (including the fees of any attorneys, accountants, appraisers or others engaged by such party) in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, except that the Company has paid YA Global II SPV, LLC, a subsidiary of the Investor, a cash structuring fee in the amount of $10,000.
Section 12.05 Commitment Fee. On the Effective Date the Company will issue to the Investor Ordinary Shares in an amount equal to $375,000 based on the VWAP of the Ordinary shares on Effective Date, as quoted by Xxxxxxxxx, LP, (the “Commitment Fee Shares”) as a commitment fee.
Section 12.06 Fully Earned. The Commitment Fee Shares shall be deemed fully earned as of the date hereof.
Section 12.07 Brokerage. Each of the parties hereto represents that it has had no dealings in connection with this transaction with any finder or broker who will demand payment of any fee or commission from the other party, with the exception of CMD Global Partners, LLC. The Company on the one hand, and the Investor, on the other hand, agree to indemnify the other against and hold the other harmless from any and all liabilities to any person claiming brokerage commissions or finder’s fees on account of services purported to have been rendered on behalf of the indemnifying party in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 12.08 Reserved.
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EXHIBIT A
OPTION 1 ADVANCE NOTICE
[ ]1
| Dated: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | Advance Notice Number: |
The undersigned, , hereby certifies, with respect to the sale of Ordinary Shares of [ ]2 (the “Company”) issuable in connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to that certain STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ] (the “Agreement”), as follows (with capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same meanings as given to them in the Agreement):
1. The undersigned is the duly elected of the Company.
2. There are no fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement which would require the Company to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.
3. The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed b the Company contained in the Agreement on or prior to the Advance Notice Date. All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.
4. The number of Advance Shares the Company is requesting is
5. The number of Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of the date hereof is
6. The number of Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Effective Date is
7. (If applicable): The Exchange Cap is Ordinary Shares.
8. The Principal Market Limit Price is
9. The Volume Threshold is
The undersigned has executed this Advance Notice as of the date first set forth above.
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| By: |
| 1 | Insert Co Name |
| 2 | Insert |
| 3 | Insert |
Please deliver this Advance Notice by email to:
Email: Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Attention: Trading Department and Compliance Officer
Confirmation Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000.
EXHIBIT B
OPTION 2 ADVANCE NOTICE
[ ]4
| Dated: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | Advance Notice Number: |
The undersigned, , hereby certifies, with respect to the sale of Ordinary Shares of [ ]5 (the “Company”) issuable in connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to that certain STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ] (the “Agreement”), as follows (with capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same meanings as given to them in the Agreement):
1. The undersigned is the duly elected of the Company.
2. There are no fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement which would require the Company to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.
3. The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the Company contained in the Agreement on or prior to the Advance Notice Date. All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.
4. The number of Advance Shares the Company is requesting is
5. The Minimum Acceptable Price with respect to this Advance Notice is$ (ifleft blank, then no Minimum Acceptable Price will be applicable to this Advance).
6. The number of Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of the date hereof is
7. The number of Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Effective Date is
8. (If applicable) The Exchange Cap is Ordinary Shares.
9. The Principal Market Limit Price is
The undersigned has executed this Advance Notice as of the date first set forth above.
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| By: |
| 4 | Insert Co Name |
| 5 | Insert |
| 6 | Insert |
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF OPTION 1 SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT
VIA EMAIL
[ ]7
Attn:
Email:
| Below please find the settlement information with respect to the Advance Notice Date of: | ||
| 1. | The Number of Advance Shares requested in the Advance Notice | Shares |
| 2. | Volume Threshold (Advance Shares requested divided by 35%) | |
| 3. | Pricing Period | |
| 4. | Market Price (average VWAP over the pricing period) | |
| 5. | Purchase Price (Market Price x 95%) per share | |
| 6. | Number of Advance Shares due to Investor | |
| 7 | Dollar Amount to be paid to the Company | $ |
If the Daily Traded Volume was less than the Volume Threshold then the following (see Section 2.OJ (j)):
| The Number of Advance Shares will be reduced by greater of 8 and 9 below | ||
| 8. | 35% of the Daily Traded Volume during the Pricing Period: | |
| 9. | The total Advance Shares sold to by the Investor during the pricing Period: | |
| 10. | Reduced Amount of Advance Shares to be issued to Investor (Shares due to Investor greater of 8 and 9): | |
| 11. | Dollar Amount to be paid to the Issuer: | $ |
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Please issue the number of Advance Shares due to the Investor to the account of the Investor as follows:
INVESTOR’S DTC PARTICIPANT#:
ACCOUNT NAME:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
COUNTRY:
CONTACT PERSON:
NUMBER AND/OR EMAIL:
| Sincerely, | |
| YA II PN, LTD. |
Agreed and approved By, [ ]8:
Name:
Title:
| 8 | Insert |
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF OPTION 2 SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT
| Below please find the settlement information with respect to the Advance Notice Date of: | ||
| 1. |
The Number of Advance Shares requested in the Advance Notice |
----- Shares |
| 2. |
Pricing Period |
|
| 3. | Minimum Acceptable Price for this Advance (if any) | |
| 4. | Number of Excluded Days (if any) | |
| 5. | Adjusted Advance Amount (after taking into account any adjustments pursuant to Section 2.01) (if applicable): | |
| 6. | Market Price (Lowest VWAP during the Pricing Period) | $ |
| 7. | Purchase Price (Market Price x 97%) per share | $ |
| 8. | Number of Advance Shares due to the Investor | |
| 9. | Dollar Amount to be paid to Issuer (row 7 x row 8) | $ |
/[there were any Excluded Days then add the following (see Section 2.01(f)):
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10. |
Number of Additional Shares to be issued to the Investor |
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| 11. | Additional amount to be paid to the Company by the Investor (Additional Shares in row 10 x Minimum Acceptable Price) | |
| 12. | Total amount to be paid to the Issuer (row 9 + row 11) | |
| 13. | Total Advance Shares to be issued to the Investors (Advance Shares due to the Investor in row 8 + Additional Shares in row 10) |
Please issue the number of Advance Shares due to the Investor to the account of the Investor as follows:
INVESTOR’S DTC PARTICIPANT #:
ACCOUNT NAME:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
COUNTRY:
CONTACT PERSON:
NUMBER AND/OR EMAIL:
| Sincerely, | |
| YA II PN, LTD. |
Agreed and approved By, [ ]9:
Name:
Title:
| 9 | Insert |
