●] Shares CHINA POWER TECHNOLOGY, INC. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
1.1
[●]
Shares
Common
Stock
February
[●], 2011
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC
as
Representative of the Several Underwriters
named in
Schedule I hereto
c/o
Rodman & Xxxxxxx, LLC
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
China
Power Technology, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) proposes, subject
to the terms and conditions contained herein, to sell to you (Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx, LLC, or “Xxxxxx”) and the other underwriters named on Schedule I to
this Agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as
Representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of ________ shares (the
“Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the
“Common Stock”). The respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be
purchased by each of the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names
on Schedule I hereto. In addition, the Company proposes to grant to
the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional ___________ shares
(the “Option Shares”) of Common Stock from the Company for the purpose of
covering over allotments in connection with the sale of the Firm
Shares. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are collectively called
the “Shares.”
The
Company has prepared and filed in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the published
rules and regulations thereunder (the “Rules”) adopted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement (as hereinafter
defined) on Form S-1 (No. 333-169498) including a Preliminary Prospectus (as
hereinafter defined) relating to the Shares, and such amendments thereof as may
have been required to the date of this Agreement. Copies of such
Registration Statement (including all amendments thereof) and of the related
Preliminary Prospectus have heretofore been delivered by the Company to
you. The term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary
prospectus included at any time as a part of the Registration Statement or filed
with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Rules. The
term “Registration Statement” as used in this Agreement means the initial
registration statement (including all exhibits, financial schedules and all
documents and information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement
through incorporation by reference or otherwise), as amended at the time and on
the date it becomes effective (the “Effective Date”), including the information
(if any) contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and deemed to be part thereof at the time
of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules. If the Company
has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional Shares
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Rules (the “462(b) Registration Statement”),
then any reference herein to the Registration Statement shall also be deemed to
include such 462(b) Registration Statement. The term “Prospectus” as
used in this Agreement means the prospectus in the form included in the
Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness or, if Rule 430A of the
Rules is relied on, the term Prospectus shall also include the final prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to and within the time limits described in
Rule 424(b) of the Rules. Reference made herein to any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Statutory Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) or to the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein,
including pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-1 under the Securities Act, as of the
date of such Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, or thereafter.
The
Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of
the Shares, as set forth in and pursuant to the Statutory Prospectus (as
hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus, as soon after the Effective Date and
the date of this Agreement as the Representative deems advisable. The
Company hereby confirms that the Underwriters and dealers have been authorized
to distribute or cause to be distributed each Preliminary Prospectus, and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and are authorized to
distribute the Prospectus (as from time to time amended or supplemented if the
Company furnishes amendments or supplements thereto to the
Underwriters).
1. Sale, Purchase, Delivery and
Payment for the Shares. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions
of, this Agreement:
(a) The
Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price of $_____ per share (the “Initial Price”), the number of Firm
Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter under the column “Number
of Firm Shares to be Purchased from the Company” on Schedule I to this
Agreement, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8
hereof.
(b) The
Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase,
severally and not jointly, all or any part of the Option Shares at the Initial
Price. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be the same percentage (adjusted by the Representative to
eliminate fractions) of the total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Firm
Shares. Such option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in
the sales of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters and may be exercised in whole
or in part at any time on or before 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date (as defined below), and from
time to time thereafter within 45 days after the date of this Agreement, in each
case upon written, facsimile or telegraphic notice, or verbal or telephonic
notice confirmed by written, facsimile or telegraphic notice, by the
Representative to the Company no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
the business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date or at least two business
days before the Option Shares Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may
be, setting forth the number of Option Shares to be purchased and the time and
date (if other than the Firm Shares Closing Date) of such purchase.
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(c) Payment
of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Firm Shares
shall be made at the offices of Xxxxx Day, 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the third business day
following the date of this Agreement or at such time on the same or such other
date, not later than ten (10) business days after the date of this Agreement, as
shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative (such time and date
of delivery and payment are called the “Firm Shares Closing
Date”). In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option
Shares are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price, and
delivery of the certificates, for such Option Shares shall be made at the
above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the
Representative and the Company, on each date of delivery as specified in the
notice from the Representative to the Company (such time and date of delivery
and payment are called the “Option Shares Closing Date”). The Firm
Shares Closing Date and any Option Shares Closing Date are called, individually,
a “Closing Date” and, together, the “Closing Dates.”
(d) Payment
shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the accounts specified by the Company, against delivery of the Shares to the
Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters for the Shares to
be purchased by them.
(e) The
Shares shall be registered in such names and shall be in such denominations as
the Representative shall request at least two full business days before the Firm
Shares Closing Date or, in the case of Option Shares, on the day of notice of
exercise of the option as described in Section 1(b) and shall be delivered by or
on behalf of the Company to the Representative through the facilities of the
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for the account of such
Underwriter. The Company will cause the certificates representing the
Shares, if certificated, to be made available for checking and packaging, at
such place as is designated by the Representative, on the business day before
the Firm Shares Closing Date (or the Option Shares Closing Date in the case of
the Option Shares).
2. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Firm Shares Closing Date
and as of each Option Shares Closing Date (if any), as follows:
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(a) On
the Effective Date, the Registration Statement complied, and on the date of the
Prospectus, the date any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
becomes effective, the date any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus is
filed with the Commission and each Closing Date, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus (and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) will comply, in all
material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The
Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Date, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; and on the Effective Date and the other dates referred to above
neither the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus, nor any amendment thereof
or supplement thereto, will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
will omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading. When any
Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as
part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule
424(a) of the Rules) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was
first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus as amended or
supplemented complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
the Securities Act and the Rules and did not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. If applicable, each Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this
offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed
with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system (“XXXXX”), except to the extent permitted by Regulation
S-T. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the representations and
warranties in this paragraph 2(a) shall apply to statements in, or omissions
from, the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information herein or otherwise
furnished in writing by the Representative on behalf of the several Underwriters
specifically for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus, as the case may be. With respect to the preceding
sentence, the Company acknowledges that the only information furnished in
writing by the Representative on behalf of the several Underwriters for use in
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus is the
statements contained in the second, fourth and twelfth paragraphs under the
caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriter
Information”).
(b) As
of the Applicable Time (as hereinafter defined), neither (i) the price to the
public and the number of shares offered and sold, as indicated on the cover page
of the Prospectus and the Statutory Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), all
considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii)
any individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus when considered together with the
General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any 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; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to statements in or omissions in the
General Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter Information.
Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), including any
electronic road show (including and, without limitation, any “bona fide
electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act,
each, a “Road Show”) complied when issued, and complies, in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules.
As used
in this Section and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable
Time” means [6]:00 [a.m.]/[p.m.] (Eastern time) on the date of this Underwriting
Agreement.
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“Statutory
Prospectus” as of any time means the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the
Shares that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the
Applicable Time.
“Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus” means each “free writing prospectus” (as defined in
Rule 405 of the Rules) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or
referred to by the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares,
including, without limitation, each Road Show.
(c) The
Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order
preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
suspending or preventing the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, has been issued by the Commission and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are threatened under the
Securities Act. Any required filing of any Preliminary Prospectus and/or the
Prospectus and any supplement thereto pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules has
been or will be made in the manner and within the time period required by such
Rule 424(b). Any material required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Rule 433(d) or Rule 163(b)(2) of the Rules has been or will be made
in the manner and within the time period required by such Rules.
(d) The
documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they became effective or
were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none
of such documents contained an 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, and any further documents so filed and incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder 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, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
(e) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times
through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any
earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative otherwise,
did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not
been superseded or modified, the Statutory Prospectus or the
Prospectus.
If at any
time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or
occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included
or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit
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 prevailing at the
subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will
promptly notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly
amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to
eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
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(f) The
Company is not eligible to use an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 433, or a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to
be filed with the Commission.
(g) The
financial statements of the Company (including all notes and schedules thereto)
included in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and Prospectus
present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the periods specified; and such financial statements and
related schedules and notes thereto, and the unaudited financial information
filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied throughout the periods involved. The summary and
selected financial data included in the Statutory Prospectus and Prospectus
present fairly the information shown therein as at the respective dates and for
the respective periods specified and have been presented on a basis consistent
with the consolidated financial statements set forth in the Prospectus and other
financial information. The pro forma financial statements and the
related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the Statutory
Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have
been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with
respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the
bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are
reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to
the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.
(h) Xxxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP (the “Auditor”), whose reports are filed with the Commission
as a part of the Registration Statement, is and, during the periods covered by
its reports, was an independent registered public accounting firm as required by
the Securities Act and the Rules.
(i)
The Company and each of its subsidiaries,
including each entity (corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, association, other business organization or legal entity)
controlled directly or indirectly by the Company (each, a “subsidiary”), is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and each such entity
has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as is currently
being conducted as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, and
to own, lease and operate its properties. Except as disclosed in the
Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the issued shares of capital stock of,
or other ownership interests in, each subsidiary that are held by the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and
clear of any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim,
limitation on voting rights, equity, trust or other encumbrance, preferential
arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever. The Company and each
of its subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as
a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted by it or location of the assets or properties owned, leased or
licensed by it requires such qualification, except for such jurisdictions where
the failure to so qualify individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets, properties,
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as
a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); and to the Company’s knowledge, no
proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or
curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or
qualification.
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(j)
Except as disclosed in the
Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries (i) has all requisite corporate power and authority, and all
necessary authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates
and permits of and from all governmental or regulatory bodies or any other
person or entity (collectively, the “Permits”), to own, lease and license its
assets and properties and conduct its business, all of which are valid and in
full force and effect, except where the lack of such Permits, individually or in
the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and (ii) has fulfilled and performed in all material respects all of its
obligations with respect to such Permits and no event has occurred that allows,
or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof
or results in any other impairment of the rights of the Company thereunder
except, with respect to the foregoing, where any failure, revocation,
termination or other impairment, as applicable, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as may be required under
the Securities Act and state and foreign Blue Sky laws, no other Permits are
required to enter into, deliver and perform this Agreement and to issue and sell
the Shares.
(k) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or possesses legally enforceable
rights to use all patents, patent rights, inventions, trademarks, trademark
applications, trade names, service marks, copyrights, copyright applications,
licenses, know-how and other similar rights and proprietary knowledge
(collectively, “Intangibles”) necessary for the conduct of its
business. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of, or is not aware of, any infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of others with respect to any Intangibles.
(l)
Except as disclosed in the Statutory
Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company and each of its subsidiaries has good
and marketable title in fee simple to all real property, and good and marketable
title to all other property owned by it, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests and defects, except such as do
not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its
subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Statutory Prospectus or the
Prospectus, all property held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is
held by them under valid, existing and enforceable leases, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests and defects, except such as are
not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be
made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries.
(m) Subsequent
to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Statutory
Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any event which would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with
its assets, businesses or properties (whether owned or leased) from fire,
explosion, earthquake, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or legislative or other
governmental action, order or decree which reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) since the date of the latest balance sheet
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company
nor its subsidiaries has (A) issued any securities or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except such liabilities or
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (B) entered into any
transaction not in the ordinary course of business or (C) except for regular
dividends on the Common Stock in amounts per share that are consistent with past
practice, declared or paid any dividend or made any distribution on any shares
of its stock or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired or agreed to redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock
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(n) There
is no document, contract or other agreement required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not described or
filed as required by the Securities Act or Rules, except where any failure would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each description
of a contract, document or other agreement in the Registration Statement, the
Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus accurately reflects in all material
respects the terms of the underlying contract, document or other agreement.
Except as described in the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, each
contract, document or other agreement described in the Registration Statement,
the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or listed in the Exhibits to the
Registration Statement is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable
by and against the Company or its subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance
with its terms. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, if a subsidiary
is a party, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default in the
observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under
any such agreement, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time
or both would constitute such a default, in any such case which default or
event, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No default exists, and no event has occurred which with
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default, in the due
performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition, by the Company or
its subsidiary, if a subsidiary is a party thereto, of any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or its properties or business or a subsidiary or its
properties or business may be bound or affected which default or event,
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The
statistical and market related data included in the Registration Statement, the
Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that
the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material
respects.
(p) Neither
the Company nor any subsidiary (i) is in violation of its certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation, limited liability
company agreement, partnership agreement, business license, memorandum and
articles of association or other organizational documents or instruments, (ii)
is in default under, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim,
limitation on voting rights, equity, trust or other encumbrance, preferential
arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever, upon, any property or
assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, any bond, debenture, note,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is
bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in
violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment,
decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental
agency or body, foreign or domestic, except (in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii) above) for violations or defaults that would not (individually or in the
aggregate) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(q) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(r) Neither
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company nor the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares) will give rise
to a right to terminate or accelerate the due date of any payment due under, or
conflict with or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or constitute
a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a default) under, or require any consent or waiver under, or result
in the execution or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
properties or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms
of, any material (i) indenture, (ii) mortgage, (iii) deed of trust or (iv) other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or by which either the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their
properties or businesses is bound, or any franchise, license, permit, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or violate any provision of the charter, bylaws, business
license, memorandum and articles of association or other organizational
documents or instruments of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for
such consents or waivers which have already been obtained and are in full force
and effect.
(s) The
Company has authorized and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the
caption “Capitalization” in the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus. The certificates evidencing the Shares are in due and
proper legal form and have been duly authorized for issuance by the
Company. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable. There are no statutory preemptive or other similar
rights to subscribe for or to purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any such rights pursuant to its
Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws or any agreement or instrument to or by
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound. The
Shares, when issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and none of them will be issued in
violation of any preemptive or other similar right. Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for
the issuance of, and there is no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any
share of stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any security
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such stock. All
outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have
been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable
and are owned directly by the Company or by another wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company free and clear of any security interests, liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims, other than those described in the Statutory Prospectus and
the Prospectus.
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(t)
No holder of any security of the Company has any right,
which has not been waived, to have any security owned by such holder included in
the Registration Statement or to demand registration of any security owned by
such holder for a period of at least 180 days after the date of this
Agreement. The stockholders party to the Securities Purchase
Agreement entered into on June 16, 2010 and amended on September 19, 2010,
November 15, 2010 and December 20, 2010 [Note: SPA may be further amended to
amend Qualified Public Offering] (as amended from time to time, the “SPA”), have
agreed not to sell shares of our common stock for a period of 180 days following
this offering, subject to extension under specified circumstances at the option
of the Underwriters. All of our officers and directors have agreed not to sell
shares of our common stock for a period of 360 days following this offering,
subject to extension under specified circumstances at the option of the
Underwriters. Each director and executive officer of the Company and
each stockholder of the Company listed on Schedule II hereto has delivered to
the Representative his enforceable written lock-up agreement in the form
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (“Form of
Director & Officer Lock-Up Agreement”) or Exhibit
B (“Form of Stockholder Lock-Up Agreement”) attached
hereto.
(u) The
Company has received waivers (the “Co-Sale Waivers”) from the
investors who signed the SPA (i) confirming such investors' election not to
exercise the right (the “Co-Sale Right”) to sell up to 50% of their shares of
Common Stock if the Company conducts any equity or equity-related financing in
which it will receive gross proceeds in excess of $5,000,000 as provided under
Section 4.14 of the SPA, (ii) confirming that the investors will not sell their
shares of Common Stock in the proposed underwritten public offering of the
Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement (the “Public Offering”), whether
or not the Public Offering constitutes a Qualified Public Offering (as defined
in the SPA) and (iii) acknowledging that the Co-Sale Right will terminate
automatically if the Public Offering constitutes a Qualified Public
Offering.
(v) There
are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the knowledge of the
Company, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others.
(w) All
necessary corporate action has been duly and validly taken by the Company to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company.
(x)
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is not
involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is any such
dispute threatened, which dispute would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware of any existing or
imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers or
contractors which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is not aware of any threatened or pending litigation between
the Company or its subsidiaries and any of its executive officers which, if
adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and has no reason to believe that such officers will not remain in the
employment of the Company.
(y) No
transaction has occurred between or among the Company and any of its officers or
directors, shareholders or five percent shareholders or any affiliate or
affiliates of any such officer or director or shareholder or five percent
shareholders that is required to be described in and is not described in the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus.
(z) The
Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or
which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock or any security
of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the
Shares.
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(aa) The
Company and each of its subsidiaries has filed all U.S. federal, state,
national, provincial, local, municipal and foreign tax returns which are
required to be filed through the date hereof, which returns are true and correct
in all material respects or has received timely extensions thereof, and has paid
all taxes shown on such returns and all assessments received by it to the extent
that the same are material and have become due. There are no tax audits or
investigations pending, which if adversely determined would have a Material
Adverse Effect; nor are there any material proposed additional tax assessments
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(bb) The
Shares have been duly authorized for quotation on the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (“Nasdaq”) Global Market System, subject
to official Notice of Issuance. A registration statement has been filed on Form
8-A pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, which registration statement
complies in all material respects with the Exchange Act.
(cc) The
Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of,
terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or the
quotation of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company
received any notification that the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Market is
contemplating terminating such registration or quotation.
(dd) The
books, records and accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of, and the
results of operations of, the Company and its subsidiaries. The
Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances 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 accordance 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.
(ee) Except
as disclosed in the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company has
established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is
defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), which: (i) are designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the
Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by
others within the Company, particularly during the periods in which the periodic
reports required under the Exchange Act are required to be prepared, (ii)
provide for the periodic evaluation of the effectiveness of such disclosure
controls and procedures at the end of the periods in which the periodic reports
are required to be prepared and (iii) are effective in all material respects to
perform the functions for which they were established.
(ff) Except
as disclosed in the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, based on the
evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures, the Company is not aware
of (i) any material weakness or significant deficiency in the design or
operation of internal controls that would adversely affect the Company’s ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material
weaknesses in internal controls or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal
controls.
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(gg) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and as preapproved
in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 10A of the Exchange
Act, the Auditor has not been engaged by the Company to perform any “prohibited
activities” (as defined in Section 10A of the Exchange Act).
(hh) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no
material off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation
S-K) that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future
effect on the Company’s financial condition, revenues or expenses, changes in
financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or
capital resources.
(ii) The
Company’s Board of Directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose
composition satisfies the requirements of Rule 5605 of the NASDAQ Stock Market
and the Board of Directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that
satisfies the requirements of Rule 5605 of the NASDAQ Stock Market.
(jj) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the extent that
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) has been applicable to
the Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any
of its directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any
provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, including, without limitation, Section 402
related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to
certifications.
(kk) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are customary in the
businesses and geographic locations in which they are engaged or propose to
engage after giving effect to the transactions described in the Statutory
Prospectus and the Prospectus; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety
bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Company’s or its
subsidiaries’ respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors
are in full force and effect; the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material
respects; and neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company has any
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 is
not materially greater than the current cost. Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has
sought or for which it has applied.
(ll) Each
approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing of,
by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary
in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated required to be
obtained or performed by the Company (except such additional steps as may be
required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or may be
necessary to qualify the Shares for public offering by the Underwriters under
the state securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or made and is in full
force and effect.
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(mm) There
are no affiliations with FINRA among the Company’s officers, directors or, to
the best of the knowledge of the Company, any five percent or greater
stockholder of the Company, except as set forth in the Registration Statement or
otherwise disclosed in writing to the Representative.
(nn) The
Company does not expect to be a Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”)
within the meaning of Section 1297(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder for the year ending December 31, 2009, and has no plan or intention
to conduct its business in a manner that would be reasonably expected to result
in the Company becoming a PFIC in the future under current laws and
regulations.
(oo) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) each of the
Company and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all rules, laws and regulations relating to the use, treatment, storage and
disposal of toxic substances and protection of health or the environment of all
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the “Environmental Law”) which are applicable
to its business, (ii) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has received any
notice from any governmental authority or third party of an asserted claim under
Environmental Laws, (iii) each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries has
received all material permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and is in compliance with
all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval and (iv) to the
Company’s knowledge, no facts currently exist that will require the Company or
any of its subsidiaries to make future material capital expenditures to comply
with Environmental Laws.
(pp) In
the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect
of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries, in the course of which the Company identifies and
evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties
or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any
related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to
third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has
reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(qq) The
Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares
and the application of proceeds thereof as described in the Statutory Prospectus
and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company
Act”).
(rr) The
Company or any other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company
including, without limitation, any director, officer, agent or employee of the
Company or its subsidiaries, has not, directly or indirectly, while acting on
behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns from corporate funds; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any other unlawful
payment.
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(ss) The
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by
or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending, or to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
(tt) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and
the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
(uu) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company has not
sold or issued any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding
the date of the Prospectus, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or
Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to
employee benefit plans, qualified stock options plans or other employee
compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or
warrants.
(vv) The
Company has no obligations under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of
the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to any “plan”
as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA. No “Reportable Event” (as
defined in 12 ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “Pension Plan” (as defined
in ERISA) for which the Company could have any liability.
(ww) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has any material obligation to provide union, housing,
pension, medical, unemployment, disability, maternity and childcare or other
employee benefits to any of the present or past employees of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, or to any other person. Each of the Company and
each of its subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all
employment, labor and similar laws applicable to it and has made all such union
and welfare contributions for its employees as required by law.
(xx) None
of the Company, its directors or its officers has distributed nor will
distribute prior to the later of (i) the Firm Shares Closing Date, or the Option
Shares Closing Date, and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Shares, any
offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other
than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement and
other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act and consistent with
Section 3(d) below.
(yy) The
statements set forth in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus insofar as
they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to
therein, constitute accurate, complete and fair summaries regarding the matters
described therein in all material respects.
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(zz) None
of the information on (or hyperlinked from) the Company’s website at
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx includes or constitutes a “free writing prospectus” as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act and the Company does not maintain or support
any website other than xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
(aaa) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the restructuring
transactions described in each Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus under the
heading “History and Corporate Structure – Reverse Acquisition of China
Niceview” and “History and Corporate Structure – Acquisition of Fuyuan
Installation” (the “Restructuring Activities”) have been duly authorized and do
not (i) contravene any provision of applicable law, statute, rule,
regulation, guideline, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their properties (including but not limited to the Ministry of
Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange of the People’s Republic of China (the
“PRC”)), (ii) contravene the charter, bylaws, business license, memorandum
and articles of association or other organizational document or instrument of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) conflict with or result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim,
limitation on voting rights, equity, trust or other encumbrance, preferential
arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except where any such conflict, breach,
violation or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on any such entity; and except as disclosed in each Statutory Prospectus
and the Prospectus, all governmental authorizations required in connection with
the Restructuring Activities have been made or have been obtained
unconditionally in writing, and no such governmental authorization has been
withdrawn or is subject to any condition precedent which has not been fulfilled,
performed or waived.
(bbb) The
Company is aware of and has been advised as to, the contents of the Rules on
Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the
“M&A Rules”) jointly promulgated by the six PRC regulatory agencies, namely,
the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and Administration
Commission, the State Administration for Taxation, the State Administration for
Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”),
and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, which became effective on
September 8, 2006 and was further amended on June 22, 2009, including the
relevant provisions thereof which purport to require offshore special purpose
vehicles, or SPVs, formed for listing purposes and controlled directly or
indirectly by PRC companies or individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC
prior to the listing and trading of their securities on an overseas stock
exchange. Except as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares, the listing and trading
of the Offered Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not and will not be, as of the
date hereof, as of the First Shares Closing Date and as of each applicable
Option Shares Closing Date, if any, adversely affected by the M&A Rules or
any official clarifications, guidance, interpretations or implementation rules
in connection with or related to the M&A Rules.
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(ccc) Each
of the Company and each of its subsidiaries that was incorporated outside of the
PRC has taken steps to ensure compliance by each of its shareholders, option
holders, directors, officers, employees that is, or is directly or indirectly
owned or controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen with any applicable rules and
regulations of the relevant PRC government agencies (including but not limited
to the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission and
the State Administration of Foreign Exchange) relating to overseas investment by
PRC residents and citizens or overseas listing by offshore special purpose
vehicles controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies and individuals,
such as the Company (the “PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations”),
including, without limitation, requesting each shareholder, option holder,
director, officer, employee that is, or is directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by, a PRC resident or citizen to complete any registration and other
procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing
Regulations.
(ddd) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of
the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement
or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the
Company. All dividends declared by any subsidiary of the Company in
the PRC may under the current laws and regulations of the PRC be freely
transferred out of the PRC and may be paid in U.S. dollars, subject to the
successful completion of PRC procedures required for such remittance and the
withholding tax under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law as described in the
Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all such dividends and other
distributions will not be subject to any other taxes under the laws and
regulations of the PRC and are otherwise free and clear of any consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, clearances, or qualifications
with any governmental agency in the PRC.
(eee) Except
as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, under current laws
and regulations of the PRC and any political subdivision thereof, (A) all
dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Shares may be paid
by the Company to holders thereof in United States dollars or any other currency
that may be converted into United States dollars and freely transferred out of
each such jurisdiction, and (B) all such payments made to holders thereof
or therein who are non-residents of any of such jurisdictions will not be
subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of, and
will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or
deduction in, each such jurisdiction, without the necessity of obtaining any
governmental authorization in any such jurisdiction or any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(fff) The
application of the net proceeds to be received by the Company from the issue and
sales of the Offered Shares as contemplated by each of the Statutory Prospectus
and the Prospectus will not contravene any provision of applicable PRC laws,
statutes, rules, regulations, guidelines or the certificate or articles of
incorporation, business license, or other organizational document or instrument
of any of its subsidiaries or contravene the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security
interest, claim, limitation on voting rights, equity, trust or other
encumbrance, preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind
whatsoever binding upon any of the subsidiaries, or any judgment, order or
decree of any governmental agency in the PRC.
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(ggg) The
entering into and performance or enforcement of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms will not subject the Underwriters to a requirement to be licensed
or otherwise qualified to do business in the PRC, nor will the Underwriters be
deemed to be resident, domiciled, carrying on business through an establishment
or place in the PRC or in breach of any laws, statutes, rules, regulations or
guidelines in the PRC by reason of the entering into, performance or enforcement
of this Agreement.
(hhh) No
transaction, stamp, capital or other issuance, registration, transaction,
transfer or withholding tax or duty is payable in the PRC, Hong Kong and the
British Virgin Islands by or on behalf of the Underwriters to any PRC, Hong Kong
or British Virgin Islands taxing authority in connection with (i) the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares by the Company to or for the account
of the Underwriters, (ii) the purchase from the Company, and the initial
sale and delivery by the Underwriters, of the Offered Shares to purchasers
thereof or (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other
documents to be furnished hereunder.
(iii) Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiary or any of their respective properties,
assets or revenues has any right of immunity under the PRC, British Virgin
Islands, New York or United States law, from any legal action, suit or
proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or
proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any PRC,
British Virgin Islands, New York or United States federal court, from service of
process, attachment upon or prior to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution
of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or
proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in
any such court, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter
under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; and, to the extent
that the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties,
assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to any such right
of immunity in any such court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced,
the Company and its subsidiaries waive or will waive such right to the extent
permitted by law and has consented to such relief and enforcement as provided in
Section 9 of this Agreement.
(jjj) Under
the laws of the PRC, the choice of law provisions set forth in Section 9 hereof
will be recognized by the courts of the PRC and any judgment obtained in any New
York Court arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Company and
its subsidiaries under this Agreement will be recognized in PRC courts subject
to the applicable provisions of the Civil Procedure Law of the PRC relating to
the enforceability of foreign judgments as described in the Statutory Prospectus
and the Prospectus.
3. Conditions of the
Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters
under this Agreement are several and not joint. The respective
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Shares are subject to each of
the following terms and conditions:
(a) Notification
that the Registration Statement has become effective shall have been received by
the Representative and the Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the
Commission in accordance with Section 4(a) of this Agreement and any material
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules shall
have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with such
rule.
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(b) No
order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been or shall be in
effect and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before
or threatened by the Commission, and any requests for additional information on
the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of
the Commission and the Representative. If the Company has elected to
rely upon Rule 430A, Rule 430A information previously omitted from the effective
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A shall have been transmitted to the
Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period
and the Company shall have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters of
such timely filing, or a post-effective amendment providing such information
shall have been promptly filed and declared effective in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 430A.
(c) The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and in
the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3(d) shall be true and correct
when made and on and as of each Closing Date as if made on such date. The
Company shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all the
conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or satisfied by
them at or before such Closing Date.
(d) The
Representative shall have received on each Closing Date a certificate, addressed
to the Representative and dated such Closing Date, of the chief executive or
chief operating officer and the chief financial officer or chief accounting
officer of the Company to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties
and agreements of the Company in this Agreement were true and correct when made
and are true and correct as of such Closing Date; (ii) the Company has performed
all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions contained herein;
(iii) they have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
the General Disclosure Package, and any individual Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus and, in their opinion (A) as of the Effective Date the Registration
Statement and Prospectus did not include, and as of the Applicable Time, neither
(1) the General Disclosure Package, nor (2) any individual Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package,
included, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not 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, and (B) since the Effective Date no event has occurred which should
have been set forth in a supplement or otherwise required an amendment to the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus; (iv) no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued
and, to their knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
are pending under the Securities Act and (v) there has not occurred any material
adverse change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or otherwise, or
in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole.
(e) The
Representative shall have received: (i) simultaneously with the execution of
this Agreement a signed letter from the Auditor addressed to the Representative
and dated the date of this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the
type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package, and (ii) on each
Closing Date, a signed letter from the Auditor addressed to the Representative
and dated the date of such Closing Date(s), in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative containing statements and information of the
type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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(f)
The Representative shall
have received on each Closing Date from Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP,
U.S. special securities counsel for the Company, an opinion, addressed to the
Representative and dated such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as
Exhibit D and
to such further effect as the U.S. counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably
request.
(g) The
Representative shall have received on each Closing Date from Xxxxx and Roca LLP,
Nevada counsel for the Company, an opinion, addressed to the Representative and
dated such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit E and to such
further effect as the U.S. counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably
request.
(h) The
Representative shall have received on each Closing Date from Xxxxxx, Westwood
& Riegels, British Virgin Islands counsel for the Company, an opinion,
addressed to the Representative and dated such Closing Date, the form of which
is attached as Exhibit
F and to such further effect as the U.S. counsel for the Underwriters
shall reasonably request.
(i)
The Representative shall
have received on the Firm Shares Closing Date from Robertsons Solicitors, Hong
Kong counsel for the Company, an opinion, addressed to the Representative and
dated such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit G and to such
further effect as the U.S. counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably
request.
(j)
The Representative shall have
received on the Firm Shares Closing Date from Tian Yuan Law Firm, PRC counsel
for the Company, a letter, addressed to the Representative and dated such
Closing Date, permitting them to rely on such firm's opinion addressed to the
Company, the form of which is attached as Exhibit H, as if such
opinion had been addressed to them, and to such further effect as the U.S.
counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably request.
(k) The
Representative shall have received on each Closing Date from Xxxxx Day, counsel
for the Representative, an opinion, addressed to the Representative and dated
such Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters.
(l)
The Representative shall have
received on the Firm Shares Closing Date from Grandall Legal Group (“Grandall”),
PRC counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion, addressed to the Representative
and dated such Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters.
(m) All
proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares and the Option
Shares as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Representative, and their counsel.
(n) The
Representative shall have received copies of the Lock-up Agreements executed by
each entity or person listed on Schedule II hereto.
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(o) The
Shares shall have been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq Global Market,
subject only to official notice of issuance.
(p) The
Representative shall have received copies of the Co-Sale Waivers executed by
each investor that signed the SPA.
(q) The
Representative shall be reasonably satisfied that since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Statutory
Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there shall
not have been any material change in the capital stock of the Company or any
material change in the indebtedness (other than in the ordinary course of
business) of the Company, (ii) except as set forth or contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus, no material oral or written agreement or other transaction
shall have been entered into by the Company that is not in the ordinary course
of business or that would reasonably be expected to result in a material
reduction in the future earnings of the Company, (iii) no loss or damage
(whether or not insured) to the property of the Company shall have been
sustained that had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (iv) no legal or governmental action, suit or proceeding affecting the
Company or any of its properties that is material to the Company or that affects
or would reasonably be expected to affect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have been instituted or threatened and (v) there shall not have
been any material change in the assets, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise), or in the results of operations, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries considered as a whole that makes it
impractical or inadvisable in the Representative’s judgment to proceed with the
purchase or offering of the Shares as contemplated hereby.
(r) On
the Firm Shares Closing Date, FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised
any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the
underwriting terms and agreements in connection with the offering of the
Shares.
(s) The
Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representative
such further certificates or documents as the Representative shall have
reasonably requested.
4. Covenants and other
Agreements of the Company and the Underwriters.
(a) The
Company covenants and agrees as follows:
i)
The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the time of execution of this
Agreement, and any amendments thereto, to become effective as promptly as
possible. The Company shall prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the
Representative and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second
business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by the Rules. The Company will
file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and
manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may
be.
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ii) The
Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (A) when any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (B) of any
request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for any additional information, (C) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (D) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for such purpose. The Company shall not file any amendment of the
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representative a copy
for its review prior to filing and shall not file any such proposed amendment or
supplement to which the Representative reasonably object. The Company shall use
its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued,
to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
iii) If,
at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares (or, in lieu thereof, the
notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or
if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with
the Securities Act or the Rules, the Company promptly shall prepare and file
with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ii) of this
Section 4(a), an amendment or supplement which shall correct such statement or
omission or an amendment which shall effect such compliance.
iv) If
at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs
an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit 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 prevailing at the
subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the
Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue
statement or omission.
v) The
Company shall make generally available to its security holders and to the
Representative, as soon as practicable, an earning statement (which need not be
audited) of the Company, covering such 12 month period, which shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 158 of the Rules.
vi) The
Company shall furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters,
without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including all
exhibits thereto and amendments thereof) and to each other Underwriter a copy of
the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and all amendments thereof
and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be
required by the Securities Act or the Rules, as many copies of any Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any
amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representative may reasonably
request. If applicable, the copies of the Registration Statement,
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Prospectus and
each amendment and supplement thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be
identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation
S-T.
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vii) The
Company shall cooperate with the Representative and their counsel in endeavoring
to qualify the Shares for offer and sale in connection with the offering under
the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and shall
maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution
of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith, as a condition thereof, to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation as doing business in any
jurisdiction.
viii) The
Company, during the period when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice
referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act and the Rules or the Exchange Act, will file all reports and
other documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13,
14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange
Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
ix) Without
the prior written consent of the Representative, for a period of 360 days after
the date of this Agreement, the Company and each of its individual directors and
executive officers shall not issue, sell or register with the Commission (other
than on Form S-8 or on any successor form), or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any equity securities of the Company (or any securities convertible
into, exercisable for or exchangeable for equity securities of the Company),
except for the issuance of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement and
the issuance of shares pursuant to the Company’s existing stock option plan or
bonus plan as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. In the event that during this period, (A) any shares are
issued pursuant to the Company’s existing stock option plan or bonus plan that
are exercisable during such 360 day period or (B) any registration is effected
on Form S-8 or on any successor form relating to shares that are exercisable
during such 360 period, the Company shall obtain the written agreement of such
grantee or purchaser or holder of such registered securities that, for a period
of 360 days after the date of this Agreement, such person will not, without the
prior written consent of the Representative, offer for sale, sell, distribute,
grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or exercise any registration rights with respect to, any shares of
Common Stock (or any securities convertible into, exercisable for, or
exchangeable for any shares of Common Stock) owned by such
person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company represents and
warrants that each such grantee or purchaser or holder of such registered
securities shall be subject to similar lockup restrictions as set forth on Exhibit A attached
hereto and the Company shall enforce such rights and impose stop-transfer
restrictions on any such sale or other transfer or disposition of such shares
until the end of the applicable period and (ii) if (x) during the last 17 days
of the 360 day period described in this Section 4(a)(9) the Company issues an
earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs; or (y) prior to the expiration of such 360 day period, the Company
announces that it will release earnings results during the 16 day period
beginning on the last day of the 360 day period; the restrictions imposed during
this Section 4(a)(9) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of
the material news or material event; provided, however, that this sentence shall
not apply if the research published or distributed on the Company is compliant
under Rule 139 of the Securities Act and the Company’s securities are actively
traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange
Act.
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x) On
or before completion of this offering, the Company shall make all filings
required under applicable securities laws and by the Nasdaq Global Market
(including any required registration under the Exchange Act).
xi) Prior
to the Closing Date, the Company will issue no press release or other
communications directly or indirectly and hold no press conference with respect
to the Company, the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of any of them, or the offering of the Shares
without the prior written consent of the Representative unless in the judgment
of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Representative,
such press release or communication is required by law.
xii) The
Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares in the
manner set forth under “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(b) Concurrently
with or as soon as practicable after the filing of the Registration Statement
with the Commission, the Company will make all necessary state “blue sky”
securities law filings with respect to the Shares to be sold in the offering
(including the Option Shares). The Company and Xxxxxx will cooperate
in obtaining the necessary approvals and qualifications in such states as Xxxxxx
xxxxx necessary and/or desirable. It is agreed that Xxxxxx’x counsel
will act as the Company’s “blue sky” counsel with respect to the
offering. The Company will be responsible for and pay all expenses
relating to the offering, including, without limitation, (a) all filing fees and
communication expenses relating to the registration of the Shares to be sold in
the offering (including the Option Shares) with the Commission; (b) all COBRA
Desk filing fees associated with the review of the offering by FINRA; all fees
and expenses relating to the listing of such Shares on the Nasdaq Capital
Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the NYSE Amex and on such other stock
exchanges as the Company and Xxxxxx together determine; (c) all fees, expenses
and disbursements relating to background checks of the Company’s officers and
directors in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per individual; (d) all fees,
expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of such
Shares under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states and other
jurisdictions as Xxxxxx may reasonably designate (including, without limitation,
all filing and registration fees, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
“blue sky” counsel, it being agreed that such fees and expenses will be limited
to: (i) if the offering is commenced on either the Nasdaq Global Market or the
NYSE Amex, the Company will make a payment of $5,000 to such counsel on the
Closing Date or (ii) if the offering is commenced on the Nasdaq Capital Market
or on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, the Company will make a payment of
$15,000 to such counsel upon the commencement of “blue sky” work by such counsel
and an additional $5,000 on the Closing Date; (e) all fees, expenses and
disbursements relating to the registration, qualification or exemption of such
Shares under the securities laws of such foreign jurisdictions as Xxxxxx may
reasonably designate; (f) the costs of all mailing and printing of the
underwriting documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement, any Blue
Sky Surveys and, if appropriate, any Agreement Among Underwriters, Selected
Dealer’s Agreement, Underwriters’ Questionnaire and Powers of Attorney),
Registration Statements, Prospectuses and all amendments, supplements and
exhibits thereto and as many Preliminary Prospectuses and Prospectuses as Xxxxxx
may reasonably deem necessary; (g) the costs and expenses of a financial public
relations firm experienced in assisting issuers in public offerings of
securities and in their relations with their security holders; (h) the costs of
preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing the Shares; (i)
fees and expenses of the transfer agent for the Shares; (j) stock transfer
and/or stamp taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from the
Company to Xxxxxx; (k) the costs associated with post-Closing Date advertising
the offering in the national editions of the Wall Street Journal and New York
Times; (l) the costs associated with bound volumes of the public offering
materials as well as commemorative mementos and Lucite tombstones, each of which
the Company or its designee will provide within a reasonable time after the
Closing Date in such quantities as Xxxxxx may reasonably request; (m) the fees
and expenses of the Company’s accountants; (n) the fees and expenses of the
Company’s legal counsel and other agents and representatives; (o) payment in the
amount of (i) U.S. $125,000 to Xxxxx Day and (ii) RMB 200,000 to Grandall, each
to be applied towards the total legal fees and expenses of Xxxxx Day and
Grandall; (p) the $16,000 cost associated with the use of i-Deal’s book
building, prospectus tracking and compliance software for the offering and (q)
up to $10,000 of Xxxxxx’x actual accountable “road show” expenses for the
offering.
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(c) The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Underwriters has acted and is
acting solely in the capacity of a principal in an arm’s length transaction
between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand,
with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in
connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial
advisor, agent or fiduciary to the Company or any other
person. Additionally, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Underwriters have not and will not advise the Company or any other person as to
any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company has consulted with its own advisors
concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent
investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the
Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or any
other person with respect thereto, whether arising prior to or after the date
hereof. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the
transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions
have been and will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and
shall not be on behalf of the Company. The Company agrees that it
will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory
services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary duty to the company or
any other person in connection with any such Transaction or the process leading
thereto.
(d) The
Company represents and acknowledges that it is not eligible to use an “issuer
free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise
constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be
filed with the Commission, and that it will not issue an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or a “free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 405. The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees
that it will satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 433 of the Rules to avoid
a requirement to file with the Commission any Road Show.
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5. Indemnification.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person,
if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several (including any reasonable
investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any
amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim
asserted), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer-information” filed or required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules, any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, or in any Blue Sky application or other information or other documents
executed by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction to qualify any
or all of the Shares under the securities laws thereof (any such application,
document or information being hereinafter referred to as a “Blue Sky
Application”) or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that such
indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person
controlling such Underwriter) on account of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arising from the sale of the Shares to any person by such
Underwriter if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission was made in such Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
such amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application in reliance
upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have.
(b) Each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each
director of the Company, and each officer of the Company who signs the
Registration Statement, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which such party may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment 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 each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Statutory
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter
Information; provided, however, that the obligation of each Underwriter to
indemnify the Company (including any controlling person, director or officer
thereof) shall be limited to the amount of the underwriting discount and
commissions applicable to the Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder.
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(c) Any
party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section
will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against
an indemnifying party or parties under this Section, notify each such
indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding,
enclosing a copy of all papers served. In case any such action, suit
or proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall
be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof and the approval by the indemnified
party of such counsel, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party for any legal or other expenses, except as provided below and
except for the reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. In no event
shall the indemnifying party be liable for fees and expenses of more than one
counsel (in addition to one local counsel) for all indemnified parties in
connection with any action, suit, proceeding or claim. In any event, the
indemnifying party will not, in connection with any proceeding or separate but
substantially similar or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising
out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the expenses
of more than one counsel (in addition to one local counsel) for all indemnified
parties unless the defense of one indemnified party is unique or separate from
that of another indemnified party subject to the same claim or
action. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ its
counsel in any such action, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be
at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by
such indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying
parties, (ii) the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such
action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iii) the indemnifying parties
shall not have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a
reasonable time after notice of the commencement thereof, in each of which cases
the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying
parties. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement
of any action, suit, and proceeding or claim effected without its written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
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6. Contribution. In
order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which
the indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(b) is due in accordance
with its terms but for any reason is unavailable to or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party in respect to any losses, liabilities, claims,
damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
(including any investigation, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or
proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting any contribution received
by any person entitled hereunder to contribution from any person who may be
liable for contribution) incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the
offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement or, if such allocation is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. The
aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred
by an indemnified party and referred to above shall be deemed to include any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter (except as may be provided in the
Agreement Among Underwriters) shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares
purchased by such Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 6, each
person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights
to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each
officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution will,
promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may
be made against another party or parties under this Section 6, notify such party
or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify
such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought shall not relieve the
party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or
they may have hereunder. No party shall be liable for contribution
with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or claim settled without its
written consent. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant
to this Section 6 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
commitments and not joint.
7. Termination.
(a) This
Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Shares to be purchased on a
Closing Date by the Representative by notifying the Company at any time at or
before a Closing Date in the absolute discretion of the Representative if: (i)
there has occurred any material adverse change in the securities markets or any
event, act or occurrence that has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the
Representative, will in the future materially disrupt, the securities markets or
there shall be such a material adverse change in general financial, political or
economic conditions or the effect of international conditions on the financial
markets in the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the
Representative, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Shares or enforce
contracts for the sale of the Shares; (ii) there has occurred any outbreak or
material escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism or other calamity or
crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such
as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, inadvisable or
impracticable to market the Shares or enforce contracts for the sale of the
Shares; (iii) trading in the Shares or any securities of the Company has been
suspended or materially limited by the Commission or trading generally on the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the NASDAQ has been suspended or materially
limited, or minimum or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been
fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by any of
said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA, or any
other governmental or regulatory authority; or (iv) a banking moratorium has
been declared by any New York State or U.S. federal authority; or (v) in the
judgment of the Representative, there has been, since the time of execution of
this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the assets, properties,
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as
a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.
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(b) Regardless
of which party elects to terminate their further participation in the proposed
transactions contemplated hereby and the engagement by the Company of Xxxxxx,
upon such termination, the Company agrees to reimburse Xxxxxx for, or otherwise
pay and bear, the expenses and fees to be paid and borne by the Company as
provided for in Section 4(b) and to reimburse Xxxxxx for the full amount of its
actual accountable expenses incurred to such date up to a maximum of $200,000
(provided, however, that such expense cap in no way limits or impairs the
indemnification and contribution provisions of this Agreement) for all such
expenses (which expenses will include, but will not be limited, to all
reasonable fees and disbursements of Xxxxxx’x counsel, travel, lodging and other
“road show” expenses, mailing, printing and reproduction expenses, and any
expenses incurred by Xxxxxx in conducting its due diligence, including
background checks of the company’s officers and directors), less amounts, if
any, previously paid to Xxxxxx in reimbursement for such expenses (for the
avoidance of doubt, neither (i) the non-refundable $25,000 advance paid by the
Company to Xxxxxx nor (ii) the US $125,000 amount payable by the Company to
Xxxxx Day and the RMB 200,000 payable by the Company to Grandall pursuant to
Section 4(b) above shall be calculated as amounts previously paid to Xxxxxx in
reimbursement for any such expenses and shall not be applied against the
$200,000 expense cap described in this Section 7(b)); provided, however, that
Xxxxxx will not be entitled to any such reimbursement if: (i) Xxxxxx terminates
Xxxxxx’x engagement prior to the execution of this Agreement for other than Good
Reason or (ii) the Company terminates Xxxxxx’x engagement prior to the execution
of this Agreement on account of Xxxxxx’x gross negligence or willful misconduct.
As used herein, the term “Good Reason” means: (1) the failure of the Company to
proceed with the offering in good faith; (2) the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Company; (3) the occurrence eof any domestic or international
event or act or occurrence which materially disrupts, or in Xxxxxx’x sole
opinion will, in the immediate future, materially disrupt, general securities
markets in the United States; (4) the Company will have sustained a material
loss by fire, flood accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other
calamity or malicious act which, whether or not such loss will have been
insured, will, in Xxxxxx’x sole judgment, make it inadvisable to proceed with
the offering; or (5) a material adverse change in the conditions or prospects of
the Company which would make it, in Xxxxxx’x sole judgment impracticable to
proceed with the offering.
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8. Substitution of
Underwriters. If any Underwriter shall default in its
obligation to purchase on any Closing Date the Shares agreed to be purchased
hereunder on such Closing Date, the Representative shall have the right, within
36 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase such Shares on the terms
contained herein. If, however, the Representative shall not have
completed such arrangements within such 36-hour period, then the Company shall
be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure
another party or other parties satisfactory to the Underwriters to purchase such
Shares on such terms. If, after giving effect to any arrangements for
the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representative and the Company as provided above, the aggregate number of Shares
which remains unpurchased on such Closing Date does not exceed one-tenth of the
aggregate number of all the Shares that all the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such date and, in addition, to
require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on
the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the
Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such
arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default. In any such case, either
the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
applicable Closing Date for a period of not more than seven days in order to
effect any necessary changes and arrangements (including any necessary
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
other documents), and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Company and
the Underwriters and their counsel may thereby be made necessary.
If, after
giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representative and the Company as provided
above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds 10%
of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such date, then
this Agreement, or, with respect to a Closing Date which occurs after the First
Closing Date, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the
Company, as the case may be, to sell the Option Shares to be purchased and sold
on such date, shall terminate, without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter to the Company, and without liability on the part of
the Company, except as provided in Sections 4(b), 5, 6 and 7. The
provisions of this Section 8 shall not in any way affect the liability of any
defaulting Underwriter to the Company or the nondefaulting Underwriters arising
out of such default. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement
shall include any person substituted under this Section 8 with like effect as if
such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such
Shares.
9. Miscellaneous. The
respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of them pursuant to this Agreement, shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any
statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or
the Company or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling
persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6 hereof, and shall survive delivery of
and payment for the Shares. In addition, the provisions of Sections
4(b), 5, 6 and 7 shall survive the termination or cancellation of this
Agreement.
This
Agreement has been and is made for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company
and the and their respective successors and assigns, and, to the extent
expressed herein, for the benefit of persons controlling any of the
Underwriters, or the Company, and directors and officers of the Company, and
their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term
“successors and assigns” shall not include any purchaser of Shares from any
Underwriter merely because of such purchase.
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All
notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and mailed or delivered
or by telephone or telegraph if subsequently confirmed in writing, (a) if to the
Representative, x/x
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, XXX, 0000 Avenue of the
Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000, Attention: Equity Capital
Markets, with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLC, 1251 Avenue of
the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000, Attention: General
Counsel, and to Xxxxx Day, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx Tower, the Landmark, 00 Xxxxx’x Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxx and (b) if to the Company, to its agent for service as such agent’s
address appears on the cover page of the Registration Statement with a copy to
Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000 X Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxx.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.
Any legal
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in
the federal courts of the United States of America or the courts of the State of
New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New
York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to
the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related Judgment”), as to
which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit,
action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or
document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective
service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such
court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any
objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the
Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. The Company irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, as its agent to receive service of
process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or
proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough
of Manhattan in the City of New York.
With
respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of
sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment
(both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be
entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each
party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of
competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any
such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related
Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United
States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.
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In
respect of any judgment or order given or made for any amount due hereunder that
is expressed and paid in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than United
States dollars, the Company will indemnify each Underwriter against any loss
incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any variation as between
(i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is
converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order
and (ii) the rate of exchange at which an Underwriter is able to purchase
United States dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received
by such Underwriter. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a
separate and independent obligation of the Company and shall continue in full
force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as
aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and
costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into
United States dollars.
[Signature
Page Follows]
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This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument.
Please
confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among
us.
Very truly yours, | ||
By:
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Confirmed
as of the date first written above:
XXXXXX
& XXXXXXX, LLC
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By:
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Acting on
behalf of itself
and as
representative of the several
Underwriters
named in Schedule I annexed
hereto.
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SCHEDULE
I
Name
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Number of Firm Shares to Be Purchased
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Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC
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Axiom
Capital Management, Inc.
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Xxxxxx
Securities, Inc.
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Maxim
Group LLC
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Total
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Sch
I-1
SCHEDULE
II
Parties to Lock-Up
Agreements
Directors and
Officers
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
S.D.
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Fan
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Wuling
Fu
Stockholders
China
Blizzard Warrant Limited
Frozen
Throne Nightorc Limited
New
England Templar Limited
Palm
Springs International Holding Limited
Sparkle
Century International Limited
Terran
Mutalisk Limited
Wise
Winning Limited
Giant
Idea Limited
Sun
Forever Limited
Sch
II-1
Exhibit
A
FORM
OF DIRECTOR & OFFICER LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
January
[●], 2011
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC
as
Representative of the Several Underwriters
named in
Schedule I hereto
c/o
Rodman & Xxxxxxx, LLC
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Re: Public
Offering of China Power Technology, Inc.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, a holder of common
stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”), or rights to acquire Common Stock, of
China Power Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) understands that you, as the
Representative (the “Representative”) of the several Underwriters (as defined
below), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”) with the Company, providing for the public offering (the “Public
Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting
Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of [●] shares of Common Stock of the Company
(the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters’
agreement to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the
Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees for the
benefit of the Company and the Underwriters that, without the prior written
consent of the Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned
will not, during the period ending 360 days (the “Lock-Up Period”) after the
date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”),
directly or indirectly (1) offer, pledge, assign, encumber, sell, contract to
sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract
to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer
or dispose of, any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock owned either of record or
beneficially (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
(the “Exchange Act”)) by the undersigned on the date hereof or hereafter
acquired or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole
or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock,
whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise, or publicly announce an intention to do any of the
foregoing.
Exh A -
1
The foregoing shall not apply to (i)
Common Stock to be transferred as a gift or gifts, (ii) to any person or entity
which controls, is directly or indirectly controlled by, or is under common
control with the undersigned, and (iii) the sale of the Securities to be sold
pursuant to the Prospectus, provided in the case of each transfer specified in
foregoing clause (i) or (ii) such transfer shall not involve a disposition for
value and that any transferee thereof agrees in writing to be bound by the terms
hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x)
during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period the Company issues an earnings
release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it
will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day
of the 360-day period; the restrictions imposed in this Letter Agreement shall
continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the
issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or
material event; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the
research published or distributed on the Company is compliant under Rule 139 of
the Securities Act and the Company’s securities are actively traded as defined
in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer
of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any
transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach
of this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and
warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this
Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and
any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors,
assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if
the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting
Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall
terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock
to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released form all obligations
under this Letter Agreement.
The
undersigned, whether or not participating in the Offering, understands that the
Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with
the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This lock-up agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
[Signature Page
Follows]
Exh A -
2
Very
truly yours,
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Name:
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Title:
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Exh A -
3
FORM
OF STOCKHOLDER LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
January
[●], 2011
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, LLC
as
Representative of the Several Underwriters
named in
Schedule I hereto
c/o
Rodman & Xxxxxxx, LLC
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Re: Public
Offering of China Power Technology, Inc.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, a holder of common
stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”), or rights to acquire Common Stock, of
China Power Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) understands that you, as the
Representative (the “Representative”) of the several Underwriters (as defined
below), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”) with the Company, providing for the public offering (the “Public
Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting
Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of [●] shares of Common Stock of the Company
(the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters’
agreement to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the
Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees for the
benefit of the Company and the Underwriters that, without the prior written
consent of the Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned
will not, during the period ending 180 days (the “Lock-Up Period”) after the
date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”),
directly or indirectly (1) offer, pledge, assign, encumber, sell, contract to
sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract
to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer
or dispose of, any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock owned either of record or
beneficially (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
(the “Exchange Act”)) by the undersigned on the date hereof or hereafter
acquired or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole
or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock,
whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise, or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing. In
addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period
ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or
exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common
Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock.
Exh B
-1
The foregoing shall not apply to (i)
Common Stock to be transferred as a gift or gifts, (ii) any trust for the direct
or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the
undersigned, (iii) any person or entity which controls, is directly or
indirectly controlled by, or is under common control with the undersigned, (iv)
the sale of the Securities to be sold pursuant to the Prospectus and (v) sales
under any 10b-5 plan, provided, in the case of each
transfer specified in foregoing clause (i), (ii) or (iii), such transfer shall
not involve a disposition for value and that any transferee thereof agrees in
writing to be bound by the terms hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x)
during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period the Company issues an earnings
release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it
will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day
of the 180-day period; the restrictions imposed in this Letter Agreement shall
continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the
issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or
material event; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the
research published or distributed on the Company is compliant under Rule 139 of
the Securities Act and the Company’s securities are actively traded as defined
in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer
of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any
transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach
of this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and
warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this
Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and
any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors,
assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if
the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting
Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall
terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock
to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released form all obligations
under this Letter Agreement.
The
undersigned, whether or not participating in the Offering, understands that the
Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with
the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This lock-up agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
[Signature Page
Follows]
Exh B
-2
Very
truly yours,
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[STOCKHOLDER]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exh B
-3
Exhibit
C
[Form of
the Opinions of U.S. counsel for the Company]
[Text
of Pillsbury Opinion to be dropped in /
Subject
to Pillsbury's Opinion Committee in all respects]
1.
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Each
of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the [jurisdiction
of its incorporation]. Each of the Company and its
subsidiaries is duly qualified to transact business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the
character or location of its assets or properties or the nature of its
business makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to
so qualify or to be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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2.
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Each
of the Company and its subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as now being conducted and as described in the Registration
Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and with respect to
the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under the
Underwriting Agreement and to issue and sell the
Shares.
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3.
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The
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set
forth in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” as of the dates stated
therein and, since such dates, there has been no change in the capital
stock of the Company except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements or
employee benefit plans referred to in the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or
options referred to in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus; all of
the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and
none of them was issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar
right. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to
the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and, when issued
and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and no holder of the Shares is or
will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a
holder. The issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company is
not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights of any
securityholder of the Company. To the best of such counsel’s
knowledge, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no preemptive or other
rights to subscribe for or to purchase or any restriction upon the voting
or transfer of any securities of the Company pursuant to the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws or other governing documents or any
agreements or other instruments to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound. To the best of such counsel’s knowledge,
except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory
Prospectus and the Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or
other right calling for the issuance of, and no commitment, plan or
arrangement to issue, any share of stock of the Company or any security
convertible into, exercisable for, or exchangeable for stock of the
Company. The Common Stock, the Shares conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration
Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus. The
form of certificate[s] used to evidence the Common Stock complies in all
material respects with all applicable statutory requirements, with any
applicable requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Company and the requirements of the Nasdaq Global
Market. To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no
persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any
securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise
registered by the Company under the Securities
Act.
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1
4.
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All
necessary corporate action has been duly and validly taken by the Company
and to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the
Underwriting Agreement and the issuance and sale of the
Shares. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Underwriting
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
by general equitable principles, and except as any rights to
indemnification may be limited by public policy
concerns.
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5.
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Neither
the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by
the Company nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale by the
Company of the Shares) [nor the execution, delivery or performance of any
other agreement or instrument entered into or to be entered into by the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus] will
give rise to a right to terminate or accelerate the due date of any
payment due under, or conflict with or result in the breach of any term or
provision of, or constitute a default (or any event which with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or require
consent or waiver under, or result in the execution or imposition of any
lien, charge, claim, security interest or encumbrance upon any properties
or assets of the Company [or any subsidiary] pursuant to the terms of, any
bond, debenture, indenture, mortgage, deed trust, note, license, lease or
other agreement or instrument of which such counsel is aware and to which
the Company [or any subsidiary] is a party or by which it [either the
Company or any subsidiary] or any of its assets or properties or
businesses is bound, or any franchise, license, permit, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or regulation, domestic or foreign, of which such
counsel is aware or violate any provision of the charter, bylaws, business
license, memorandum and articles of association of the Company [or any
subsidiary].
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6.
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No
consent, approval, authorization, license, registration, qualification or
order of any court or governmental agency or regulatory body is required
for the due authorization, execution, delivery or performance of the
Underwriting Agreement by the Company or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except such as have been
obtained under the Securities Act and such as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Shares by the several
Underwriters.
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Exh C -
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7.
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To
the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there is no any action, suit,
proceeding or other investigation, before any court or before or by any
public body or board pending or threatened against, or involving the
assets, properties or businesses of, the Company which is required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus and is not so disclosed or which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.
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The
statements in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus under the
captions “Description of Securities,” [“Business-Regulatory Matters,”]
“Business-Litigation,” and “Transactions With Related Persons, Promoters
and Certain Control Persons; Corporate Governance,” and in the
Registration Statement under Item 15 of Part II, insofar as such
statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or
matters of law, are accurate in all material respects and accurately
present the information with respect to such documents and
matters. Accurate copies of all contracts and other documents
required to be filed as exhibits to, or described in, the Registration
Statement have been so filed with the Commission or are fairly described
in the Registration Statement, as the case may
be.
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9.
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(A)
Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Laws; (B) none of the Company
or its subsidiaries has received any notice from any governmental
authority or third party of an asserted claim under any Environmental Law;
(C) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental
Laws to conduct its business and is in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses
or other approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (D) no property which is or has been owned, leased or
occupied by the Company or its subsidiaries has been designated as a
Superfund site pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation of Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601,
et seq.), or otherwise designated as a contaminated site under applicable
state or local law.
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10.
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The
Registration Statement, all Preliminary Prospectuses (including the
Statutory Prospectus) and the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto (except for the financial statements and schedules and other
financial data included therein, as to which such counsel expresses no
opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Rules [and the documents incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement], all Preliminary Prospectuses
(including the Statutory Prospectus) and the Prospectuses and any further
amendment or supplement to any such incorporated document made by the
Company (except for the financial statements and schedules and other
financial data included therein, as to which such counsel expresses no
opinion) when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as
the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
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3
11.
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The
Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act, and to such
counsel’s knowledge no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are threatened, pending or
contemplated. Any required filing of the Prospectus and any
supplement thereto pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act has
been made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule
424(b).
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12.
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The
Shares have been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq Global
Market.
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13.
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The
capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Statutory Prospectus and the
Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital
Stock.”
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14.
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The
Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an
“investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
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To the
extent deemed advisable by such counsel, such counsel may rely as to matters of
fact on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials
and on the opinions of other counsel satisfactory to the Representative as to
matters which are governed by laws other than the laws of the State of New York,
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the
United States; provided that such counsel shall state that in their opinion the
Underwriters and they are justified in relying on such other
opinions. Copies of such certificates and other opinions shall be
furnished to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.
In
addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company,
representatives of the Representative and representatives of the independent
certified public accountants of the Company, at which conferences the contents
of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is
not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus (except as specified in the foregoing opinion), and
any Issuer Represented General Free Writing Prospectus on the basis of the
foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead such
counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement at the time it became
effective and at the time of the latest amendment thereto (except with respect
to the financial statements and notes and schedules thereto and other financial
data, as to which such counsel need express no belief) contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
that the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (except with respect to the
financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and other financial data, as
to which such counsel need make no statement) on the date thereof contained or
as of the date hereof contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading [or (ii) any document incorporated by reference in the Statutory
Prospectus and the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement to any such
incorporated document made by the Company, when they became effective or were
filed with the Commission, as the case may be, contained, in the case of a
registration statement which became effective under the Securities Act, 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 not
misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the
Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and (iii) the Statutory Prospectus, when considered together with
the price to the public and the number of shares as set forth on the cover page
of the Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
Exh C -
4
Exhibit
D
[Form of
the Opinions of the Nevada counsel for the Company]
Exh D -
1
Exhibit
E
[Form of
the Opinions of the British Virgin Islands counsel for the Company]
1.
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The
Company is a company duly incorporated with limited liability for an
unlimited duration under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004, and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands. It is a separate legal entity and is subject to suit
in its own name.
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2.
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High
Court Searches. No court proceedings pending against the
Company are indicated by our searches [on the Closing Date] of the British
Virgin Islands High Court Registry.
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3.
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Registry
Searches. On the basis of our searches of the British Virgin
Islands Registry of Corporate Affairs and the British Virgin Islands High
Court Registry [on the Closing Date], no currently valid order or
resolution for liquidation of the Company and no current notice of
appointment of a receiver over the Company or any of its assets appears on
the records maintained in respect of the Company at the Registry of
Corporate Affairs, but it should be noted that failure to file notice of
appointment of a receiver does not invalidate the receivership but merely
gives rise to penalties on the part of the
receiver.
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4.
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Sole
Shareholder. Based solely on the Certificate of Incumbency, the sole
shareholder of the Company as of [the Closing Date] is as
follows:
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Name:
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WISE WINNING LIMITED
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Number
of Share(s) Held:
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50,000
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5.
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In
addition to contractual modes of service, service of process in the
British Virgin Islands on the Company may be effected by leaving at the
Registered Office of the Company the relevant document to be
served. On the basis of our search of the British Virgin
Islands Registry of Corporate Affairs dated [the Closing Date] the
registered office of the Company is at Portcullis TrustNet Xxxxxxxx, P.O.
Box 3444, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands.
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Exh E
- 1
Exhibit
F
[Form of
the Opinions of the Hong Kong counsel for the Company]
6.
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[Hong
Kong Niceview] has been duly incorporated as a company with limited
liability and is validly existing and in continuing registration under the
laws of Hong Kong with full corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business in
accordance with its memorandum and articles of association and as
described in the Prospectus.
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7.
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As
of [the Closing Date], [Hong Kong Niceview] has, since its date of
incorporation, been registered with the Companies Registry of Hong
Kong.
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8.
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All
of the issued shares in the capital of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and are wholly and directly
owned by China Niceview Power Technology Limited, a company incorporated
in the British Virgin Islands.
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9.
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The
statements in the Prospectus insofar as such statements constitute
summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to
therein, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, governed by
the laws of Hong Kong, fairly and accurately present the information and
summarize the matters referred to
therein.
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10.
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There
are currently no taxes or other charges or deductions payable (by
withholding or otherwise) to the Hong Kong Government or any taxing
authority thereof on or by virtue
of:
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(a)
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the
payment of dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the
shares of the Company, or
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(b)
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the
resale and delivery of the Shares by the underwriters in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
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11.
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There
are no restrictions under Hong Kong laws nor are any approvals currently
required from any governmental department, agency or other authority in
Hong Kong in order for the Company to pay dividends declared by it to its
shareholder(s).
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12.
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Based
solely on the results of our searches at the Companies Registry of Hong
Kong, the Official Receiver’s Office of Hong Kong and the respective
Registry of the High Court
and District Courts in Hong Kong, there were no actions or petitions
pending against the Company in the courts of Hong Kong as at the close of
business in Hong Kong on the [the Closing Date]. The enquiries
referred to above which we have made at the High Court of Hong Kong and
Official Receiver’s Office have revealed no record of the presentation of
any winding up petition in respect of the
Company.
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Exh F
- 1
Exhibit
G
[Form of
the Opinions of the PRC counsel for the Company]
1.
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Incorporation of the PRC
Subsidiaries. Each of the PRC Subsidiaries has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company under the
PRC Laws. Kaifeng Niceview has been duly qualified as a foreign invested
enterprise and is in compliance with all applicable PRC Laws. Each of the
PRC Subsidiaries has obtained all necessary approvals, authorizations,
consents and orders, and has made all filings that are required under the
PRC Laws, for the ownership by the Company of its equity interests through
Hong Kong Niceview with respect to Kaifeng Niceview, through Hong Kong
Niceview and Kaifeng Niceview with respect to Desheng Boiler and Desheng
Installation, thorough Hong Kong Niceview, Kaifeng Niceview and Desheng
Boiler with respect to Fuyuan Installation. The articles of association
and other constitutive documents of each of the PRC Subsidiaries and their
business licenses comply with the requirements of all PRC Laws and are in
full force and effect. All of the equity interests in each of the PRC
Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid
and non-assessable and are legally owned by the Company through Hong Kong
Niceview and Kaifeng Niceview, as the case may be, and free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, security interest, mortgage, pledge, equities or
claims or any third-party right and there are no other outstanding rights,
warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or
exchangeable for, nor any agreements or other obligations to issue or
other rights to convert any obligation into, any equity interest in any of
the PRC Subsidiaries. (The Company and Hong Kong Niceview, collectively,
the “Non-PRC
Entities”; and the PRC Subsidiaries and the Non-PRC Entities,
collectively, the “Group
Companies”.)
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2.
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Rights, Power and
Authority. To the best of our knowledge after due
inquiry, each of the PRC Subsidiaries has full legal right, corporate
power and authority to own, use, lease and operate its assets and to
conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
Each of the PRC Subsidiaries has all necessary licenses, consents,
authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from,
and has made all declarations and filings (collectively, “Governmental
Authorizations”) with, all governmental or regulatory agencies or
courts in the PRC (“Governmental Agencies”)
to own, lease, license and use its properties and assets and conduct its
business in the manner described in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and such Governmental
Authorizations contain no materially burdensome restrictions or conditions
not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. Such Governmental Authorizations are in full
force and effect, and each of the PRC Subsidiaries is in compliance with
the provisions of all such Governmental Authorizations. To the best of our
knowledge after due inquiry, we have no reason to believe that any
Governmental Agency is considering modifying, suspending or revoking any
such Governmental Authorizations, or that any such Governmental
Authorizations will not be renewed by the relevant Governmental Agency and
each of the PRC Subsidiaries is in compliance with the provisions of all
such Governmental Authorizations.
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Exh G -
1
3.
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Corporate
Structure. The entering into, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated in the contractual arrangements described in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under “History and Corporate Structure – Reverse Acquisition of
China Niceview” and “History and Corporate Structure – Acquisition of
Fuyuan Installation” constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of
all the parties therein, enforceable against all the parties therein, in
accordance with their terms; will not conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
any existing indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument governed by the PRC Laws to which any of the Group
Companies is a party; will not result in any violation of any provision of
any of the PRC Subsidiaries and each of their respective shareholders’
existing articles of association or other constituent or organization
documents or business licenses; all necessary steps for the transactions
contemplated therein have been taken and all consents required from any of
the PRC Subsidiaries and each of their respective shareholders have been
obtained and are in full force and effect; all governmental approvals,
consents, registrations, filings and all necessary steps required in the
PRC for the transactions contemplated therein have been obtained, made and
taken and are in full force and effect; the ownership structure, business
and operation models as set forth therein comply with, and immediately
after the offering of the Company’s Shares will comply with, all existing
PRC Laws.
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4.
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No
Violation. To the best of our knowledge after due
inquiry, none of the PRC Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in
default, as the case may be, under its articles of association, business
license or any other constituent documents, and none of the Group
Companies is in breach or in violation of or in default, as the case may
be, under (i) any material obligation, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness governed
by the PRC Laws, (ii) any material obligation, license, lease, contract or
other agreement or instrument governed by the PRC Laws and to which any of
the Group Companies is a party or by which any of them or any of their
respective properties may be bound or affected, or (iii) any PRC Law,
or any decree, judgment or order of any court in the PRC applicable to any
of the Group Companies (nor has any event occurred which with notice,
lapse of time, or both would result in any breach of, or constitute a
default under or give the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting
on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption
or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness
under).
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5.
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SAFE
Regulations. Each of the Group Companies and each of the
directors, officers, holders or beneficiary owners of shares or
convertible securities of the Company, including without limitation
ordinary shares or any rights, warrants or options to acquire such shares
or securities who are PRC citizens or residents, including shareholders
and option holders of the Company that are directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by a PRC citizen or resident, has complied with all relevant
registration, reporting, filing and other procedures required by the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange of the
PRC.
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2
6.
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M&A
Rules. On August 8, 2006, six PRC regulatory
agencies, namely, the PRC Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets
Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration for
Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the China
Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), and the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange, jointly adopted the Regulations on
Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the
“M&A Rules”),
which became effective on September 8, 2006 and was further amended
on June 22, 2009. The M&A Rules purport, among other things to require
offshore special purpose vehicles, or SPVs, formed for overseas listing
purposes through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies and controlled by
PRC companies or individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to
publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock exchange. On
September 21, 2006, pursuant to the M&A Rules and other PRC Laws,
the CSRC, in its official website, promulgated relevant guidance with
respect to the issues of listing and trading of domestic enterprises’
securities on overseas stock exchanges, including a list of application
materials with respect to the listing on overseas stock exchanges by SPVs.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares,
the listing and trading of the Offered Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement are
not and will not be, as of the date hereof, as of the First Shares Closing
Date and as of each applicable Option Shares Closing Date, if any,
adversely affected by the M&A Rules or any official clarifications,
guidance, interpretations or implementation rules in connection with or
related to the M&A Rules.
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7.
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Title to Property and Leased
Assets. Each of the PRC Subsidiaries has (i) valid
title and has obtained proper and valid land use rights certificates, in
respect of all the land held by it, (ii) valid title and has obtained
proper and valid title certificates, in respect of all the buildings owned
or held by it and (iii) valid subsisting and enforceable leases, in
respect of all land and buildings held under lease by it. Each lease
agreement to which any of the PRC Subsidiaries is a party is legally
executed; the leasehold interests of each of the PRC Subsidiaries are
fully protected by the terms of the lease agreements, which are valid,
binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms under
the PRC Laws; to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, none of the
PRC Subsidiaries owns, operates, manages or has any other right or
interest in any other real property of any kind and none of the Non-PRC
Entities owns, operates, manages or has any right or interest in any real
property of any kind in the PRC.
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8.
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Guarantees. To
the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, there is no material
outstanding guarantee or contingent payment obligation of any of the PRC
Subsidiaries in respect of indebtedness of third parties, other than those
contingent payment obligations incurred in conduct of the ordinary
business of each of the PRC
Subsidiaries.
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9.
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Intellectual
Property. Each of the PRC Subsidiaries possesses, or has
the appropriate rights to use the same, as the case may be, the registered
intellectual property as described in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Each of the PRC
Subsidiaries owns or possesses valid licenses in full force and effect or
otherwise has the legal right to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms,
all patents, patent rights, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service
marks and trade names currently employed by it in connection with the
business currently operated by it in the PRC. To the best of our knowledge
after due inquiry, none of the PRC Subsidiaries has received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to
any of the foregoing; none of the PRC Subsidiaries is infringing,
misappropriating or violating any intellectual property right of any third
party in the PRC; and to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, no
legal or government proceedings, actions or claims have been asserted or
are pending or threatened against any of the PRC Subsidiaries that relate
to the intellectual property rights owned or used by
it.
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Exh G -
3
10.
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Material
Contracts. Each contract, document or other agreement
described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or
Prospectus or listed in the exhibit table to the Registration Statement or
incorporated by reference (the “Material Contracts”),
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the relevant
PRC Subsidiaries; each of the PRC Subsidiaries had the corporate power and
capacity to enter into and to perform its obligations under such Material
Contracts; each of the Material Contracts to which a PRC Subsidiary is a
party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such PRC
Subsidiary, enforceable against such PRC Subsidiary in accordance with its
terms. To the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, we are not aware of
any contracts, agreements or other instruments of any of the Group
Companies governed by the laws of the PRC which should be described or
referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus other than those described or referred to
therein.
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11.
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Employees. The
form of the contracts of service in relation to the employment of the
employees of each of the PRC Subsidiaries are on usual and normal terms
that do not and will not impose any unusual or onerous obligation on the
relevant entity and the subsisting contracts of service to which such
entity is a party are legal, valid and enforceable (except for provisions
in restraint of trade which may be subject to unfavorable judicial
interpretation) and are determinable at any time on reasonable notice
without compensation (except for statutory compensation). To the best of
our knowledge after due inquiry, there are no claims pending or threatened
or capable of arising in the PRC against any of the Group Companies, by
any employee or third party, in respect of any accident or injury not
fully covered by insurance.
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12.
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Labor
Laws. To the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, no
labor dispute, or disturbance involving the employees of any of the PRC
Subsidiaries exists or is imminent or threatened. Each of the PRC
Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all employment,
labor and similar laws applicable to it and has made all union, housing
and social insurance contributions for its employees as required under the
PRC Laws. The labor contracts or employment agreements entered by each of
the PRC Subsidiaries with its employees are in compliance with the PRC
Laws.
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13.
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Environmental
Laws. To the best of our knowledge after due inquiry,
(i) each of the PRC Subsidiaries is in compliance with any and all
applicable health and environmental laws in the PRC; (ii) there are
no administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, demands, letters,
claims, warnings, or notices of non compliance or violation, investigation
or proceedings relating to any environmental laws against any of the PRC
Subsidiaries, (iii) there are no events or circumstances that might
reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or
remedial measures, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party
or Governmental Agencies, against or affecting any of the PRC Subsidiaries
relating to hazardous materials or any environmental matters or any
environmental laws, and (iv) each of the PRC Subsidiaries has received all
permits, licenses or other approval required of it under applicable
environmental laws to conduct its businesses and each of the PRC
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such
permit, license or approval.
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Exh G -
4
14.
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Compliance with PRC Tax
Laws. Each of the PRC Subsidiaries has completed the tax
registrations with respect to PRC taxes. All national, provincial, local
and municipal tax waivers, tax relief, concession and preferential
treatment held by each of the PRC Subsidiaries are valid, binding and
enforceable and are in compliance with the laws, statutes or any order,
rule or regulation of any national, provincial, local or municipal
governmental agency. To the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, none
of the Group Companies is delinquent in the payment of any PRC taxes due
and there is no tax deficiency which might be assessed against it, and
there is no material breach or violation by any of the Group Companies of
any applicable PRC tax law or regulation. None of the Group Companies will
have any material PRC tax liability as a consequence of the offering that
has not been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
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15.
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No
Liquidation. None of the PRC Subsidiaries has taken any
corporate action, nor does it have any legal proceedings commenced against
it, for its liquidation, winding up, dissolution, or bankruptcy, for the
appointment of a liquidation committee, team of receivers or similar
officers in respect of its assets or for the suspension, withdrawal,
revocation or cancellation of any of the Governmental
Authorizations.
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16.
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Dividends. Except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, all dividends and other distributions declared and
payable upon the equity interests in each of the PRC Subsidiaries may
under the applicable PRC Laws be paid to Hong Kong Niceview in Renminbi
that may be converted into U.S. dollars and freely transferred out of the
PRC; the dividends and other distributions of each of the PRC Subsidiaries
are not and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be subject to
withholding or other taxes under the PRC Laws and, except as disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or
deduction in the PRC, and without the necessity of obtaining any
Governmental Authorization in the
PRC.
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17.
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No
Proceedings. To the best of our knowledge after due
inquiry, there are no legal, arbitration or governmental proceedings in
progress or pending to which any of the Group Companies is a party or of
which any PRC property of any of the Group Companies is subject; and, to
the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by any Governmental Agency or threatened by
others; to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, none of the
directors and executive officers of any of the Group Companies are
currently subject to any litigation proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings or
any investigation, hearing or proceeding brought or instituted by any
Governmental Agency in the PRC nor are there any such proceedings pending
or threatening to happen.
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Exh G -
5
18.
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Use of
Proceeds. The application of the net proceeds to be
received by the Company from the offering, as contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
will not contravene any provision of the PRC Laws, or the articles of
association, the business licenses or other constituent documents of any
of the PRC Subsidiaries or contravene the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any bond, debenture, contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or
other agreement or instrument binding upon any of the PRC Subsidiaries, or
any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Agency in the
PRC.
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19.
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Accurate Description of Laws
and Documents. The statements set forth in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
insofar as such statements describe or summarize PRC legal or regulatory
matters, or documents, agreements or proceedings governed by the PRC Laws,
are true and accurate, and fairly present or fairly summarize the PRC
legal and regulatory matters, documents, agreements or proceedings
referred to therein in all material respects; and such statements do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact, and do not omit to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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20.
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No Omitted Description of PRC
Laws. There are no PRC statutes or regulations that are
material to any of the Group Companies, that are not described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
and such descriptions in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate in all material
respects.
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21.
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Disclosure. Although
we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than as specifically
set forth in paragraphs “Accurate Descriptions of Laws and Documents” and
“No Omitted Description of PRC Laws” above), nothing has come to our
attention which leads us to believe that (i) the Registration
Statement (except for the financial statements and schedules and other
financial data included therein, as to which we express no opinion), at
the time it became effective and as of the Closing Date, contained or
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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, (ii) the General Disclosure Package
(except for the financial statements and schedules and other financial
data included therein, as to which we express no opinion), as of the time
of sale, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits 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, and (iii) the Prospectus
(except for the financial statements and schedules and other financial
data included therein, as to which we express no opinion), on that date it
was filed and as of the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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.
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Exh G -
6
22.
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No Violation Regarding the
Transaction Agreements. The execution and delivery by
the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, the Underwriting Agreement to be entered among the Company and the
Underwriters and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated herein and therein, and the conduct of the Company as
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, including the issue and sale of the Offered Shares
under the Underwriting Agreement, and the compliance by the Company with
all of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement (i) do not and
will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any existing bond,
debenture, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
any of the PRC Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the PRC
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of any
of the PRC Subsidiaries is bound or subject to, (ii) do not and will
not result in any violation of the provisions of the existing articles of
association, business licenses or any other constituent documents of any
of the PRC Subsidiaries, and (iii) do not and will not result in any
violation of the currently applicable PRC
Laws.
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Absence of Further
Action. No further licenses, consents, authorizations,
approvals, orders, certificates, permits, declarations or filings with, or
from any Governmental Agencies is required for (i) the issue or sale
of the Shares and (ii) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement[, the Custody Agreements and
the Power of Attorney, as
applicable].
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No Stamp
Tax. No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or
duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are
payable by or on behalf of any of the Group Companies, and the
Underwriters to the PRC government or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein in connection with (i) the issuance,
sale and delivery of the Offered Shares, (ii) the sale and delivery by
[each of] the Company of the Offered Shares to or for the accounts of the
Underwriters in the manner contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement,
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting
Agreement by the Company or (iv) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters
of the Offered Shares to the initial purchasers thereof in the manner
contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
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No Licensing Requirement for
the Underwriters. The entry into, delivery, and
performance or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement in accordance
with its terms will not subject any of the Underwriters to any requirement
to be licensed or otherwise qualified to do business in the PRC, nor will
any of the Underwriters be deemed to be resident, domiciled, carrying on
business through an establishment or place in the PRC or in breach of any
PRC Laws by reason of entry into, delivery, performance or enforcement of
the Underwriting Agreement.
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No Deemed Residence for the
Holders. No holder of the Shares who is not a PRC resident will be
subject to any personal liability, or be subject to a requirement to be
licensed or otherwise qualified to do business or be deemed domiciled or
resident in the PRC, by virtue only of holding such Shares. Except
for the disclosure in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, there are no limitations under the PRC Laws on
the rights of holders of the Shares who are not PRC residents to hold,
vote or transfer their securities nor any statutory pre-emptive rights or
transfer restrictions applicable to the Ordinary
Shares.
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Absence of Reporting
Obligations. There are no reporting obligations under
the PRC Laws on non-PRC holders of the
Shares.
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Compliance with PRC
Laws. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered
Shares by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not conflict with, or
result in a breach or violation of, the provisions of any PRC
Laws.
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No Resale
Restrictions. Under the PRC Laws, assuming that the
transferees of the Shares are not entities organized under the laws of, or
residents of, the PRC, the Shares are freely transferable by [each of] the
Company to or for the account of the Underwriters, and, to the extent
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, the initial purchasers thereof; and there are no
restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Shares under the PRC Laws. To
the extent related to the PRC Laws, no holder of any of the Shares after
the completion of the offering will be subject to liability in respect of
any liability of any of the PRC Subsidiaries by virtue only of the holding
of any such Shares.
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PRC
Taxes. Under the PRC Laws except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
(i) dividends paid by each of the PRC Subsidiaries to the Hong Kong
Niceview will not be subject to income tax imposed in the PRC or any
subdivision thereof, (ii) any dividends or distributions made by Hong
Kong Niceview to the Company and by the Company to holders or beneficial
owners of the Shares will not be subject to any PRC withholding tax or tax
of any other nature, and (iii) a holder or beneficial owner of the
Shares will not be subject to any PRC transaction tax, stamp duty or
similar tax or duty or any PRC withholding tax or other PRC taxes of any
nature in connection with the acquisition, ownership and disposition of
the Shares, including the receipt of any dividends or distributions on the
Shares, provided in the cases of (ii) and (iii) that the holder
or beneficial owner has not been physically resident in the PRC for a
period of one year or more and therefore become subject to PRC tax (and to
the extent not granted an exemption or other relief under any applicable
double tax treaty).
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Taxes on Dividends and Capital
Gains. Other than potential withholding of PRC taxes on
holders of the Shares who are non-residents of the PRC in respect of
(i) any payments, dividends or other distributions made on the Shares
or (ii) gains made on sales of the Shares between non-residents of
the PRC consummated outside the PRC, which have been accurately described
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus in all material respects, there are no other PRC income tax or
other taxes or duties applicable to such holders of Shares unless the
holder thereof is subject to such taxes in respect of the Shares by reason
of being connected with the PRC other than by reason only of the holding
of the Shares or receiving payments in connection therewith as described
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
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Absence of Further
Action. No Governmental Authorization of or with any
Governmental Agency in the PRC is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Underwriting
Agreement.
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Choice of
Law. The choice of law provisions set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement do not contravene the laws of the PRC and will be
upheld by the courts of the PRC; the Company can xxx or be sued in its own
name under the PRC Laws.
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34.
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Submission to
Jurisdiction. The submission of the Company to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of each United States federal court and New
York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of New
York, New York, U.S.A. (each a “New York Court”), the waiver by the
Company of any objection to the venue of a proceeding in a New York Court,
the waiver and agreement of the Company not to plead an inconvenient
forum, and the agreement of the Company that the Underwriting Agreement be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New
York will be recognized by PRC courts; service of process effected in the
manner set forth in the Underwriting Agreement will be effective to confer
jurisdiction over the subsidiaries, assets and property of the Company in
the PRC, subject to compliance with relevant civil procedural requirements
(which do not involve a re-examination of the merits of the claim) in the
PRC; and any judgment obtained in a New York Court arising out of or in
relation to the obligations of the Company under the Underwriting
Agreement will be recognized by PRC courts, subject to compliance with
relevant civil procedural requirements (which do not involve a
re-examination of the merits of the claim) in the
PRC.
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Validity of Indemnification
Provisions. The indemnification and contribution
provisions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement do not contravene the
public policy of the PRC or any PRC Laws, and insofar as
matters of PRC Laws are concerned, constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with the terms therein, subject, as to enforcement, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights; the Underwriting
Agreement is in proper legal form under the PRC Laws for the enforcement
thereof against the Company, subject to compliance with relevant civil
procedural requirements; and to ensure the legality, validity,
enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Underwriting Agreement
in the PRC, it is not necessary that any such document be filed or
recorded with any court or other authority in the PRC or that any stamp or
similar tax be paid on or in respect of any such
document.
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No Sovereign
Immunity. Under the PRC Laws, none of the Group
Companies or any of their respective properties, assets or revenues, is
entitled to any right of immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or
otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding, set-off or
counterclaim, the jurisdiction of any court in PRC, service of process,
attachment prior to or in aid of execution of judgment, or other legal
process or proceeding for the granting of any relief or the enforcement of
any judgment.
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