FORM LOCK UP AGREEMENT
FORM
LOCK
UP
AGREEMENT
May
22,
2008
Xxxxxxxxxxx
& Co. Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed
Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”)
to be
entered into by ShengdaTech, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
and
you with respect to the offering (the “Offering”)
without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act”),
and
initial resale in reliance on Rule 144A under the Act, of $100,000,000 of
6.00% Senior
Convertible Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)
of the
Company. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.
In
order
to induce you to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned agrees
that,
for a period (the “Lock-Up
Period”)
beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is
90 days after the date of the final offering memorandum relating to the
Offering, the undersigned will not, without your prior written consent,
(i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge,
grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of,
directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in the filing of) a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
in
respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate
or
decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of
the Commission promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange
Act”)
with
respect to, any Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, of the Company
(the
“Common
Stock”),
the
Notes or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar
to
the Common Stock or the Notes, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase,
the foregoing, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers
to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership
of the Common Stock, the Notes or any other securities of the Company that
are
substantially similar to the the Common Stock or the Notes, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other
rights to purchase, the foregoing, whether any such transaction is to be settled
by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise
or
(iii) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in
clause (i) or (ii). The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) bona fide
gifts or distributions without consideration, provided the recipient thereof
agrees in writing with the Initial Purchasers to be bound by the terms of this
Lock-Up Agreement, or (b) dispositions to any trust for the direct or
indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the
undersigned, provided that such trust agrees in writing with the Initial
Purchasers to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement, or
(c) transfers that occur by operation of law, such as the rules of
intestate succession or statutes governing the effects of a merger, provided
the
transferee thereof agrees in writing with the Initial Purchasers to be bound
by
the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement. For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate
family” shall mean the undersigned and the spouse, any lineal descendent,
father, mother, brother or sister of the undersigned.
In
addition, the undersigned hereby waives any rights the undersigned may have
to
require registration of Common Stock in connection with the filing of any
registration statement to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement. The undersigned further agrees that, for the
Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will not, without your prior written consent,
make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration
of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Common Stock, or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any
such securities.
* * *
If
(i) the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed
with the Offering or (ii) for any reason the Purchase Agreement shall be
terminated prior to the “Firm Notes Closing Date” (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement), this Lock-Up Agreement shall be terminated and the undersigned
shall
be released from its obligations hereunder.
Yours
very truly,
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