SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Warrant Agent and ABN AMRO BANK N.V., Hong Kong Branch as Initial Holder
Exhibit
4.1
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
as
Warrant Agent
and
ABN
AMRO BANK N.V., Hong Kong Branch
as
Initial Holder
Dated
as of April 19, 2007
Warrants
to Purchase
Shares
of Common Stock
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Rules
of Construction
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5
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ARTICLE
II
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APPOINTMENT
OF WARRANT AGENT
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5
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Section
2.01
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Appointment
of Warrant Agent
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5
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ARTICLE
III
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THE
WARRANTS
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5
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Section
3.01
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Issuance
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5
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Section
3.02
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Form
and Dating; Legends
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5
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Section
3.03
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Execution
and Countersignature.
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6
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Section
3.04
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Warrant
Registrar
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7
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Section
3.05
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Replacement
Warrants
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7
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Section
3.06
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Outstanding
Warrants.
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7
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Section
3.07
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Cancellation
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7
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Section
3.08
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Registration,
Transfer and Exchange.
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8
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Section
3.09
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Restrictions
on Transfer and Exchange.
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9
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Section
3.10
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Representations
and Covenants of the Initial Holder
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9
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ARTICLE
IV
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EXPIRATION
OF WARRANTS; TERMS OF WARRANTS; EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
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10
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Section
4.01
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Expiration
of Warrants; Terms of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants.
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10
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ARTICLE
V
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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12
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Section
5.01
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
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12
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Section
5.02
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Payment
of Taxes
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13
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Section
5.03
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Reports.
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13
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Section
5.04
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Reservation
of Warrant Shares.
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14
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Section
5.05
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Obtaining
Stock Exchange Listings
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14
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Section
5.06
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Listing
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14
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Section
5.07
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Compliance
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15
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Section
5.08
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Opinions
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15
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Section
5.09
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Outstanding
Shares of Common Stock
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15
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ARTICLE
VI
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ADJUSTMENT
OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES ISSUABLE
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15
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Section
6.01
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Adjustment
of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares Issuable
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15
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Section
6.02
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Fractional
Interests
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24
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Section
6.03
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Notices
to Warrant Holders.
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24
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Section
6.04
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No
Rights as Stockholders
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25
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ARTICLE
VII
|
WARRANT
AGENT
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26
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Section
7.01
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Warrant
Agent
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26
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Section
7.02
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Compensation;
Indemnity.
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27
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Section
7.03
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Individual
Rights of Warrant Agent
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28
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Section
7.04
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Replacement
of Warrant Agent.
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28
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Section
7.05
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Successor
Warrant Agent by Merger.
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29
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Section
7.06
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Eligibility
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29
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Section
7.07
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Holder
Lists
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29
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ARTICLE
VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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30
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Section
8.01
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Warrantholder
Actions.
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30
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Section
8.02
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Notices.
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30
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Section
8.03
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Supplements
and Amendments.
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31
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Section
8.04
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Governing
Law.
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33
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Section
8.05
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Waiver
of Right to Trial by Jury
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33
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Section
8.06
|
New
York Process Agent
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34
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Section
8.07
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No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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34
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Section
8.08
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Successors
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34
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Section
8.09
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Duplicate
Originals
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34
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Section
8.10
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Separability
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34
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Section
8.11
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Table
of Contents and Headings
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34
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Section
8.12
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Benefits
of This Agreement
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34
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Section
8.13
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Limitation
of Liability
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34
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
|
Form
of Warrant
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Exhibit
B
|
Restricted
Legend
|
Exhibit
C
|
Form
of U.S. Counsel Opinion
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WARRANT
AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2007, between SYNUTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
a company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (as further defined
below, the “Company”),
the
Bank of New York, as warrant agent (the “Warrant
Agent”)
and
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., Hong Kong Branch, as initial holder (the “Initial
Holder”).
WHEREAS,
the Company proposes to issue the Warrants (as defined below) to purchase shares
of Common Stock, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
of
the Company (the Common Stock issuable on exercise of the Warrants being
referred to herein as the “Warrant
Shares”)
in
order to induce ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch to enter into the Loan
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxx and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch as Lender and Collateral Agent
(the “Loan
Agreement”).
WHEREAS,
the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and
the
Warrant Agent is willing so to act in connection with the issuance of the
Warrants and the other matters as provided herein.
WHEREAS
the Company has authorized and obtained all required corporate and shareholder
approvals, and taken all necessary action required by law or securities exchange
regulation for or in connection with (a) the execution and performance of
this Agreement, (b) the issuance of the Warrants and (c) the issuance
of the Warrant Shares.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein
set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
“act”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified. “Control”
means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability
to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling”
and
“Controlled”
have
meanings correlative thereto. In any event, Xx. Xxxxx Zhang and
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxx and their respective Affiliates shall be deemed Affiliates
of the Company.
“Agreement”
means
this Warrant Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors or comparable governing body of the Company, or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on its behalf.
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“Board
Resolution”
means
a
resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors which is certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and remains in full force
and
effect as of the date of its certification.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
Xxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx or in the city where the Corporate Trust Office
of the Warrant Agent is located are authorized by law to close.
“Certificated
Warrant”
means
a
Warrant in registered definitive form.
“Closing
Date”
means
April 19, 2007.
“Commission”
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
has
the
meaning specified in the second paragraph of this Agreement.
“Company”
means
the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Agreement or any
successor to the Company under this Agreement and the Warrants pursuant to
Section 6.01(k).
“Corporate
Trust Office”
means
the office of the Warrant Agent at which the corporate trust business of the
Warrant Agent is principally administered, which at the Closing Date, is located
at The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America.
“Daily
Price”
means
(a) if the shares of Common Stock then are listed and traded on the NASDAQ
GM, the closing price on such day as reported by the NASDAQ GM; (b) if the
shares of Common Stock then are not listed and traded on the NASDAQ GM, the
closing price on such day as reported by any principal national securities
exchange on which the shares are listed and traded; and (c) if the shares
of such class of Common Stock then are not listed and traded on any such
securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such day on the OTC
Bulletin Board. If on any determination date the shares of Common Stock are
not
quoted by any such organization, the Daily Price per share of Common Stock
shall
be the Fair Value of such share on such determination date as determined
pursuant to Section 6.01(g) when the Common Stock is not listed on the
NASDAQ GM.
“Disinterested
Director”
means,
in connection with any issuance or distribution of securities or assets that
gives rise to a determination of the Fair Value thereof, each member of the
Board of Directors who is not an officer, employee, director, family member
or
other Affiliate of the party to whom the Company is proposing to issue or
distribute the securities or assets giving rise to such
determination.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exercise
Price”
means
(a) at any time prior to a Qualified Public Offering, the US Dollar amount
equal to 75% of the volume weighted average of the closing prices per share
of
the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board or the NASDAQ GM, as applicable,
for
the 30 trading days immediately preceding and including the Closing Date and
(b) on the date of the Qualified Public Offering and at any time
thereafter, the lower of (i) the Exercise Price calculated in accordance
with clause (a), as adjusted and in effect on the day immediately prior to
the date of the Qualified Public Offering and (ii) the US Dollar amount
equal to 75% of the Qualified Public Offering Price; provided that the Exercise
Price shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement.
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“Expiration
Date”
means
the third anniversary of the completion of a Qualified Public
Offering.
“Fair
Value”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.01(g).
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently
applied.
“Holder”
or
“Warrantholder”
means
the registered holder of any Warrant.
“Initial
Holder”
means
the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Loan
Agreement”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the second paragraph of this
Agreement.
“NASDAQ
GM”
means
NASDAQ Global Market.
“Officers’
Certificate”
means
a
certificate signed in the name of the Company by a Responsible
Officer.
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means
a
written opinion signed by outside legal counsel to the Company, satisfactory
to
the Warrant Agent.
“Person”
means
an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an
association, a trust or any other entity, including a government or political
subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Qualified
Public Offering”
means
a
registered public offering and sale (whether primary or secondary) of Common
Stock listed on the NASDAQ GM or any other “national securities exchange” (as
such term is defined in Section 6 of the Exchange Act) resulting in a
public float of not less than 20% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company
(not including any treasury shares) that is held by no fewer than 300 holders
immediately following such offering or listing.
“Qualified
Public Offering Price”
means
the purchase price per share of Common Stock paid by investors in the Qualified
Public Offering which, for the avoidance of doubt only, shall be the price
per
share received by the Company plus any underwriting or placement fees or
discounts.
“Register”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.08.
“Registrar”
means
a
Person engaged by the Company to maintain the Register.
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“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the
Company and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch.
“Responsible
Officer”
means
the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or chief executive
officer, any vice president, the chief financial officer, or the secretary
of
the Company.
“Restricted
Legend”
means
the legend set forth in Exhibit B.
“Rule 144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Securities
Act”
means
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Tranche A
Issue Date”
means
the date of signing of this Agreement.
“Tranche A
Warrants”
means
200,000 warrants, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, to
be issued on the Tranche A Issue Date to purchase shares of Common Stock,
against payment of the Exercise Price, as adjusted in accordance with this
Agreement, per share of Common Stock; provided that each warrant shall initially
be exercisable for one share of Common Stock.
“Tranche B
Issue Date”
means
the earlier of (i) the date of the closing of a privately placed notes
offering by or of a loan to the Company in an amount sufficient to repay all
amounts outstanding under any Loan (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and
(ii) the 6-months anniversary of the Tranche A Issue
Date.
“Tranche B
Warrants”
means
200,000 warrants, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, to
be issued on the Tranche B Issue Date to purchase shares of Common Stock,
against payment of the Exercise Price, as adjusted in accordance with this
Agreement, per share of Common Stock; provided that each Tranche B Warrant
shall initially be exercisable for a number of shares of Common Stock equal
to
the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Tranche A Warrant would be
exercisable at the close of business on the Tranche B Issue Date, as
adjusted in accordance with this Agreement.
“Transfer
Agent”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04.
“US
Dollar”
means
lawful money of the United States.
“Warrant”
means
any of the Tranche A Warrants or any of the Tranche B Warrants and
“Warrants”
means
the Tranche A Warrants and the Tranche B Warrants,
collectively.
“Warrant
Agent”
means
the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Agreement or any
successor Warrant Agent appointed pursuant to Article 7.
“Warrant
Certificate”
means
a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Warrant
Shareholder”
means
a
holder of Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants.
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“Warrant
Shares”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the second paragraph of this
Agreement.
Section
1.02 Rules
of Construction.
Unless
the context otherwise requires or except as otherwise expressly
provided,
(i) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(ii) “herein,”
“hereof”
and
other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any
particular Section, Article or other subdivision;
(iii) all
references to Sections or Articles or Exhibits refer to Sections or Articles
or
Exhibits of or to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;
(iv) references
to agreements or instruments, or to statutes or regulations, are to such
agreements or instruments, or statutes or regulations, as amended from time
to
time (or to successor statutes and regulations); and
(v) references
to “him”
or
“he”
or
“his”
shall
also refer to the opposite gender.
ARTICLE
II
APPOINTMENT
OF WARRANT AGENT
Section
2.01 Appointment
of Warrant Agent.
The
Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company in
accordance with the instructions set forth herein and the Warrant Agent hereby
accepts such appointment.
ARTICLE
III
THE
WARRANTS
Section
3.01 Issuance.
The
Company will issue the Tranche A Warrants on the Tranche A Issue Date
and the Tranche B Warrants on the Tranche B Issue Date to the Initial
Holder.
Section
3.02 Form
and Dating; Legends
(a) The
Warrants will be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A with a
legend in the form attached as Exhibit B, if applicable. The terms and
provisions contained in the form of the Warrants annexed as Exhibit A
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Warrant Agreement.
The
Warrants may also have such additional notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, rules of or agreements with national securities exchanges
to
which the Company is subject, or common usage. Each Warrant will be dated the
date of its countersignature by the Warrant Agent.
(b) Except
as
otherwise provided in paragraph (c) or Section 3.09(b), each Warrant
will bear the Restricted Legend.
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(c) (i) If
the
Company or the Initial Holder determines (upon the advice of counsel and such
other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that
a
Warrant is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities
Act (or any successor provision) and that the Restricted Legend is no longer
necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of the
Warrant (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with
the
Securities Act; or
(ii) after
a
Warrant is sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act;
the
Company or the Initial Holder with written consent from the Company (which
shall
not be unreasonably withheld) may instruct the Warrant Agent to cancel the
Warrant and issue to the Holder thereof (or to its transferee) a new Warrant
of
like tenor, registered in the name of the Holder thereof (or its transferee),
that does not bear the Restricted Legend, and the Warrant Agent will comply
with
such instruction.
(d) By
its
acceptance of any Warrant bearing the Restricted Legend (or any beneficial
interest in such a Warrant), each Holder thereof and each owner of a beneficial
interest therein acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Warrant
(and
any such beneficial interest) set forth in this Agreement and in the Restricted
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Warrant (and any such beneficial
interest) only in accordance with this Agreement and such legend.
Section
3.03 Execution
and Countersignature.
(a) A
Responsible Officer shall execute the Warrants for the Company by facsimile
or
manual signature in the name and on behalf of the Company. If a Responsible
Officer whose signature is on a Warrant no longer holds that office at the
time
the Warrant is countersigned or exercised, the Warrant will still be
valid.
(b) A
Warrant
will not be valid until the Warrant Agent manually countersigns the Warrant,
with the signature conclusive evidence that the Warrant has been countersigned
under this Agreement. At any time and from time to time after the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement, the Company may deliver Warrants executed by the
Company to the Warrant Agent for countersignature. The Warrant Agent will
countersign and deliver a number of Warrants for original issue convertible
into
an aggregate of Warrant Shares not to exceed 400,000 (except as may be adjusted
pursuant to Article 6) after receipt by the Warrant Agent of an Officers’
Certificate specifying:
(i) the
number of Warrants to be countersigned and the date on which the Warrants are
to
be countersigned; and
(ii) other
information the Company may with the Initial Holder’s consent determine to
include or the Warrant Agent may reasonably request.
The
Company will supply the Warrant Agent with an adequate supply of Warrant
Certificates.
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Section
3.04 Warrant
Registrar.
The
Company may appoint one or more Registrars in respect of the Warrants, in which
case each reference in this Agreement to the Warrant Agent in respect of the
obligations of the Warrant Agent to be performed by the Registrar will be deemed
to be references to the Registrar. Although the Company may act as Registrar,
the Company initially appoints the Warrant Agent as Registrar.
Section
3.05 Replacement
Warrants.
If a
mutilated or defaced Warrant is surrendered to the Warrant Agent or if a Holder
claims that its Warrant has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Company will issue and the Warrant Agent will countersign a replacement Warrant.
Every replacement Warrant is an additional obligation of the Company and
entitled to the benefits of the Warrant Agreement. If required by the Warrant
Agent or the Company, an indemnity must be furnished that is sufficient in
the
reasonable judgment of both the Warrant Agent and the Company to protect the
Company and the Warrant Agent from any loss they may suffer if a Warrant is
replaced. The Company may charge the Holder for the reasonable expenses of
the
Company and the Warrant Agent in replacing a Warrant.
Section
3.06 Outstanding
Warrants.
(a) Warrants
outstanding at any time are all Warrants that have been countersigned by the
Warrant Agent except for:
(i) Warrants
cancelled by the Warrant Agent or delivered to it for cancellation;
(ii) Warrants
exercised by the Holder thereof; and
(iii) any
Warrant which has been replaced pursuant to Section 3.05 unless and until
the Warrant Agent and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the
replaced Warrant is held by a bona fide purchaser.
(b) Prior
to
cancellation of a Warrant pursuant to Section 3.07, a Warrant does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds
the
Warrant; provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
number of the outstanding Warrants have given or taken any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder,
Warrants owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company will be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding (it being understood that in
determining whether the Warrant Agent is protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, only Warrants which the Warrant Agent knows to be so owned will be
so
disregarded).
Section
3.07 Cancellation.
The
Company will deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation any Warrants
previously countersigned and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired (to the extent that the Company may be permitted under applicable
law
or its constitutive documents) in any manner whatsoever, and will deliver to
the
Warrant Agent for cancellation any Warrants previously countersigned hereunder
which the Company has not issued and sold. The Company will procure that any
Warrant purchased by an Affiliate shall be delivered to the Warrant Agent for
cancellation. Any Registrar will forward to the Warrant Agent any Warrants
surrendered to it for transfer, exchange or exercise. The Warrant Agent will
cancel all Warrants surrendered for transfer, exchange, exercise or cancellation
and dispose of them in accordance with the written instructions of the Company.
The Company may not issue new Warrants to replace Warrants that have been
exercised or delivered to the Warrant Agent for cancellation.
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Section
3.08 Registration,
Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The
Warrants will be issued in registered form only, and the Company shall cause
the
Registrar to maintain a register (the “Register”)
of the
Warrants, for registering the record ownership of the Warrants by the Holders
and transfers and exchanges of the Warrants.
(b) Each
Certificated Warrant will be registered in the name of the holder thereof or
its
nominee.
(c) A
Holder
may transfer a Warrant (or a beneficial interest therein) to another Person
or
exchange a Warrant (or a beneficial interest therein) for another Warrant by
presenting to the Warrant Agent a written request therefor stating the name
of
the proposed transferee or requesting such an exchange, which shall be
substantially in the form of the Warrant Transfer Notice attached to
Exhibit A, accompanied by any certification, opinion or other document
required by this Agreement. The Warrant Agent will promptly register any
transfer or exchange that meets the requirements of this Section 3.08 and
Section 3.09 by noting the same in the Register maintained by the Registrar
for the purpose; provided that no transfer or exchange will be effective until
it is registered in such Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer,
the Company, the Warrant Agent and their agents will treat the Person in whose
name the Warrant is registered as the owner and Holder thereof for all purposes,
and will not be affected by notice to the contrary.
From
time
to time the Company may execute and the Warrant Agent may countersign additional
Warrants as may be necessary in order to permit the registration of a transfer
or exchange in accordance with this Section 3.08. All Warrants issued upon
transfer or exchange shall be the duly authorized, executed and delivered
Warrants of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
No
service charge will be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange
of
any Warrant, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes in connection
therewith.
(d) If
a
Certificated Warrant is transferred or exchanged for another Certificated
Warrant, the Warrant Agent will (x) cancel the Certificated Warrant being
transferred or exchanged, (y) deliver one or more new Certificated Warrants
for
an aggregate number of Warrants equal to the number of Warrants being
transferred or exchanged to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the
Holder of the cancelled Certificated Warrant (in the case of an exchange),
registered in the name of such transferee or Holder, as applicable, and (z)
if
such transfer or exchange involves less than the entire amount of the cancelled
Certificated Warrant, deliver to the Holder thereof one or more Certificated
Warrants having an aggregate amount of Warrants equal to the untransferred
or
unexchanged portion of the cancelled Certificated Warrant, registered in the
name of the Holder thereof. In the event that a Certificated Warrant that does
not bear the Restricted Legend is surrendered for transfer or exchange, upon
transfer or exchange the Warrant Agent will deliver a Certificated Warrant
that
does not bear the Restricted Legend.
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Section
3.09 Restrictions
on Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The
transfer or exchange of any Warrant (or a beneficial interest therein) may
only
be made in accordance with this Section 3.09 and
Section 3.08.
(b) By
its
acceptance of any Warrant bearing the Restricted Legend, each Holder thereof
acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Warrant set forth in this
Agreement and in the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will transfer such
Warrant only in accordance with such restrictions. In connection with any
transfer of Warrants, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Warrants
to
furnish the Warrant Agent or the Company such certifications, legal opinions
or
other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that
such
transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including
the
Warrant Transfer Notice attached to Exhibit A, if applicable; provided that
the Warrant Agent shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a
determination made by the Company with respect to) the sufficiency of any such
certifications, legal opinions or other information. Upon delivery by a Holder
of a certificate satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company certifying
that, with respect to a Certificated Warrant bearing the Restricted Legend,
all
conditions have been met to qualify for exemption from registration requirements
under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144(k), together with the
Company’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), the
Warrant Agent will exchange such Certificated Warrant for a Certificated Warrant
not bearing the Restricted Legend.
(c) The
Warrant Agent shall keep copies of all certificates, opinions and other
documents received in connection with the transfer or exchange of a Warrant
(or
a beneficial interest therein), available for inspection or copying by the
Company or any Holder during normal business hours at the Corporate Trust
Office.
Section
3.10 Representations
and Covenants of the Initial Holder.
The
Initial Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows,
provided, however, that nothing set forth in this Section 3.10 shall limit
or modify the provisions in Section 3.01 to Section 3.09.
(a) Acquisition
for Own Account.
The
Warrants are being acquired, and the Warrant Shares will be acquired, for the
Initial Holder’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to
the public resale or distribution thereof without registration under the
Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.
(b) Accredited
Investor Status.
The
Initial Holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
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(c) Restricted
Securities.
The
Initial Holder understands that the Warrants to be issued to the Initial Holder
hereunder and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof are “restricted
securities” under the Securities Act inasmuch as they are being acquired or will
be acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering
and that, under the Securities Act and applicable regulations thereunder, such
securities may be transferred without registration under the Securities Act
only
in certain limited circumstances. The Initial Holder is familiar with
Rule 144 of the Commission, as presently in effect, and understands the
transfer limitations imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.
ARTICLE
IV
EXPIRATION
OF WARRANTS; TERMS OF WARRANTS;
EXERCISE
OF WARRANTS
Section
4.01 Expiration
of Warrants; Terms of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants.
(a) Each
Warrant not exercised prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration
Date shall become void and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect
thereof under this Agreement shall cease as of such time. The Company will
give
notice of expiration to each of the Holders at its last known address as set
forth in the Register not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Expiration Date. If the Company fails to give such notice, the Warrants will
nonetheless expire and become void on the Expiration Date.
(b) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Warrants shall be exercisable, at the
election of the Holders thereof, either in full or from time to time in part
during the period commencing at the opening of business on the Tranche A
Issue Date or Tranche B Issue Date, as applicable, and until 5:00 p.m.,
Singapore time on the Expiration Date, and shall entitle any Holder thereof
to
receive from the Company the number of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant
Shares which the Holder may at the time be entitled to receive on exercise
of
such Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price per share in cash, by wire
transfer or by certified or official check payable to the order of the Company,
in each case, equal to the Exercise Price then in effect for such Warrant
Shares. The Company and the Holders agree, that Holders shall exercise their
Warrants only if the exercise of such Warrants is exempt from, or in compliance
with, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such securities
are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under the applicable
securities laws of the states in which the various holders of the Warrants
or
other persons to whom it is proposed that the Warrant Shares be issued on
exercise of the Warrants reside; provided that an exercise of any Warrant
pursuant to Section 4.01(d) shall be deemed to be an exempt transaction
under the Securities Act. No adjustments as to dividends will be made upon
exercise of the Warrants. In no event shall the Exercise Price payable be lower
than the par value of the Common Stock; provided, however, solely for purposes
of calculating the adjustment of Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant under Article 6, such Exercise
Price as calculated (but not the amount payable) may be lower than the par
value
of the Common Stock.
(c) Any
transaction fees incurred in connection with the exercise of the Warrants shall
be borne by the Company.
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(d) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, to the extent that Warrants are exercisable
pursuant to Section 4.01(b), a Holder may also elect to convert Warrants
into Common Stock through a cashless exercise, in which event, in consideration
of the Holder agreeing to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock the Holder
would otherwise be entitled to receive under Section 4.01(b) the Company
will calculate and issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the result obtained as set forth in the following equation by
(i) subtracting B from A, (ii) dividing the result by A, and
(iii) multiplying the result by C:
X
=
|
(A
- B)
|
x
C
|
A
|
where:
X
|
=
|
the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise pursuant
to this
paragraph (d).
|
A
|
=
|
the
Daily Price on the day immediately preceding the date on which the
Holder
delivers written notice to the Company pursuant to
paragraph (e).
|
B
|
=
|
the
Exercise Price.
|
C
|
=
|
the
number of shares of Common Stock as to which the Warrants are then
being
exercised (prior to payment of the Exercise
Price).
|
If
the
foregoing calculation results in a negative number, then no shares of Common
Stock shall be issued upon exercise pursuant to this
Section 4.01(d).
(e) In
order
to exercise all or any of the Warrants, the Holder thereof must deliver to
the
Warrant Agent at its Corporate Trust Office (i) such Warrants,
(ii) the form of election to purchase on the reverse thereof duly filled in
and signed and (iii) evidence of any applicable payment to the Company of
the then-current Exercise Price (in the manner set forth in paragraphs (b)
or (d) above) for the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which the Warrants
are being exercised. If any of these items (i), (ii) or (iii) are not
received by the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall reject such exercise.
The
Company shall bear all of its own expenses and the expenses of the Warrant
Agent
in respect of the exercise of any Warrant.
(f) Upon
compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.01 set forth above, the
Warrant Agent shall request from the Company and the Company shall promptly
deliver or cause to be delivered, to or upon the written order of the Holder
and
subject to any applicable transfer restrictions contained herein, in such name
or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate or certificates for the
number of whole Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants
or
other securities or property to which such Holder is entitled, together with
cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 6.02. The Company
shall calculate the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder shall be entitled
to receive upon such exercise, which determination, absent manifest error or
bad
faith, shall be final and conclusive. Any such certificate or certificates
or
other securities or property shall be deemed to have been issued, and any person
so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of
record of such Warrant Shares or other securities or property, as of the date
of
the surrender of such Warrants and payment of the corresponding Exercise Price,
notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be
closed or the Warrant Certificates have not yet been delivered.
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(g) If
less
than all the Warrants represented by a Warrant Certificate are exercised, such
Warrant Certificate shall be surrendered and a new Warrant Certificate of the
same tenor and for the number of Warrants which were not exercised shall be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent and the Warrant
Agent
shall countersign the new Warrant Certificate, registered in such name or names
as may be directed in writing by the Holder, and shall deliver the new Warrant
Certificate to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same.
(h) All
Warrant Certificates surrendered upon exercise of Warrants shall be cancelled
by
the Warrant Agent. Such cancelled Warrant Certificates shall then be disposed
of
by the Warrant Agent as instructed in writing by the Company. The Warrant Agent
shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and
concurrently pay to the Company all US Dollar amounts (if any) received by
the
Warrant Agent for the purchase of the Warrant Shares through the exercise of
such Warrants.
(i) The
Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement and any notices given or
received hereunder available for inspection by the Holders during normal
business hours at its Corporate Trust Office.
(j) Certificates
representing Warrant Shares shall bear a Restricted Legend (with all references
to Warrants therein replaced by references to Common Stock, and with such other
changes thereto as the Company may deem appropriate) if (i) the Warrants
for which they were issued carried a Restricted Legend, or (ii) the Warrant
Shares are issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities
Act (other than the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act, provided that the Warrants were then not restricted securities); provided
that, in each case, the Warrant Shares shall not bear the Restricted Legend
(and
any existing Restricted Legend shall be removed) if the circumstances of
Section 3.02(c) apply to such Warrant Shares.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section
5.01 Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
(a) The
Company at all time will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New
York, an office or agency where Warrants may be surrendered for registration
of
transfer or exchange or for presentation for exercise. The Company hereby
initially (1) designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Warrant Agent as
such office of the Company where the Warrants may be presented for exercise
and
(2) designates the office of the Registrar where the Warrants may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Warrant Agent of the location, and any change
in
the location, of such office or agency, if the Corporate Trust Office is not
the
designated office. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such
required office or agency or fails to furnish the Warrant Agent with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served to the Warrant Agent.
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(b) The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Warrants may be surrendered or presented for any of such
purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company hereby
initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Warrant Agent as such
office. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Warrant Agent of
any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency, if the Corporate Trust Office is not the designated
office.
Section
5.02 Payment
of Taxes.
The
Company will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes
in
respect of the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of
Warrants; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or
taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue
of
any Warrants or any Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the registered
holder of a Warrant surrendered upon exercise, and the Company shall not be
required to issue or deliver such Warrant unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of
such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that
such
tax has been paid.
Section
5.03 Reports.
(a) Whether
or not the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company must provide the Warrant Agent and
Holders with
(i) all
quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be
contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10 Q and 10 K if
the Company were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and,
with respect to annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s
certified independent accountants, and
(ii) all
current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on
Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
In
addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will, if the
Commission will accept the filing, file a copy of all of the information and
reports referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) with the Commission for public
availability.
(b) For
so
long as any of the Warrants or Warrant Shares remain outstanding and constitute
“restricted securities” under Rule 144, the Company will furnish to the
Holders and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required
to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144(c) under the Securities
Act.
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Section
5.04 Reservation
of Warrant Shares.
(a) The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available for issuance and delivery,
free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges and other encumbrances
or restrictions on sale and free and clear of all preemptive rights, such number
of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or other securities of the Company
from time to time issuable upon exercise of the Warrants as will be sufficient
to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants.
(b) The
Company or, if appointed, the transfer agent for the Common Stock (the
“Transfer
Agent”)
and
every subsequent transfer agent for any securities of the Company issuable
upon
the exercise of the Warrants will be irrevocably authorized and directed at
all
times to reserve such number of authorized securities as shall be required
for
such purpose. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the
Transfer Agent and with every subsequent transfer agent for any of the Company’s
securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants. The Warrant Agent is
hereby irrevocably authorized to requisition from time to time from such
Transfer Agent the certificates for securities of the Company required to honor
outstanding Warrants upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of
this
Agreement. The Company will supply such Transfer Agent with duly executed
certificates for such purposes and will provide or otherwise make available
any
cash which may be payable as provided in Section 6.02. The Company will
furnish such Transfer Agent a copy of all notices of adjustments, and
certificates related thereto, transmitted to each Holder pursuant to
Section 6.03.
(c) Before
taking any action which would cause an adjustment pursuant to Section 6.01
to reduce the Exercise Price below the then par value of the Warrant Shares,
the
Company will take such corporate action in accordance with applicable law to
validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares at the
Exercise Price as so adjusted, or otherwise give effect to such Exercise Price
adjustment. The Company will deliver or cause to be delivered any certificate
or
notice required by Section 6.03.
(d) The
Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon exercise
of
Warrants will, upon issue, be fully paid, nonassessable, free of preemptive
rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests with
respect thereto.
Section
5.05 Obtaining
Stock Exchange Listings.
The
Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary so that
the Warrant Shares, immediately upon their issuance upon the exercise of
Warrants, will be listed on the principal securities exchanges, automated
quotation systems or other markets within the United States of America, if
any,
on which the other shares of Common Stock are then listed, if any. At any time
when the shares of Common Stock are not listed on the NASDAQ GM or any other
national securities exchange, the Company will use its reasonable commercial
efforts to have the shares of Common Stock quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board.
Section
5.06 Listing.
The
Company will not permit any of its subsidiaries to list its equity securities
on
a stock exchange.
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Section
5.07 Compliance.
The
Company will, at all times, comply with any corporate governance requirements
required by law or any applicable securities exchange regulations in connection
with the issuance of the Warrants.
Section
5.08 Opinions.
The
Company will, k) concurrently with the execution of this Agreement by the
Company and l) on the Tranche B Issue Date, deliver to the Warrant Agent
and the Initial Holder legal opinions of O’Melveny & Xxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel
to the Company addressed to the Warrant Agent and the Initial Holder,
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto and such other
matters as the Warrant Agent or the Initial Holder may reasonably request,
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Initial
Holder.
Section
5.09 Outstanding
Shares of Common Stock.
The
Company represents that as of the Closing Date the total number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock equals 50,000,713.
ARTICLE
VI
ADJUSTMENT
OF EXERCISE PRICE AND
NUMBER
OF WARRANT SHARES ISSUABLE
Section
6.01 Adjustment
of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares Issuable.
The
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise
of
each Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence
of
the events enumerated in this Section 6.01. For purposes of this
Section 6.01, “Common
Stock”
means
shares now or hereafter authorized of any class of common stock of the Company
and any other capital stock of the Company, however designated, that has the
right (subject to any prior rights of any class or series of preferred stock)
to
participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the Company without
limit as to per share amount.
In
the
event that, at any time as a result of the provisions of this Section 6.01,
the Holders of the Warrants shall become entitled upon subsequent exercise
to
receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than Common Stock,
the
number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of this Warrant shall
thereafter be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms
as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions contained
herein.
(a) Adjustment
for Change in Capital Stock.
If
the
Company (1) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common Stock in
shares of its Common Stock, (2) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a greater number of shares, (3) combines its outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, (4) makes a distribution
on its Common Stock in shares of its capital stock other than Common Stock
or
(5) issues by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of its
capital stock, then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
action shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Warrant
thereafter exercised may receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of
capital stock of the Company which he would have owned immediately following
such action if such Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to such
action.
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The
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date in the
case
of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date in the
case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. If, after an adjustment,
a holder of a Warrant upon exercise of it may receive shares of two or more
classes of capital stock of the Company, the Company shall determine, in good
faith, the allocation of the adjusted Exercise Price between the classes of
capital stock. After such allocation, the exercise privilege and the Exercise
Price of each class of capital stock shall thereafter be subject to adjustment
on terms comparable to those applicable to Common Stock in this
Section 6.01. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event
listed above shall occur.
(b) Adjustment
for Rights Issue.
If
the
Company distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its Common
Stock entitling them to purchase shares of Common Stock or securities
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock, at a price
per share less than the Fair Value per share on that record date, the Exercise
Price shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
O +
|
N x P
|
||
E’ =
|
E x
|
M
|
|
O + N
|
where:
E’
|
=
|
the
adjusted Exercise Price.
|
E
|
=
|
the
then current Exercise Price.
|
O
|
=
|
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record
date.
|
N
|
=
|
the
number of additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
such
rights, options or warrants.
|
P
|
=
|
the
aggregate price per share of the additional shares.
|
M
|
=
|
the
Fair Value per share of Common Stock on the record
date.
|
The
adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or
warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the record
date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive the rights, options
or
warrants; provided that no further adjustment shall be made upon the subsequent
issue or sale of Common Stock pursuant to such rights, options or warrants.
If
at the end of the period during which such rights, options or warrants are
exercisable, not all rights, options or warrants shall have been exercised,
the
Exercise Price shall be immediately readjusted to what it would have been if
“N”
in
the
above formula had been the number of shares actually issued.
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(c) Adjustment
for Other Distributions.
If
the
Company distributes to all holders of its Common Stock any of its assets
(including cash dividends) or debt securities or any rights or warrants to
purchase debt securities of the Company, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted
in
accordance with the formula:
E’
=
|
E
x
|
M
-
F
|
M
|
where:
E’
|
=
|
the
adjusted Exercise Price.
|
E
|
=
|
the
then current Exercise Price.
|
M
|
=
|
the
Fair Value per share of Common Stock on the record date mentioned
below.
|
F
|
=
|
the
fair market value on the record date of the assets, securities, rights
or
warrants to be distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock
as
determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors.
|
The
adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such distribution is made
and
shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive the distribution.
This
subsection (c) does not apply to (i) any of the transactions described
in subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 6.01 or (ii) dividends
in cash paid in the ordinary course in an amount that during any rolling
twelve-month period does not exceed 3.0% of the Company’s market capitalization
measured on the declaration date of each such dividend. Market capitalization
shall, for purposes of the preceding sentence, be calculated based on the
product of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (not including
any treasury shares) and the Daily Price per share, in each case as of the
date
of declaration of such dividend.
(d) Adjustment
for Common Stock Issue.
If
the
Company issues shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share less than
the Fair Value per share on the date the Company fixes the offering price of
such additional shares, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in accordance
with
the formula:
P
|
|||
E’ =
|
E x
|
O
+
|
M
|
A
|
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where:
E’
|
=
|
the
adjusted Exercise Price.
|
E
|
=
|
the
then current Exercise Price.
|
O
|
=
|
the
number of shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of
such
additional shares.
|
P
|
=
|
the
aggregate consideration received for the issuance of such additional
shares.
|
M
|
=
|
the
Fair Value per share on the date of issuance of such additional
shares.
|
A
|
=
|
the
number of shares outstanding immediately after the issuance of such
additional shares.
|
The
adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such issuance is made, and
shall become effective immediately after such issuance.
This
subsection (d) does not apply to:
(i) any
of
the transactions described in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section 6.01,
(ii) the
exercise of Warrants, or the conversion or exchange of other securities
convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock the issuance of which caused an
adjustment to be made under Section 6.01(e),
(iii) Common
Stock issued to shareholders of any Person which merges into the Company, or
with a subsidiary of the Company, in proportion to their stock holdings of
such
Person immediately prior to such merger, upon such merger; provided that if
such
Person is an Affiliate of the Company, the Board of Directors shall have
obtained a fairness opinion from an internationally recognized investment
banking, appraisal or valuation firm, which is not an Affiliate of the Company,
stating that the consideration received in such merger is fair to the Company
from a financial point of view, or
(iv) the
issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of options granted pursuant to the
Company’s employee incentive plan (provided that, during any rolling
twelve-month period, the number of shares of Common Stock issued in reliance
on
this clause (d)(iv) does not exceed, together with any Common Stock
issuable pursuant to clause (e)(ii) below, 2.0% of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date, subject to any applicable
anti-dilution adjustment).
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(e) Adjustment
for Convertible Securities, Warrants or Options Issue.
If
the
Company issues any securities convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable
for Common Stock (other than securities issued in transactions described in
subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 6.01) for a consideration per
share of Common Stock initially deliverable upon conversion, exercise or
exchange of such securities less than the Fair Value per share on the date
the
Company fixes the offering price of such securities, the Exercise Price shall
be
adjusted in accordance with this formula:
P
|
|||
E’ =
|
E x
|
O
+
|
M
|
O
+
|
D
|
where:
E’
|
=
|
the
adjusted Exercise Price.
|
E
|
=
|
the
then current Exercise Price.
|
O
|
=
|
the
number of shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of
such
securities.
|
P
|
=
|
the
aggregate consideration received for the issuance of such
securities.
|
M
|
=
|
the
Fair Value per share on the date of issuance of such
securities.
|
D
|
=
|
the
maximum number of shares deliverable upon conversion or in exchange
for
such securities at the initial conversion or exchange
rate.
|
The
adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such issuance is made, and
shall become effective immediately after such issuance.
If
all of
the Common Stock deliverable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such
securities have not been issued when such securities are no longer outstanding,
then the Exercise Price shall promptly be readjusted to the Exercise Price
which
would then be in effect had the adjustment upon the issuance of such securities
been made on the basis of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued
upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such securities.
This
subsection (e) does not apply to:
(i) convertible
securities issued to shareholders of any Person which merges into the Company,
or with a subsidiary of the Company, in proportion to their stock holdings
of
such Person immediately prior to such merger, upon such merger; provided that
if
such Person is an Affiliate of the Company, the Board of Directors shall have
obtained a fairness opinion from an internationally recognized investment
banking, appraisal or valuation firm, which is not an Affiliate of the Company,
stating that the consideration received in such merger is fair to the Company
from a financial point of view, or
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(ii) the
issuance of convertible securities pursuant to the Company’s employee incentive
plan (provided that, during any rolling twelve-month period, the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof does not
exceed, together with shares issued pursuant to clause (d)(iv) above, 2.0%
of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date, subject
to any applicable anti-dilution adjustment).
(iii) the
issuance of the Warrants.
(f) Consideration
Received.
For
purposes of any computation in respect of consideration received pursuant to
subsections (d) and (e) of this Section 6.01, the following shall
apply:
(i) in
the
case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock for cash, the consideration
shall
be the amount of such cash; provided that in no case shall any deduction be
made
for any commissions, discounts or other expenses incurred by the Company for
any
underwriting of the issue or otherwise incurred or paid in connection
therewith;
(ii) in
the
case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock for a consideration in whole
or
in part other than cash, the consideration other than cash shall be deemed
to be
the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors and described in a Board Resolution (and, if such issuance is to
an
Affiliate of the Company, confirmed by a written opinion of an internationally
recognized investment banking, appraisal or valuation firm that is not an
Affiliate of the Company);
(iii) in
the
case of the issuance of securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares
of Common Stock, the aggregate consideration received therefor shall be deemed
to be the consideration received by the Company for the issuance of such
securities plus the additional minimum consideration, if any, to be received
by
the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof (the consideration in each
case to be determined in the same manner as provided in clauses (i) and
(ii) of this subsection); and
(iv) in
the
case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to rights, options
or
warrants which rights, options or warrants were originally issued together
with
one or more other securities as part of a unit at a price per unit, the
consideration shall be deemed to be the fair value of such rights, options
or
warrants at the time of issuance thereof as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors in accordance with GAAP whose determination shall be
described in a Board Resolution (and, if such issuance is to an Affiliate of
the
Company, confirmed by a written opinion of an internationally recognized
investment banking, appraisal of valuation firm that is not an Affiliate of
the
Company) plus the additional minimum consideration, if any, to be received
by
the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof (as determined
in
the same manner as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of this
subsection).
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(g) Fair
Value.
(i) Fair
Value Determination in Respect of Section 6.01(d) and (e).
In
Section 6.01(d) and (e), the “Fair
Value”
per
share of Common Stock at any date of determination shall be
1. at
a time
when the Common Stock is not listed on the NASDAQ GM, (A) in connection
with a sale by the Company to a party that is not an Affiliate of the Company
in
an arm’s length transaction (a “Non
Affiliate Sale”),
the
price per share of Common Stock at which such security is sold and (B) in
connection with any sale by the Company to an Affiliate of the Company,
(1) the last price per share of Common Stock at which such security was
sold in a Non Affiliate Sale within the three month period preceding such date
of determination or (2) if clause (1) is not applicable, the fair
market value of such security determined in good faith by (x) a majority of
the
Board of Directors, including a majority of the Disinterested Directors, and
approved in a Board Resolution delivered to the Warrant Agent along with an
Officer’s Certificate indicating that such Board Resolution was approved by a
majority of the Disinterested Directors or (y) an internationally recognized
investment banking, appraisal or valuation firm, which is not an Affiliate
of
the Company, in each case, taking into account, among all other factors deemed
relevant by the Board of Directors or such investment banking, appraisal or
valuation firm, the trading price and volume of such security on any national
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such security is
traded; and
2. at
a time
when the Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ GM, the average (weighted by
daily
trading volume) of the Daily Prices per share of the Common Stock for the 20
consecutive trading days immediately prior to such date.
(ii) Fair
Value Determination in Respect of Section 6.01(b) and (c).
In
Section 6.01(b) and (c) and the definition of Daily Price, the
“Fair
Value”
per
share of Common Stock at any date of determination shall be,
1. at
a time
when the Common Stock is not listed on the NASDAQ GM (A) the last price per
security at which such share of Common Stock was sold by the Company in a Non
Affiliate Sale within the three month period preceding such date of
determination or (B) if clause (A) is not applicable, the fair market
value of such security determined in good faith by (x) a majority of the Board
of Directors, including a majority of the Disinterested Directors, and approved
in a Board Resolution delivered to the Warrant Agent along with an Officer’s
Certificate indicating that such Board Resolution was approved by a majority
of
the Disinterested Directors or (y) an internationally recognized investment
banking, appraisal or valuation firm, which is not an Affiliate of the Company,
in each case, taking into account, among all other factors deemed relevant
by
the Board of Directors or such investment banking, appraisal or valuation firm,
the trading price and volume of such security on any national securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which such security is traded;
and
2. at
a time
when the Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ GM, the average (weighted by
daily
trading volume) of the Daily Prices per share of the Common Stock for the 20
consecutive trading days immediately prior to such date.
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(h) When
De Minimis Adjustment May Be Deferred.
No
adjustment in the Exercise Price need be made unless the adjustment would
require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price. Any
adjustments that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account
in
any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 6.01 shall
be made to the nearest whole U.S. cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share,
as
the case may be, it being understood that no such rounding shall be made under
Section 6.01(n) (and, in calculations made pursuant to such paragraph, the
adjusted Exercise Price shall refer to such adjusted price before
rounding).
(i) When
No Adjustment Required.
No
adjustment need be made for a transaction referred to in Section 6.01(a),
(b), (c), (d) or (e), if Holders are to participate (without being required
to
exercise their Warrants) in the transaction on a basis and with notice that
the
Board of Directors determines to be fair and appropriate (taking into account
the basis and notice on which the holders of Common Stock may participate in
the
transaction). No adjustment need be made for (8) rights to purchase Common
Stock
pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest, or (9)
a
change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock. To the extent
the
Warrants become convertible into cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter
as
to the cash. Interest will not accrue on the cash.
(j) Notice
of Adjustment.
Whenever
the Exercise Price is adjusted, the Company shall perform the calculations
required under this Article 6 in good faith and provide the notices to the
Warrant Agent and the Holders required by Section 6.03.
(k) Reorganization
of Company.
(i) If
the
Company consolidates or merges with or into, or sells, transfers or leases
all
or substantially all its assets to, any Person, upon consummation of such
transaction the Warrants shall automatically become exercisable for the kind
and
amount of securities, cash or other assets which the Holder of a Warrant would
have owned immediately after the consolidation, merger, transfer or lease if
the
Holder had exercised the Warrant immediately before the effective date of the
transaction. Concurrently with and as a condition to the consummation of such
transaction, the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
if other than the Company, or the Person to which such transfer or lease shall
have been made, shall enter into (10) a supplemental agreement to this Agreement
so providing and further providing for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practical to the adjustments provided for in this
Section 6.01 and (11) a supplement agreement to the Registration
Rights Agreement providing for the assumption of the Company’s obligations
thereunder. The successor Company shall mail to Warrant Holders a notice
describing the supplemental agreements to this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement. If the issuer of securities deliverable upon exercise of
Warrants under the supplemental agreement to this Agreement is an Affiliate
of
the formed, surviving, transferee or lessee Person, that issuer shall join
in
the supplemental agreement to this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement. If this Section 6.01(k) applies to a transaction,
Section 6.01(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) do not apply.
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(ii) Notwithstanding
subclause (i) above, if (12) the Company consolidates or merges with or
into, or sells, transfers or leases all or substantially all its assets to,
any
Person and in connection therewith, the consideration payable to holders of
Common Stock in exchange for their Common Stock is payable solely in cash or
(13) proceedings commence for the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company, then the Warrants shall automatically
be exercised into such number of Warrant Shares as is determined pursuant to
the
provisions of Section 4.01(d), and the Warrant certificate representing
such Warrants shall be deemed cancelled. As a result of such conversion, each
holder of Warrant Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions on an equal
basis with the holders of the Common Stock. If this Section 6.01(k) applies
to a transaction, Sections 6.01(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) do not
apply.
(l) Company
Determination Final.
Any
determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant
to
Section 6.01(a) through (i) is conclusive in the absence of manifest
error or bad faith; provided that the Company or the Board of Directors complies
with the requirements set forth in the definition of Fair Value.
(m) When
Issuance or Payment May Be Deferred.
In
any
case in which this Section 6.01 shall require that an adjustment in the
Exercise Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event,
the
Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event (14) issuing
to
the holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date the Warrant Shares
and other capital stock of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise
over
and above the Warrant Shares and other capital stock of the Company, if any,
issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Exercise Price and (15) paying
to such holder any amount in cash in lieu of a fractional share pursuant to
Section 6.02; provided that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due
xxxx or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive
such additional Warrant Shares, other capital stock and cash upon the occurrence
of the event requiring such adjustment.
(n) Adjustment
in Number of Shares.
Upon
each
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 6.01, each
Warrant outstanding prior to the making of the adjustment in the Exercise Price
shall thereafter evidence the right to receive upon payment of the adjusted
Exercise Price that number of shares of Common Stock (calculated to the nearest
hundredth) obtained from the following formula:
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N’
=
|
N
x
|
E
|
E’
|
where:
N’
|
=
|
the
adjusted number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant
by
payment of the adjusted Exercise Price.
|
N
|
=
|
the
number of Warrant Shares previously issuable upon exercise of a Warrant
by
payment of the Exercise Price prior to adjustment.
|
E’
|
=
|
the
adjusted Exercise Price.
|
E
|
=
|
the
Exercise Price prior to adjustment.
|
(o) Form
of Warrants.
Irrespective
of any adjustments in the Exercise Price or the number or kind of shares
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants, Warrants theretofore or
thereafter issued may continue to express the same price and number and kind
of
shares as are stated in the Warrants initially issuable pursuant to this
Agreement.
Section
6.02 Fractional
Interests.
The
Company shall not be required to issue fractional Warrant Shares or scrip
representing fractional shares on the exercise of Warrants. If more than one
Warrant shall be presented for exercise in full at the same time by the same
Holder, the number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the
exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of
Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of the Warrants so presented. If any
fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this
Section 6.02, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrants (or specified
portion thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the Fair
Value per Warrant Share, as determined on the New York business day immediately
preceding the date the Warrant is presented for exercise, multiplied by such
fraction, computed to the nearest whole U.S. cent.
Section
6.03 Notices
to Warrant Holders.
(a) Upon
any
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6.01, the Company
shall promptly thereafter (1) cause to be filed with the Warrant Agent a
certificate of a firm of independent public accountants of internationally
recognized standing selected by the Board of Directors (who may be the regular
auditors of the Company) setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment
and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts
upon which such calculations are based and setting forth the number of Warrant
Shares (or portion thereof) or other securities or property issuable after
any
adjustment in the Exercise Price, upon exercise of a warrant any payment of
the
adjusted Exercise Price which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of the matters set forth therein, and (2) cause to be given to
each of the Holders written notice of such adjustments by first class mail,
postage prepaid. Where appropriate, such notice may be given in advance and
included as a part of the notice required to be mailed under the other
provisions of this Section 6.03.
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(b) In
case:
(i) the
Company shall authorize the issuance to all holders of shares of Common Stock
of
rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock
or of any other subscription rights or warrants;
(ii) the
Company shall authorize the distribution to all holders of shares of Common
Stock of evidences of its indebtedness or assets (other than dividends or
distributions referred to in Section 6.01(a));
(iii) of
any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, or of the transfer
or
lease of all or substantially all assets of the Company, or of any
reclassification or change of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants (other than a change in par value, or as a result of a subdivision
or
combination), or a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common
Stock;
(iv) of
the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company;
(v) a
tender
offer or exchange offer for Common Stock; filing of a registration statement
in
respect of a registered public offering; listing of Common Shares on any United
States or foreign securities exchange; or
(vi) the
Company proposes to take any action which would require an adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to Section 6.01;
then
the
Company shall cause to be filed with the Warrant Agent and shall cause to be
given to each of the Holders, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified
in clauses (i) or (ii) above) prior to the applicable record date
hereinafter specified, or promptly in the case of events for which there is
no
record date, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a written notice stating
(x)
the date as of which the holders of record of shares of Common Stock to be
entitled to receive any such rights, options, warrants or distribution are
to be
determined, (y) the initial expiration date set forth in any tender offer or
exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, or (z) the date on which any such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding
up, tender offer or exchange offer or public offering is expected to become
effective or consummated, and the date as of which it is expected that holders
of record of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange such shares
for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation, winding up, tender offer or exchange offer or public offering.
The
failure to give the notice required by this Section 6.03 or any defect
therein shall not affect the legality or validity of any distribution, right,
option, warrant, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation, winding up, tender offer or exchange offer or public offering
or
the vote upon any action.
Section
6.04 No
Rights as Stockholders.
Nothing
contained in this Agreement or the Warrants shall be construed as conferring
upon the holders of Warrants the right to vote or to consent or to receive
notice as stockholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the
election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights
whatsoever, including the right to receive dividends, as stockholders of the
Company.
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ARTICLE
VII
WARRANT
AGENT
Section
7.01 Warrant
Agent.
The
Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement
upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the
holders of Warrants, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The
statements contained herein and in the Warrants shall be taken as statements
of
the Company and the Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness
and accuracy of any of the same except such as describe the Warrant Agent or
action taken or to be taken by it. The Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility
with respect to the distribution of the Warrants except as herein otherwise
provided.
(b) The
Warrant Agent has no duty to determine when an adjustment under Article 6
should be made, how it should be made or what it should be or to perform any
calculations under Article 6. The Warrant Agent has no duty to determine
whether any provisions of a supplemental agreement under Section 6.01(k)
are correct and accurate. The Warrant Agent makes no representation as to the
validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon exercise of Warrants.
The Warrant Agent is entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy of any
certificate or notice delivered pursuant to Section 6.03 as to the amount
of Warrant Shares due in connection with the exercise of a Warrant following
any
adjustments or change pursuant to Article 6 and shall not be deemed to be
aware of any such adjustment or change until it receives such certificate or
notice.
(c) The
Warrant Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value
or
the kind or amount of any Warrant Shares or of any securities or property which
may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of any Warrant or
with
respect to whether any such Warrant Shares or other securities will, when
issued, be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and makes no
representation with respect thereto.
(d) The
Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply
with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement or in the
Warrants.
(e) In
the
absence of gross negligence or bad faith on its part, the Warrant Agent may
rely, and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have
been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Warrant Agent need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but, in the case of
any
document which is specifically required to be furnished to the Warrant Agent
pursuant to any provision hereof, the Warrant Agent shall examine the document
to determine whether it conforms to the requirements of this Agreement (but
need
not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
facts stated therein). The Warrant Agent, in its discretion, may make further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it sees fit.
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(f) The
Warrant Agent may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(g) The
Warrant Agent will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any of
the
Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Warrant Agent reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might
be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. All rights of
action under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be enforced by
the
Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrants or the production
thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such action,
suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its
name
as Warrant Agent and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit
of the Holders of the Warrants, as their respective rights or interests may
appear.
(h) The
Warrant Agent may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon.
(i) No
provision of this Agreement will require the Warrant Agent to expend or risk
its
own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, unless it receives
indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.
(j) The
Warrant Agent will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except
as the Warrant Agent may agree in writing with the Company.
(k) The
Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company, and its
duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof. No provision of
this
Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Warrant Agent from liability for
its
own action, its own failure to act or its own willful misconduct.
Section
7.02 Compensation;
Indemnity.
(a) The
Company will pay the Warrant Agent compensation as agreed upon in writing for
its services. The Company will reimburse the Warrant Agent promptly upon request
for all out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by
the Warrant Agent, including the compensation, expenses of and disbursements
incurred by the Warrant Agent’s agents and counsel and other Persons not
regularly within its employ.
(b) The
Company will indemnify the Warrant Agent for, or any predecessor Warrant Agent
and their agents, employees, officers and directors for, and hold it harmless
against, any loss or liability or expense incurred by it without gross
negligence or willful misconduct on its part arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this Agreement and its duties under
this Agreement and the Warrants, including (i) the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability and of complying with any
process served upon it or any of its officers in connection with the exercise
or
performance of any of its powers or duties under this Agreement and the
Warrants, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be
attributable to its action, its own failure to act or its own willful misconduct
and (ii) the compensation, expenses and disbursements properly incurred of
the Warrant Agent’s agents and counsel and other Persons not regularly within
the Warrant Agent’s employ. The Warrant Agent shall notify the Company promptly
of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Warrant Agent
to so
notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder.
At the Warrant Agent’s sole discretion, the Company shall defend the claim and
the Warrant Agent shall cooperate in the defense at the Company’s expense. The
Warrant Agent may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable
fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement
made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. This Section 7.02 shall survive any termination or resignation
of the Warrant Agent from this Agreement and the termination of this
Agreement.
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Section
7.03 Individual
Rights of Warrant Agent.
The
Warrant Agent, and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of it, may
buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company
or
become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be
interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act
as
fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Agreement.
Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other
capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
Section
7.04 Replacement
of Warrant Agent.
(a) The
Warrant Agent:
(i) may
resign at any time by written notice to the Company;
(ii) may
be
removed at any time by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding Warrants
by
written notice to the Warrant Agent;
(iii) shall,
if
no longer eligible under Section 7.06, be subject to removal upon the
request of any Holder to the Company; or
(iv) may
be
removed by the Company if: (1) the Warrant Agent is no longer eligible
under Section 7.06; (2) the Warrant Agent is adjudged a bankrupt or an
insolvent; (3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Warrant Agent or its property; or (4) the Warrant Agent becomes incapable
of acting.
A
resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent and appointment of a successor
Warrant Agent will become effective only upon the successor Warrant Agent’s
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.04 and payment in
full of all amounts due and owing to the Warrant Agent under this Agreement.
(b) If
the
Warrant Agent has been removed by the Holders, Holders of a majority of the
Warrants may appoint a successor Warrant Agent with the consent of the Company,
which shall not to be unreasonably withheld. Otherwise, if the Warrant Agent
resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Warrant Agent
for
any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Warrant Agent. If
the
successor Warrant Agent does not deliver its written acceptance within 30 days
after the retiring Warrant Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Warrant
Agent, the Company, the Warrant Agent or the Holders of a majority of the
outstanding Warrants may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Warrant Agent.
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(c) Upon
delivery by the successor Warrant Agent of a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Warrant Agent and to the Company, (i) the
retiring Warrant Agent will transfer all property held by it as Warrant Agent
to
the successor Warrant Agent, (ii) the resignation or removal of the
retiring Warrant Agent will become effective and (iii) the successor
Warrant Agent will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Warrant Agent
under this Agreement. Upon request of any successor Warrant Agent, the Company
will execute any and all instruments for fully transferring and vesting in
and
confirming to the successor Warrant Agent all such rights, powers and trusts.
The Company will give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Warrant
Agent and each appointment of a successor Warrant Agent to all Holders, and
include in the notice the name of the successor Warrant Agent and the address
of
its Corporate Trust Office.
(d) Notwithstanding
replacement of the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Section 7.04, the
Company’s obligations under Section 7.02 will continue for the benefit of
the retiring Warrant Agent.
Section
7.05 Successor
Warrant Agent by Merger.
(a) If
the
Warrant Agent consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or
substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or
national banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation
or national banking association without any further act will be the successor
Warrant Agent with the same effect as if the successor Warrant Agent had been
named as the Warrant Agent in this Agreement.
(b) If,
at
the time such successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created
by this Agreement, any of the Warrants have been countersigned but not
delivered, the successor Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the
original Warrant Agent; and if any of the Warrants shall not have been
countersigned, the successor Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrants, and
in
all such cases such Warrants shall have the full force and effect provided
in
the Warrants and in this Agreement.
Section
7.06 Eligibility.
This
Agreement must always have a Warrant Agent that has a combined capital and
surplus of at least US$50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition and satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth
in Section 310(a) of the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
Section
7.07 Holder
Lists.
The
Warrant Agent shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable
the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders.
If the Warrant Agent is not the Registrar, the Company shall promptly furnish
to
the Warrant Agent at such times as the Warrant Agent may request in writing,
a
list in such form and as of such date as the Warrant Agent may reasonably
require of the names and addresses of the Holders.
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ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
8.01 Warrantholder
Actions.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent to amendment,
supplement or waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given
or
taken by a Holder (an “act”)
may be
evidenced by an instrument signed by the Holder delivered to the Warrant Agent.
The fact and date of the execution of the instrument, or the authority of the
person executing it, may be proved in any manner that the Warrant Agent deems
sufficient.
(b) The
Warrant Agent may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders, which will be binding on all the Holders.
(c) Any
act
by the Holder of any Warrant binds that Holder and every subsequent Holder,
even
if no notation thereof appears on the Warrant. Subject to subparagraph (d)
below, a Holder may revoke an act as to its Warrants, but only if the Warrant
Agent receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver
or other consequence of the act becomes effective.
(d) The
Company may, but is not obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to act with respect to any amendment or waiver
or in any other regard. If a record date is fixed, those Persons that were
Holders at such record date and only those Persons will be entitled to act,
or
to revoke any previous act, whether or not those Persons continue to be Holders
after the record date. No act will be valid or effective for more than 90 days
after the record date.
Section
8.02 Notices.
(a) All
communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice or
communication to the Company will be deemed given if in writing (1) when
delivered in person or (2) five days after mailing when mailed by first
class mail, postage paid or (3) when sent by facsimile transmission, with
transmission confirmed. Any notice to the Warrant Agent or the Initial Holder
will be effective only upon receipt. In each case the notice or communication
should be addressed as follows:
if
to the Company:
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0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Atttn:
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile:
x0-000-000-0000
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if
to the Warrant Agent:
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The
Bank of New York
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx of America
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cc:
The
Bank of New York
Global
Corporate Trust
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
#00-00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
000000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx / Xxxxx Xxx Xxx
Facsimile:
x00-0000-0000
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if
to the Initial Holder:
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ABN
AMRO BANK N.V., Hong Kong Branch
38/F,
Xxxxxx Kong Centre
2
Queen’s Road Central
Hong
Kong
Attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxx / Xxxxxx Xxx
Facsimile:
x00-0-0000-0000
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The
Company, the Initial Holder or the Warrant Agent by notice to the other parties
hereto may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices
or
communications.
(b) Except
as
otherwise expressly provided with respect to published notices, any notice
or
communication to a Holder other than the Initial Holder will be deemed given
when mailed to the Holder at its address as it appears on the Register by first
class mail, postage paid. Copies of any notice or communication to a Holder,
if
given by the Company, will be mailed to the Warrant Agent at the same time.
Defect in mailing a notice or communication to any particular Holder will not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
(c) Where
this Agreement provides for notice, the notice may be waived in writing by
the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
the waiver will be the equivalent of the notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
must be filed with the Warrant Agent, but such filing is not a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waivers.
Section
8.03 Supplements
and Amendments.
(a) The
Company, the Initial Holder and the Warrant Agent may amend or supplement this
Agreement or the Warrants without notice to (or the consent of) any Holder
(other than the Initial Holder):
(i) to
cure
any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in this Agreement or the
Warrants;
(ii) to
comply
with Section 6.01(k);
(iii) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment hereunder by a
successor Warrant Agent;
(iv) to
make
any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of
any
Holder; or
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(v) to
give
effect to one or more provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Except
as
otherwise provided in subparagraphs (a) or (c), the Company, the Initial
Holder and the Warrant Agent may amend this Agreement and the Warrants with
the
written consent of the Holders of a majority of the outstanding Warrants, and
the Holders of a majority of the outstanding Warrants by written notice to
the
Warrant Agent may waive future compliance by the Company with any provision
of
this Agreement or the Warrants.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subparagraph (b), without the consent of each Holder
affected, an amendment or waiver may not
(i) increase
the Exercise Price; or
(ii) decrease
the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants
except,
in each case, for adjustments provided for in this Agreement.
(d) It
is not
necessary for Holders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but is sufficient if their consent approves the substance
thereof.
(e) An
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 8.03 will become
effective on receipt by the Warrant Agent of written consents from the Holders
of the requisite percentage of the outstanding Warrants. After an amendment,
supplement or waiver under this Section 8.03 becomes effective, the Company
will send to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to send such notice,
or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the
validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.
(f) After
an
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it will bind every Holder
unless it is of the type requiring the consent of each Holder affected. If
the
amendment, supplement or waiver is of the type requiring the consent of each
Holder affected, the amendment, supplement or waiver will bind each Holder
that
has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Warrant with respect to
which consent was granted.
(g) If
an
amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Warrant, the Warrant
Agent may require the Holder to deliver it to the Warrant Agent so that the
Warrant Agent may place an appropriate notation of the changed terms on the
Warrant and return it to the Holder, or exchange it for a new Warrant that
reflects the changed terms. The Warrant Agent may also place an appropriate
notation on any Warrant thereafter countersigned. However, the effectiveness
of
the amendment, supplement or waiver is not affected by any failure to annotate
or exchange Warrants in this fashion.
(h) The
Warrant Agent is entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment,
supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this section is authorized or
permitted by this Agreement and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company. If the Warrant Agent has received such an Opinion
of
Counsel, it shall sign the amendment, supplement or waiver so long as the same
does not adversely affect the rights of the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent
may, but is not obligated to, execute any amendment, supplement or waiver that
affects the Warrant Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement.
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Section
8.04 Governing
Law.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY
WITHIN SUCH STATE.
(b) ANY
LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX
XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY
OR
OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CONSENTS, FOR
ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THOSE COURTS. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION,
INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM
NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER
DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE
OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER
MEANS
PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL
JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT SHALL
BE
CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING UPON IT AND WILL BE GIVEN EFFECT IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN ANY COURT TO THE JURISDICTION OF WHICH SUCH PARTY HERETO IS OR
MAY
BE SUBJECT BY A SUIT UPON SUCH JUDGMENT; PROVIDED THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IS
EFFECTED UPON IT IN ONE OF THE MANNERS SPECIFIED HEREIN OR AS OTHERWISE
PERMITTED BY LAW.
Section
8.05 Waiver
of Right to Trial by Jury.
EACH
PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
OF
ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT
OR
IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE
PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE
TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER
ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY
HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF
ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO
THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH
ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE
WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
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Section
8.06 New
York Process Agent.
Without
prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law of the
Company:
(a) irrevocably
appoints CT Corporation System, located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the
courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York
City or of the United States for the Southern District of such State in
connection with this Agreement; and
(b) agrees
that failure by a process agent to notify the Company of the process will not
invalidate the proceedings concerned.
Section
8.07 No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This
Agreement may not be used to interpret another agreement of the Company and
no
such agreement may be used to interpret this Agreement.
Section
8.08 Successors.
All
agreements of the Company in this Agreement and the Warrants will bind its
successors. All agreements of the Warrant Agent in this Agreement will bind
its
successors.
Section
8.09 Duplicate
Originals.
The
parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement. Each signed copy shall
be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section
8.10 Separability.
In case
any provision in this Agreement or in the Warrants is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
8.11 Table
of Contents and Headings.
The
Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement
have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered
a
part of this Agreement and in no way modify or restrict any of the terms and
provisions of the Indenture.
Section
8.12 Benefits
of This Agreement.
Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other
than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the other registered holders of Warrants
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this
Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the
Warrant Agent, the Initial Holder and the other registered Holders from time
to
time of Warrants.
Section
8.13 Limitation
of Liability.
No
provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action on the part of a Holder
to purchase Warrant Shares shall give rise to any liability of such Holder
to
pay the exercise price for the Warrant Shares other than pursuant to an exercise
under this Warrant Agreement, or any liability as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liability is asserted by the Company or any creditors of the
Company.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed, as of the day and year first above written.
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, as Warrant Agent
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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ABN
AMRO BANK N.V., HONG KONG BRANCH, as Initial Holder
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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—
Signature Page to Warrant Agreement —
EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF WARRANT
[Face
of Warrant Certificate]
[Insert
appropriate legend]
No.
____________
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____Warrants
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WARRANT
CERTIFICATE
This
Warrant Certificate certifies that ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch (the
“Initial
Holder”),
or
its registered assigns, is the registered holder of Warrants (the “Warrants”)
to
purchase Common Stock, par value US$.0001 (the “Common
Stock”),
of
Synutra International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
Each
Warrant entitles the registered holder upon exercise at any time from 9:00
a.m.
on the date hereof set forth below until 5:00 p.m. Singapore time on the third
anniversary of the completion of the Qualified Public Offering (as defined
in
the Warrant Agreement) (the “Expiration
Date”),
to
receive from the Company [______] fully paid and nonassessable share of Common
Stock (the “Warrant
Shares”)
at an
initial exercise price of (a) at any time prior to a Qualified Public
Offering, the US Dollar amount equal to 75% of the volume weighted average
of
the closing prices per share of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board
or
the NASDAQ Global Market, as applicable, for the 30 trading days immediately
preceding and including the Closing Date (as defined in the Warrant Agreement)
and (b) on the date of the Qualified Public Offering and at any time
thereafter, the lower of (i) the exercise price calculated in accordance
with clause (a), as adjusted and in effect on the day immediately prior to
the date of the Qualified Public Offering and (ii) the US dollar amount
equal to 75% of the Qualified Public Offering Price (the “Exercise
Price”)
per
share payable upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate at the office or agency
of the Company, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant
Agreement referred to on the reverse hereof; provided that the Exercise Price
shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the
Warrant Agreement. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon
exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of
certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth
on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed
below manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Countersigned
pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Warrant Agreement:
Dated:
[______]
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK
as
Warrant Agent
By:
___________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
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[Reverse
of Warrant Certificate]
1.
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Warrant
Agreement.
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The
Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized
issue of Warrants issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated
as of April 19, 2007 (the “Warrant
Agreement”),
between the Company, the Initial Holder and The Bank of New York, as warrant
agent (the “Warrant
Agent”),
which
Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this
instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent,
the Company, Initial Holder and the holders (the words “holders”
or
“holder”
meaning
the registered holders or registered holder) of the Warrants. To the extent
permitted by law, in the event of an inconsistency or conflict between the
terms
of this Warrant and the Warrant Agreement, the terms of the Warrant Agreement
will prevail.
2.
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Exercise.
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Warrants
may be exercised at any time on or after the date hereof and on or before 5:00
p.m. Singapore time on the Expiration Date; provided that holders shall be
able
to exercise their Warrants only if the exercise of such Warrants is then exempt
from, or being effected in compliance with, the registration requirements of
the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”),
and
such securities are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under the
applicable securities laws of the states in which the various holders of the
Warrants or other persons to whom it is proposed that the Warrant Shares be
issued on exercise of the Warrants reside. In order to exercise all or any
of
the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, the holder must deliver
to
the Warrant Agent at its Corporate Trust Office set forth in the Warrant
Agreement this Warrant Certificate and the form of election to purchase on
the
reverse hereof duly completed and payment to the Company of the Exercise Price
in the manner set forth in the Warrant Agreement for the number of Warrant
Shares in respect of which such Warrants are then exercised.
3.
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Adjustments.
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The
Warrant Agreement provides that, upon the occurrence of certain events, the
Exercise Price set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions,
be adjusted. The Warrant Agreement also provides that the number of shares
of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted in
certain events.
4.
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No
Fractional Shares.
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No
fractions of a share of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any
Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided
in the Warrant Agreement.
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5.
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Registered
Form; Transfer and Exchange.
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The
Warrants are in registered form. Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at
the
office of the Warrant Agent by the registered holder thereof in person or by
legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged,
in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement,
but without payment of any service charge (except as specified in the Warrant
Agreement), for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like
tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.
Upon
due
presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the
office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates
of
like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall
be
issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject
to
the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for
any
tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder(s)
thereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding
any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the
purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof,
and
for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall
be
affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant
Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the
Company.
6.
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Countersignature.
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This
Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant
Agent.
7.
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Governing
Law.
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This
Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of
the
State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely
within such state.
8.
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Abbreviations.
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Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as:
TEN
COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST
(=
Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
A
copy of
the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request
to the Company.
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FORM
OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To
Be
Executed Upon Exercise Of Warrant)
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise [____] of the Warrants
represented by this Warrant Certificate and purchase the whole number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrants and herewith tenders payment
for
such Warrant Shares as follows:
US$
[____] in cash or by certified bank check;
OR
The
undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert [______] of the Warrants
represented by this Warrant Certificate into ___________ shares of Common Stock
(by giving effect to the cashless exercise provisions set forth in
Section 4.01(d)) and herewith agrees to make payment therefor through a
cashless exercise, all on the terms and the conditions specified in the Warrant
Certificate and the Warrant Agreement.
The
undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares be registered in the
name of _______________, whose address is __________________ and that such
shares be delivered to ___________, whose address is
____________________________. If said number of shares is less than all of
the
shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that
a
new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be
registered in the name of ______________________, whose address is
____________________, and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to
___________ whose address is ____________________. Any cash payments to be
paid
in lieu of a fractional share should be made to ________________________ whose
address is ________________________ and the check representing payment thereof
should be delivered to ________________________ whose address
is________________________.
[NAME
OF HOLDER]
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
__________________________________
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[FORM
OF WARRANT TRANSFER NOTICE]
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and
transfer(s)
unto _____________________________ (the “Assignee”)
(Please
type or print block letters)
(Please
print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)
the
within Warrant and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney
to transfer said Warrant on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
[THE
FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL WARRANT CERTIFICATES BEARING A
RESTRICTED LEGEND]
In
connection with any transfer of this Warrant occurring prior to the second
anniversary of the date set forth on the face of this Warrant, the undersigned
confirms that (x) such transfer is being made without utilizing any general
solicitation or general advertising and by means of a transaction exempt from
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and (y) the transferee has agreed to comply
with the provisions set forth in the Restricted Legend in respect of any further
transfers.
[NAME
OF TRANSFEROR]
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
__________________________________
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NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the within mentioned instrument in every particular, without
alteration or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT
B
RESTRICTED
LEGEND
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE UNDERLYING COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
THEIR EXERCISE (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SECURITIES”)
HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR CONVEYED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. THE ISSUER (THE “COMPANY”)
OF
THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE
SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE
IS
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.
THE
SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO COVENANTS IN THAT CERTAIN WARRANT AGREEMENT (THE
“WARRANT
AGREEMENT”)
DATED
AS OF APRIL 19, 2007 BY AND BETWEEN THE COMPANY, THE WARRANT AGENT AND THE
CERTAIN INITIAL REGISTERED HOLDER NAMED THEREIN CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF SUCH SECURITIES,
AND
TO THE TERMS OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY, AS THE SAME MAY
BE
AMENDED OR MODIFIED, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT, FROM TIME TO
TIME.
THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE UNLESS AND UNTIL ALL CONDITIONS TO TRANSFER SET FORTH IN
THE
WARRANT AGREEMENT OF INCORPORATION HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. A COPY OF THE WARRANT
AGREEMENT AND THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMPANY WITHOUT CHARGE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF U.S. COUNSEL OPINION
April 19,
2007
To
the
Warrant Holder and
the
Initial Holder party to the
Warrant
Agreement
referred
to below
Re:
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Synutra
International Inc. - Warrants
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have
acted as special New York counsel for Synutra International Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”)
in
connection with (1) the Warrant Agreement dated as of April 19, 2007
among the Company, The Bank of New York, as warrant agent (the “Warrant
Agent”)
and
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Hong Kong Branch, as the initial holder (“ABN
AMRO”)
(the
“Warrant
Agreement”),
(2) the Registration Rights Agreement dated April 19, 2007, between
the Company and ABN AMRO in respect of the Warrants among the parties thereto
(the “Registration
Rights Agreement”)
and
(3) the USD Facility Side Letter Agreement dated April 19, 2007
between the Company and ABN AMRO (the “USD
Facility Side Letter Agreement”).
Under
the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the Company will issue warrants on the
date
hereof (the “Warrants”)
representing the right, upon exercise, to require the Company to issue shares
of
its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common
Stock”).
We
are providing this opinion to you at the request of the Company pursuant to
Section 5.08 of the Warrant Agreement.
In
our
capacity as such counsel, we have examined originals or copies of those
corporate and other records and documents we considered appropriate, including
the following (the documents listed in clauses (c) through (e) below
collectively being referred to herein as the “Related
Documents”):
(a)
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the
Warrants;
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(b)
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copies
of the Company’s certificate of incorporation (“Certificate
of Incorporation”),
bylaws (“Bylaws”)
and resolutions authorizing the transactions contemplated by the
Related
Documents (the “Resolutions”),
each as certified by an officer of the Company as in full force and
effect;
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(c)
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the
Warrant Agreement;
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(d)
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the
Registration Rights Agreement; and
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(e)
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the
USD Facility Side Letter Agreement.
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As
to
relevant factual matters, we have relied upon, among other things, the Company’s
factual representations in its certificate (the “Opinion
Certificate”)
and in
the Warrants and the Related Documents. In addition, we have obtained and relied
upon those certificates of public officials we considered appropriate.
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We
have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals and the conformity with originals of all documents
submitted to us as copies. We have assumed that each natural person who is
a
party to the transaction has sufficient legal capacity to enter into and carry
out his or her obligations under the Agreement. To the extent the Company’s
obligations depend on the enforceability of the Related Documents against other
parties to the Related Documents, we have assumed that the Related Documents
are
enforceable against such other parties.
On
the
basis of such examination, our reliance upon the assumptions in this opinion
and
our consideration of those questions of law we considered relevant, and subject
to the limitations and qualifications in this opinion, we are of the opinion
that:
1. The
Company is a corporation validly existing in good standing under the laws of
the
State of Delaware with corporate power to issue the Warrants, to enter into
the
Related Documents and to perform its obligation under the Warrants and the
Related Documents.
2. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Warrants and the Related Documents
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the
Company, and the Warrants and Related Documents have been duly executed and
delivered by the Company.
3. Assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties
to
the Related Documents, and assuming each of such Related Documents constitute
the legally valid and binding obligation of each the other parties and upon
the
counter signature by the Warrant Agent of the Warrants, each of the Warrants
and
the Related Documents constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation
of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally (including,
without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws), and by general principles
of
equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific
performance or injunctive relief, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
4. The
execution and delivery by the Company of the Warrants and the Related Documents
do not, and the Company’s performance of its obligations under the Warrants and
Related Documents will not (i) violate the Company’s certificate of
incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents of the Company,
(ii) violate, breach, or result in a default under, any existing obligation
of or restriction on the Company under any other agreement (the “Other
Agreements”)
identified in Schedule I attached hereto, or (iii) breach or otherwise
violate any existing obligation of or restriction on the Company under any
order, judgment or decree of any New York or federal court or governmental
authority binding on the Company identified in the Opinion Certificate. If
an
Other Agreement is governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than New York,
we have assumed such Other Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of
New
York.
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5. The
execution and delivery by the Company of the Warrants and the Related Documents
do not, and the Company’s performance of its obligations under the Related
Documents will not, violate the Delaware General Corporation Law or any current
New York or federal statute, rule or regulation that we have, in the exercise
of
customary professional diligence, recognized as applicable to the Company or
to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Warrants and the Related
Documents.
6. The
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the
terms
thereof and the Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant
Shares”)
have
been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Company and, upon exercise of the Warrants and surrender
of
the Warrants and payment of the exercise price set forth therein, and delivery
of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the Warrant Agreement, the Warrant
Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall not
be
subject to any preemptive rights under the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws or the Delaware General Corporation Law.
7. No
order,
consent, permit, registration, qualification or approval of any New York or
federal governmental authority that we have, in the exercise of customary
professional diligence, recognized as applicable to the Company or to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Warrants and the Related Documents
is required on the part of the Company for the execution and delivery of, the
Related Documents or for the issuance and sale of the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares, except such as may be required under the Related Documents and
applicable securities laws.
8. It
is not
necessary in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Warrants to ABN
AMRO or the issuance and delivery of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
Warrants to the Warrantholders to register the Warrants or the Warrant Shares
under the Securities Act, it being understood that no opinion is expressed
as to
any subsequent resale of any Warrant or Warrant Share.
Our
opinion in paragraph 3 above as to the enforceability of the Related
Documents is subject to:
(i)
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public
policy considerations, statutes or court decisions that may limit
the
rights of a party to obtain indemnification against its own negligence,
willful misconduct or unlawful
conduct;
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(ii)
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the
unenforceability under certain circumstances of broadly or vaguely
stated
waivers or waivers of rights granted by law where the waivers are
against
public policy or prohibited by law;
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(iii)
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the
unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions imposing
penalties, liquidated damages or other economic remedies;
and
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(iv)
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the
unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions appointing
one
party as trustee for an adverse party or provisions for the appointment
of
a receiver.
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We
express no opinion as to the effect of subsequent issuances of securities of
the
Company to the extent that such issuances may result in the Company not having
enough remaining authorized but unissued shares of Warrant Shares for the
exercise of the Warrants. We also advise you that, as a result of the operation
of the antidilution or adjustment provisions of the Warrants, the Warrants
may
become exercisable into more shares of Warrant Shares than remain authorized
but
unissued.
Our
opinion in paragraph 3 is subject to the qualification that certain rights,
remedies, waivers and other provisions of the Warrants and the Related Documents
may not be enforceable, but such unenforceability will not, subject to the
other
exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, render the Warrants
or the Related Documents invalid as a whole or substantially interfere with
the
substantial realization of the principal benefits or security, or both, that
the
Warrants or the Related Documents purports to provide (except for the economic
consequences of procedural or other delay).
For
purposes of the opinions expressed in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, we have
assumed that the Company will not in the future take any discretionary action
(including a decision not to act) permitted by the Related Documents that would
cause the performance of the Related Documents to violate any organizational
document of the Company, the Delaware General Corporation Law or any New York
or
federal statute, rule or regulation, or require an order, consent, permit or
approval to be obtained from a New York or federal governmental
authority.
We
express no opinion as to the effect of non-compliance by you with any state
or
federal laws or regulations applicable to the transactions contemplated by
the
Related Documents because of the nature of your business.
We
express no opinion as to any provision of the Warrants or the Related Documents
insofar as it purports to grant a right of setoff in respect of Company’s assets
to any person other than a creditor of the Company.
We
advise
you that Section 8.04 of the Warrant Agreement, which provides for
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and federal
courts sitting in the State of New York, may not be binding on the federal
courts sitting in the State of New York (or any federal appellate
court).
We
advise
you that if an action based on the Warrants or the Related Documents were
commenced in a federal or state court in New York, a judgment for money relating
to the Warrants or the Related Documents ordinarily would be enforced only
in
United States dollars. The method used to determine the rate of conversion
of
foreign currency into United States dollars will depend on various
factors.
We
express no opinion concerning (i) federal or state securities laws or
regulations, or (ii) the foreign assets control regulations of the Trading
with the Enemy Act, as amended, the United States Treasury Department, the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001, as amended,
Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support
Terrorism, as amended, and any enabling legislation, rules, regulations or
executive orders relating thereto.
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The
law
covered by this opinion is limited to the present federal law of the United
States, the present law of the State of New York and the present Delaware
General Corporation Law, in each case, as in effect on the date hereof. We
express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction and no opinion
regarding the statutes, administrative decisions, rules, regulations or
requirements of any county, municipality, subdivision or local authority of
any
jurisdiction.
This
opinion is furnished by us as special New York counsel for Company and may
be
relied upon by you only in connection with the Warrants and the Related
Documents. It may not be used or relied upon by you for any other purpose or
by
any other person, nor may copies be delivered to any other person, without
in
each instance our prior written consent. This opinion is expressly limited
to
the matters set forth above, and we render no opinion, whether by implication
or
otherwise, as to any other matters. This letter speaks only as of the date
hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion to
reflect any facts or circumstances that arise after the date of this opinion
and
come to our attention, or any future changes in laws.
Respectfully
submitted,
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Schedule I
Other
Agreements
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