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Exhibit 99.6
OFFSHORE SECURITIES SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS OFFSHORE SECURITIES SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT is executed in reliance
upon the transaction "safe harbor" afforded by Regulation S ("Regulation S") as
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act").
THIS AGREEMENT has been executed by the undersigned in connection with
the placement of 6% Convertible Debentures in the amount of Five Hundred
Thousand U.S. dollars ($500,000) due on or before August 31, 1999, which shall
be convertible into the Common Stock of the Issuer (the "Debentures") and
warrants, at the rate of one-half of a warrant for each share of Issuers Common
Stock into which the Debenture would be convertible, at the average of the
closing price on the American Stock Exchange for the five days preceding the
Closing (the "Closing Price") to purchase (at the Closing Price plus 50%) the
Common Stock of Soligen Technologies, Inc. located at 00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Wyoming, United States of America (hereinafter referred to as
"Issuer"). After the Closing the Debentures shall be convertible as set forth in
Section 4 of the Form of Debenture. The undersigned (hereinafter referred to as
"Buyer") is located at and is a corporation organized under the laws or a
citizen and resident of the country set forth below Buyer's signature, and
hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with Issuer as follows:
1. AGREEMENT TO SUBSCRIBE; PURCHASE PRICE.
a. The undersigned hereby subscribes for $500,000.00 (the
"Purchase Price") of Issuers Debentures and Warrants for the purchase of the
Common Stock of the Issuer (the "Warrants"), pursuant to a Regulation S offering
(the "Offering").
b. Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price by delivering good funds
in United States Dollars to the Escrow Agent as set forth in the Escrow
Agreement of even date.
2. SUBSCRIBER REPRESENTATIONS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION.
a. Offshore Transaction. Buyer represents and warrants to
Issuer as follows:
(i) Buyer does not have any of its securities
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and is
not a U.S. Person and is not owned by U.S. Persons as defined in Regulation S
and herein;
(ii) At the time the buy order to purchase the
Debentures and Warrants was originated, Buyer was outside the United States;
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(iii) No offer to purchase the Debentures and
Warrants was made in the United States nor were any "directed selling efforts"
as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S made in the United States by Buyer or any
of its affiliates;
(iv) Buyer is purchasing the Debentures and Warrants
for Buyer's own account and for investment purposes and not with the view
towards distribution. Buyer does not have any contract, understanding or
arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such
person or any third person with respect to the Debentures and Warrants;
(v) All subsequent offers and sales of the Debentures
and Warrants shall be made in compliance with Regulation S, pursuant to
registration of the Debentures and Warrants under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an
exemption from such registration;
(vi) Buyer understands that the Debentures and
Warrants are being offered and sold to Buyer in reliance on Regulation S safe
harbor from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and that the Issuer is
relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Buyer set forth herein in
order to determine the applicability of such safe harbor and the suitability of
buyer to acquire the Debentures and Warrants;
(vii) Buyer acknowledges that Buyer has received and
reviewed the information supplied by the Company pursuant to Section 3b hereof;
(viii) Buyer agrees that from the date hereof until
the forty-first (41st) day after the purchase of the Debentures and Warrants
offered pursuant to Regulation S (the "Restrictive Period"), that the Buyer, or
any successor, or any Professional (as defined in Section 2a(x) hereof) (except
for sales of any Debentures and Warrants registered under the 1933 Act or
otherwise exempt from such registration) (a) will not sell the Debentures or the
Warrants to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person or
anyone believed to be a U.S. Person, (b) will not engage in any efforts to sell
the Debentures or Warrants in the United States, (c) will send to a Professional
acting as agent or principal, a confirmation or other notice stating that the
Professional is subject to the same restrictions on transfer to U.S. Persons or
for the account of U.S. Persons during the Restrictive Period as provided herein
and (d) has complied with the "Offering Restrictions" as defined in Section
902(h)(1). Issuer will not honor or register and will not be obligated to honor
or register any transfer in violation of these provisions; to assure full
compliance with the restrictions placed on the resale of securities offered
pursuant to Regulation S, the Issuer shall staple an attachment to the
certificates evidencing the Debentures and Warrants, which shall bear the
restrictive legend attached hereto as Exhibit "A. " The Debentures and Warrants
and the Common Stock to be issued upon the conversion of the Debentures and upon
the exercise of the Warrants, shall not make reference to the restrictive legend
attached thereto, and shall be freely transferable on the books and records of
Issuer and it's Transfer Agent.
(ix) For purposes hereof, in general, a "U.S. Person"
means any natural person, resident of the United States; any partnership or
corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state or territory thereof; any estate of which any executor or administrator is
a U.S. Person; any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. Person; any agency or
branch of a foreign entity located in the United States; any nondiscretionary
account
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or similar account, other than an estate or trust, held by a dealer or other
fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. Person; any discretionary account
or similar account, other than an estate or trust, held by a dealer or other
fiduciary organized, incorporated or (if an individual) resident in the United
States; and any partnership or corporation if organized or incorporated under
the laws of any foreign jurisdiction and formed by a U.S. Person principally for
the purpose of investing in securities and not registered under the 1933 Act
unless it is organized and incorporated and owned by "accredited investors," as
defined under Rule 501(a) under the 1933 Act, who are not natural persons,
estates or trusts. "U.S. Person" is further defined in Rule 902(o) under the
1933 Act;
(x) A "Professional" is a "distributor" as defined in
Rule 902(c) under the 1933 Act (generally any underwriter, or other person, who
participates, pursuant to a contractual arrangement, in the distribution of the
Debentures and Warrants); a dealer as defined in Section 2(12) of the Exchange
Act (encompassing those who engage in the business of trading or dealing in
securities as agent, broker, or principal); or a person receiving a selling
concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Debentures and Warrants
sold.
(xi) Buyer acknowledges that at the time of the
purchase, Buyer does not have a short or hedge position in the Debentures,
Warrants or the Common Stock or any component thereof. During the Restrictive
Period Buyer shall not in the United States, effect short sales in the
Debentures, Warrants or the Common Stock, nor shall Buyer hedge through short
sales, options or otherwise Buyer's purchase of such Debentures, Warrants or the
Common Stock.
b. No Government Recommendation or Approval. Buyer understands
that no Federal, State or foreign governmental agency has passed on or made any
recommendation or endorsement of the Debentures and Warrants.
3. ISSUER REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS.
a. Reporting Company Status. Issuer is a "reporting company"
as defined by Rule 902 of Regulation S. Issuer is in full compliance, to the
extent applicable, with all filing obligations under Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act.
b. Current Public Information. Issuer has furnished Buyer with
copies of the Issuer's 10K for the last fiscal year, as filed with the SEC and
its latest 10Q for the latest quarterly period ended, as filed with the SEC, and
any amendments thereto, and all 8K's as filed with the SEC during the last 12
months. There has been no material adverse changes in the financial condition or
prospects of the company except as disclosed in the filings with the SEC.
c. Offshore Transaction.
(i) Issuer has not offered the Debentures and
Warrants which are the subject of this Agreement to any person in the United
States, any identifiable groups of U.S. citizens abroad, or to any U.S. Person
as that term is defined in Regulation S.
(ii) At the time the buy order was originated, Issuer
and/or its agents reasonably believed Buyer was outside of the United States and
was not a U.S. Person.
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(iii) Issuer and/or its agents reasonably believe
that the transaction has not been prearranged with a buyer in the United States.
d. No Directed Selling Efforts. In regard to the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement, the Issuer has not conducted any "directed
selling efforts" as that term is defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S nor has
Issuer conducted any general solicitation relating to the offer and sale of the
Debentures and Warrants which are the subject of this transaction to persons
resident within the United States or elsewhere.
e. Concerning the Debentures and Warrants. The Debentures and
Warrants when issued and delivered will be duly and validly authorized and
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not subject the holders thereof
to personal liability by reason of being such holders. There are no preemptive
rights of any shareholder of the Company. The Company has reserved the number of
Common Shares required to be issued to the Buyers upon conversion of the
Debentures and upon the exercise of the Warrants based upon the current trading
price of the Company's Common Stock and reasonably anticipated changes in such
price.
f. Subscription Agreement. The Subscription Agreement has been
duly authorized, validly executed and delivered on behalf of the Issuer and is a
valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms, subject to general
principles of equity and to bankruptcy or other laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally.
g. Non-contravention. The execution and delivery of the
Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the issuance of the Debentures
and Warrants and the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreement do
not and will not conflict with or result in a breach by the Issuer of any of the
terms or provision of, or constitute a default under, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Issuer or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust
or other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by
which its or any of its respective properties or assets are bound, or any
existing applicable law, rule or regulation or any applicable law, rule or
regulation or any applicable decree, judgment or order of any United States
Court, Federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its properties
or assets.
h. Approvals. Issuer is not aware of any authorization,
approval or consent of any governmental body which is legally required for the
issuance and sale of the Debentures and Warrants as contemplated by the
Subscription Agreement, except that the Issuer will not apply for listing of the
shares to be issued upon conversion of the Debentures or the exercise of the
Warrants on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, thus the undersigned will not be able
to sell any such shares on the Vancouver Stock Exchange.
i. Continuous Offering. The sale of the Debentures and
Warrants pursuant to this Agreement is not a "continuous offering" as defined in
Rule 902(m) or if it is a continuous offering, the sale of the Debentures and
Warrants hereunder is the last sale thereunder and the "Restricted Period" as
defined in Rule 902(m) commences on the Effective Date as hereinafter defined.
4. SAFE HARBOR; RELIANCE ON REPRESENTATIONS. Buyer understands that the
offer and sale of the Debentures and Warrants (or any components thereof) are
not being
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registered under the 1933 Act. Issuer is relying on the rules governing offers
and sales made outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S and Buyer's
representations hereunder.
5. TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS. Issuer's transfer agent will be
instructed to issue one or more certificates representing the Debentures and
Warrants without restrictive legend in the name of Buyer and in such
denominations to be specified prior to closing. Issuer further warrants that no
instructions other than these instructions and instructions for a "stop
transfer" instruction until the end of the Restrictive Period for resales into
the United States have been given to the transfer agent and that such Debentures
and Warrants shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of
the Company. Nothing in these Sections , however, shall affect in any way the
Buyer's obligations and agreement to comply with all applicable securities laws
upon resale of the Debentures and Warrants and underlying Common Stock.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an attachment shall be stapled
to the certificate evidencing the Debentures, Warrants and the common stock
issued upon conversion of the Debentures and exercise of the Warrants, which
attachment shall bear the legend attached hereto as Exhibit A.
6. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS. The Debenture and Warrant certificates shall
be delivered to the Escrow Agent, versus payment of the full Purchase Price, as
setforth in the Escrow Agreement.
7. CLOSING DATE. The date of the issuance and the sale of the
Debentures and Warrants (the "Closing") shall be September 13, 1996 (the
"Effective Date" or "Closing Date"), or such other mutually agreed to time and
place.
8. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL. Buyer understands
that Issuer's obligation to sell the Debentures and Warrants is conditioned
upon:
a. The receipt and acceptance by Issuer of this Subscription
Agreement for all of the Debentures and Warrants as evidenced by execution of
this Subscription Agreement by the President or any Vice President of the
Issuer; and
b. Delivery to the Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement by
Buyer of immediately available funds as payment in full for the purchase of the
Debentures and Warrants.
9. CONDITIONS TO BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. Issuer understands
that Buyer's obligation to purchase the Debentures and Warrants is conditioned
upon:
a. Acceptance by Buyer of this Subscription Agreement for the
sale of the Debentures and Warrants as evidenced by execution of this
Subscription Agreement by the President or any Vice President of the Buyer; and
b. Delivery of the Debentures and Warrants without restrictive
legend other than as contained on the attachment stapled to the certificates
evidencing the Debentures and Warrants as described herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Offshore Securities Subscription Agreement was
duly executed on the date first written below.
Dated this 13th day of the month of September, 1996.
Official Signatory of Issuer:
SOLIGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:_____________________________________
Print Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Accepted this 13th day of the month of September, 1996.
Official Signature of Buyer:
Xxxxxx Group, Ltd.
By: ____________________________________
Address:
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Exhibit A
"The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Act") and may not be offered or sold within the United
States or to or for the account or the benefit of U.S. persons (i) as part of a
distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until October 24, 1996, except, in
either case, in accordance with Regulation S under the Act. Terms used above
have the meaning give to them by Regulation S."
