INVESTMENT AGREEMENT
INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of November 29, 2005 by and between Silver Dragon Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Dutchess Private Equities Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Investor").
Whereas, such investments will be made in reliance upon the provisions of Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), Rule 506 of Regulation D, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and/or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the investments in Common Stock to be made hereunder; and
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings specified or indicated below, and such meanings shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such defined terms.
"1933 Act" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this agreement.
"1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended.
"Affiliate" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(h), below.
"Agreement" shall mean this Investment Agreement.
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"Best Bid" shall mean the highest posted bid price of the Common Stock.
"Buy In" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6, below.
"Buy In Adjustment Amount" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.
"By-laws" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(c).
"Certificate of Incorporation" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(c).
"Closing" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2(h).
"Closing Date" shall mean no more than seven (7) Trading Days following the Put Notice Date.
"Common Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
"Control" or "Controls" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(h).
"Covering Shares" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.
"Effective Date" shall mean the date the SEC declares effective under the 1933 Act the Registration Statement covering the Securities.
"Environmental Laws" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(m).
"Execution Date" shall mean the date indicated in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Indemnities" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.
"Indemnified Liabilities" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.
"Ineffective Period" shall mean any period of time that the Registration Statement or any Supplemental Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) becomes ineffective or unavailable for use for the sale or resale, as applicable, of any or all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) for any reason (or in the event the prospectus under either of the above is not current and deliverable) during any time period required under the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Investor" shall have the meaning indicated in the preamble of this Agreement.
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"Material Adverse Effect" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(a).
"Maximum Common Stock Issuance" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2(I).
"Minimum Acceptable Price" with respect to any Put Notice Date shall mean seventy-five percent (75%) of the lowest closing bid prices for the ten (10) Trading Day period immediately preceding such Put Notice Date.
"Open Period" shall mean the period beginning on and including the Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date and ending on the earlier to occur of (i) the date which is thirty-six (36) months from the Effective Date; or (ii) termination of the Agreement in accordance with Section 9, below.
"Pricing Period" shall mean the period beginning on the Put Notice Date and ending on and including the date that is five (5) Trading Days after such Put Notice Date.
"Principal Market" shall mean the American Stock Exchange, Inc., the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the NASDAQ National Market System or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, whichever is the principal market on which the Common Stock is listed.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus, preliminary prospectus and supplemental prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement.
"Purchase Amount" shall mean the total amount being paid by the Investor on a particular Closing Date to purchase the Securities.
"Purchase Price" shall mean ninety-five percent (95%) of the lowest closing Best Bid price of the Common Stock during the Pricing Period.
"Put" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(1) hereof.
"Put Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
"Put Notice" shall mean a written notice sent to the Investor by the Company stating the Put Amount in U.S. dollars, the Company intends to sell to the Investor pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and stating the current number of Shares issued and outstanding on such date.
"Put Notice Date" shall mean the Trading Day immediately following the day on which the Investor receives a Put Notice, however a Put Notice shall be deemed delivered on (a) the Trading Day it is received by facsimile or otherwise by the Investor if such notice is received prior to 9:00 am Eastern Time, or (b) the immediately succeeding Trading Day if it is received by facsimile or otherwise after 9:00 am Eastern Time on a Trading Day. No Put Notice may be deemed delivered on a day that is not a Trading Day.
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"Put Restriction" shall mean the days between the beginning of the Pricing Period and Closing Date. During this time, the Company shall not be entitled to deliver another Put Notice.
"Registration Period" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(c), below.
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, above.
"Registration Statement" means the registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Common Stock issuable hereunder.
"Related Party" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(h).
"Resolution" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(e).
"SEC" shall mean the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
"SEC Documents" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(f).
"Securities" shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
"Shares" shall mean the shares of the Company's Common Stock.
"Sold Shares" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.
"Subsidiaries" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(a).
"Trading Day" shall mean any day on which the Principal Market for the Common Stock is open for trading, from the hours of 9:30 am until 4:00 pm.
"Transaction Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with this Agreement.
SECTION 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK.
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(B) DELIVERY OF PUT NOTICES.
(I) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents, and from time to time during the Open Period, the Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver a Put Notice to the Investor which states the dollar amount (designated in U.S. Dollars) (the "Put Amount"), which the Company intends to sell to the Investor on a Closing Date (the "Put"). The Put Notice shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C and incorporated herein by reference. The amount that the Company shall be entitled to Put to the Investor (the "Put Amount") shall be equal to, at the Company's election, either: (A) Two Hundred percent (200%) of the average daily volume (U.S. market only) of the Common Stock for the Ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable Put Notice Date, multiplied by the average of the three (3) daily closing bid prices immediately preceding the Put Date, or (B) Two Hundred Thousand dollars ($200,000). During the Open Period, the Company shall not be entitled to submit a Put Notice until after the previous Closing has been completed. The Purchase Price for the Common Stock identified in the Put Notice shall be equal to Ninety-Five percent (95%) of the lowest closing Best Bid price of the Common Stock during the Pricing Period.
II) If any closing bid price during the applicable Pricing Period with respect to that Put Notice is less than Minimum Acceptable Price, as determined by the Company, for each Put, the Company may elect, by sending written notice to the Investor to amend or cancel that portion of the Put below the Minimal Acceptable Price.
(C) RESERVED
D) INVESTOR'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE SHARES. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, following the Investor's receipt of a validly delivered Put Notice, the Investor shall be required to purchase from the Company during the related Pricing Period that number of Shares having an aggregate Purchase Price equal to the Put Amount set forth in the Put Notice.
(E) Reserved
(F) CONDITIONS TO INVESTOR'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE SHARES. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not be entitled to deliver a Put Notice and the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase any Shares at a Closing (as defined in Section 2(h)) unless each of the following conditions are satisfied:
(I) a Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and shall remain effective and available for the resale of all the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) at all times until the Closing with respect to the subject Put Notice;
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(II) at all times during the period beginning on the related Put Notice Date and ending on and including the related Closing Date, the Common Stock shall have been listed on the Principal Market and shall not have been suspended from trading thereon for a period of two (2) consecutive Trading Days during the Open Period and the Company shall not have been notified of any pending or threatened proceeding or other action to suspend the trading of the Common Stock;
(III) the Company has complied with its obligations and is otherwise not in breach of a material provision of, or in default under, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or any other agreement executed in connection herewith which has not been corrected prior to delivery of the Put Notice Date;
(IV) no injunction shall have been issued and remain in force, or action commenced by a governmental authority which has not been stayed or abandoned, prohibiting the purchase or the issuance of the Securities; and
(V) the issuance of the Securities will not violate any shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market.
If any of the events described in clauses (i) through (v) above occurs during a Pricing Period, then the Investor shall have no obligation to purchase the Put Amount of Common Stock set forth in the applicable Put Notice.
(G) RESERVED
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The Company understands that a delay in the issuance of Securities beyond the Closing Date could result in economic loss to the Investor. After the Effective Date, as compensation to the Investor for such loss, the Company agrees to pay late payments to the Investor for late issuance of Securities (delivery of Securities after the applicable Closing Date) in accordance with the following schedule (where "No. of Days Late" is defined as the number of trading days beyond the Closing Date. The Amounts are cumulative.):
LATE PAYMENT FOR EACH | |
NO. OF DAYS LATE | $10,000 OF COMMON STOCK |
1 | $0 |
2 | $0 |
3 | $300 |
4 | $400 |
5 | $500 |
6 | $600 |
7 | $700 |
8 | $800 |
9 | $900 |
10 | $1,000 |
Over 10 | $1,000 + $200 for each |
Business Day late beyond 10 days |
The Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section in immediately available funds upon demand by the Investor. Nothing herein shall limit the Investor's right to pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to issue and deliver the Securities to the Investor, except to the extent that such late payments shall constitute payment for and offset any such actual damages alleged by the Investor, and any Buy In Adjustment Amount.
(I) OVERALL LIMIT ON COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if during the Open Period the Company becomes listed on an exchange that limits the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued without shareholder approval, then the number of Shares issuable by the Company and purchasable by the Investor, including the shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investors, shall not exceed that number of the shares of Common Stock that may be issuable without shareholder approval, subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations or other similar recapitalization affecting the Common Stock (the "Maximum Common Stock Issuance"), in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance shall first be approved by the Company's shareholders in accordance with applicable law and the By-laws and Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, if such issuance of shares of Common Stock could cause a delisting on the Principal Market. The parties understand and agree that the Company's failure to seek or obtain such shareholder approval shall in no way adversely affect the validity and due authorization of the issuance and sale of Securities or the Investor's obligation in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof to purchase a number of Shares in the aggregate up to the Maximum Common Stock Issuance limitation, and that such approval pertains only to the applicability of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance limitation provided in this Section 2(I).
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SECTION 3. INVESTOR'S REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
The Investor represents and warrants to the Company, and covenants, that:
(A) SOPHISTICATED INVESTOR. The Investor has, by reason of its business and financial experience, such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that it is capable of (I) evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and making an informed investment decision; (II) protecting its own interest; and (III) bearing the economic risk of such investment for an indefinite period of time.
(C) SECTION 9 OF THE 1934 ACT. During the term of this Agreement, the Investor will comply with the provisions of Section 9 of the 1934 Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder, with respect to transactions involving the Common Stock. The Investor agrees not to short, either directly or indirectly through its affiliates, principals or advisors, the Company's common stock during the term of this Agreement.
(D) ACCREDITED INVESTOR. Investor is an "Accredited Investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D of the 1933 Act.
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(H) NO REGISTRATION AS A DEALER. The Investor is not and will not be required to be registered as a "dealer" under the 1934 Act, either as a result of its execution and performance of its obligations under this Agreement or otherwise.
(I) GOOD STANDING. The Investor is a Limited Partnership, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing in the State of Delaware.
(J) TAX LIABILITIES. The Investor understands that it is liable for its own tax liabilities.
(K) REGULATION M. The Investor will comply with Regulation M under the 1934 Act, if applicable.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
Except as set forth in the Schedules attached hereto, or as disclosed on the Company's SEC Documents, the Company represents and warrants to the Investor that:
(B) AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT; COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS.
(I) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the "Transaction Documents"), and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
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(II) The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it, of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including without limitation the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, have been duly and validly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors, or its shareholders.
(III) The Transaction Documents have been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company.
(IV) The Transaction Documents constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies.
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Except as disclosed in the Company's publicly available filings with Periodic Filings,
(I) no shares of the Company's capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (II) there are no outstanding debt securities; (III) save and except for 1,000,000 stock purchase warrants issued to directors of the Company and its subsidiary, there are no outstanding shares of capital stock, options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (IV) save and except for 5,600,000 shares issued pursuant to private placements there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except the Registration Rights Agreement), (V) there are no outstanding securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (VI) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities as described in this Agreement; (VII) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or "phantom stock" plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (VIII) there is no dispute as to the classification of any shares of the Company's capital stock. The Company has furnished to the Investor, or the Investor has had access through XXXXX to, true and correct copies of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect on the date hereof (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), and the Company's By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the "By-laws"), and the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
(D) ISSUANCE OF SHARES. The Company has reserved 20,000,000 Shares for issuance pursuant to this Agreement, which shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company's covenant set forth in Section 5(f) below) pursuant to this Agreement. Upon issuance in accordance with this Agreement, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. In the event the Company cannot register a sufficient number of Shares for issuance pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will use its best efforts to authorize and reserve for issuance the number of Shares required for the Company to perform its obligations hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable.
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(F) SEC DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. As of the date hereof, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the "SEC Documents"). The Company has delivered to the Investor or its representatives, or they have had access through XXXXX to, true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, by a firm that is a member of the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (I) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (II) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other written information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Investor which is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 4(d) of this Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any of their officers, directors, employees or agents have provided the Investor with any material, nonpublic information which was not publicly disclosed prior to the date hereof and any material, nonpublic information provided to the Investor by the Company or its Subsidiaries or any of their officers, directors, employees or agents prior to any Closing Date shall be publicly disclosed by the Company prior to such Closing Date.
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(I) ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING INVESTOR'S PURCHASE OF SHARES. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of arm's length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and any advice given by the Investor or any of its respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the Investor's purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Investor that the Company's decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
(J) NO UNDISCLOSED EVENTS, LIABILITIES, DEVELOPMENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, as of the date hereof, no event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or to the Company's knowledge is contemplated to occur, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, assets, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced.
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(M) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. The Company and its Subsidiaries (I) are, to the knowledge of management of the Company, in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"); (II) have, to the knowledge of management of the Company, received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (III) are in compliance, to the knowledge of the Company, with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the three (3) foregoing cases, the failure to so comply would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(O) RESERVED
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(U) DILUTIVE EFFECT. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon purchases pursuant to this Agreement will increase in certain circumstances including, but not necessarily limited to, the circumstance wherein the trading price of the Common Stock declines during the period between the Effective Date and the end of the Open Period. The Company's executive officers and directors have studied and fully understand the nature of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and recognize that they have a potential dilutive effect. The Board of Directors of the Company has concluded, in its good faith business judgment, that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company. The Company specifically acknowledges that, subject to such limitations as are expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, its obligation to issue shares of Common Stock upon purchases pursuant to this Agreement is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Company.
(X) NO BROKERS, FINDERS OR FINANCIAL ADVISORY FEES OR COMMISSIONS. No brokers, finders or financial advisory fees or commissions will be payable by the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than disclosed in this Agreement.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
(A) BEST EFFORTS. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts timely to satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(C) REPORTING STATUS. Until the earlier to occur of (I) the first date which is after the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 and on which the Holders (as that term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) may sell all of the Securities without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the 1933 Act (or successor thereto); and (II) the date on which (A) the Holders shall have sold all the Securities; and (B) this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 9 (the "Registration Period"), the Company shall file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as a reporting company under the 1934 Act.
(F) RESERVATION OF SHARES. Subject to the following sentence, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the issuance of the Securities hereunder. In the event that the Company determines that it does not have a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock to reserve and keep available for issuance as described in this Section 5(f), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock by seeking shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares.
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(I) FILING OF FORM 8-K. On or before the date which is four (4) Trading Days after the Execution Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing the terms of the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act, if such filing is required.
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(L) REIMBURSEMENT. If (I) Investor becomes involved in any capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation brought by any shareholder of the Company, in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or if Investor is impleaded in any such action, proceeding or investigation by any person (other than as a result of a breach of the Investor's representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement); or (II)Investor becomes involved in any capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation brought by the SEC against or involving the Company or in connection with or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (other than as a result of a breach of the Investor's representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement), or if Investor is impleaded in any such action, proceeding or investigation by any person, then in any such case, the Company will reimburse Investor for its reasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses are incurred. In addition, other than with respect to any matter in which Investor is a named party, the Company will pay to Investor the charges, as reasonably determined by Investor, for the time of any officers or employees of Investor devoted to appearing and preparing to appear as witnesses, assisting in preparation for hearings, trials or pretrial matters, or otherwise with respect to inquiries, hearing, trials, and other proceedings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. The reimbursement obligations of the Company under this section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to any affiliates of Investor that are actually named in such action, proceeding or investigation, and partners, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants, auditors and controlling persons (if any), as the case may be, of Investor and any such affiliate, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors of the Company, Investor and any such affiliate and any such person.
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If the number of Shares represented by any Put Notice (s) become restricted or such Shares are no longer free trading for any reason, and after the applicable Closing Date, the Investor purchases, in an open market transaction or otherwise, the Company's Common Stock (the "Covering Shares") in order to make delivery in satisfaction of a sale of Common Stock by the Investor (the "Sold Shares"), which delivery such Investor anticipated to make using the Shares represented by the Put Notice (a "Buy-In"), the Company shall pay to the Investor the Buy-In Adjustment Amount (as defined below). The "Buy-In Adjustment Amount" is the amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Investor's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Covering Shares over (B) the net proceeds (after brokerage commissions, if any) received by the Investor from the sale of the Sold Shares. The Company shall pay the Buy-In Adjustment Amount to the Investor in immediately available funds immediately upon demand by the Investor. By way of illustration and not in limitation of the foregoing, if the Investor purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price (including brokerage commissions) of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to the Common Stock it sold for net proceeds of $10,000, the Buy-In Adjustment Amount which the Company will be required to pay to the Investor will be $1,000.
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS OF THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and sell the Securities to the Investor is further subject to the satisfaction, at or before each Closing Date, of each of the following conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion.
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(A) The Investor shall have executed each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and delivered the same to the Company.
(B) The Investor shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Securities being purchased by the Investor between the end of the Pricing Period and the Closing Date via a Put Settlement Sheet (hereto attached as Exhibit D) After receipt of confirmation of delivery of such Securities to the Investor, the Investor, by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company will disburse the funds constituting the Purchase Amount.
(C) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 8. FURTHER CONDITIONS OF THE INVESTOR'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The obligation of the Investor hereunder to purchase Shares is subject to the satisfaction, on or before each Closing Date, of each of the following conditions set forth below.
(A) The Company shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents and delivered the same to the Investor.
(B) The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation on the Principal Market and trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Principal Market or the SEC, at any time beginning on the date hereof and through and including the respective Closing Date (excluding suspensions of not more than one (1) Trading Day resulting from business announcements by the Company, provided that such suspensions occur prior to the Company's delivery of the Put Notice related to such Closing).
(C) The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the applicable Closing Date as though made at that time (except for (I) representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date and (II) with respect to the representations made in Sections 4(g), (h) and (j) and the third sentence of Section 4(k) hereof, events which occur on or after the date of this Agreement and are disclosed in SEC filings made by the Company at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the applicable Put Notice Date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company on or before such Closing Date. The Investor may request an update as of such Closing Date regarding the representation contained in Section 4(c) above.
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(D) The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Investor the certificates representing, or have executed electronic book-entry transfer of, the Securities (in such denominations as such Investor shall request) being purchased by the Investor at such Closing.
(E) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have adopted resolutions consistent with Section 4(b)(ii) above (the "Resolutions") and such Resolutions shall not have been amended or rescinded prior to such Closing Date.
(F) Reserved
(G) No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(H) The Registration Statement shall be effective on each Closing Date and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration statement shall be in effect or to the Company's knowledge shall be pending or threatened. Furthermore, on each Closing Date (I) neither the Company nor Investor shall have received notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop order with respect to such Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so (unless the SEC's concerns have been addressed and Investor is reasonably satisfied that the SEC no longer is considering or intends to take such action), and (II) no other suspension of the use or withdrawal of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or related prospectus shall exist.
(I) At the time of each Closing, the Registration Statement (including information or documents incorporated by reference therein) and any amendments or supplements thereto shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or which would require public disclosure or an update supplement to the prospectus.
(J) If applicable, the shareholders of the Company shall have approved the issuance of any Shares in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance in accordance with Section 2(i) or the Company shall have obtained appropriate approval pursuant to the requirements of Delaware law and the Company's Articles of Incorporation and By-laws.
(K) The conditions to such Closing set forth in Section 2(f) shall have been satisfied on or before such Closing Date.
(L) The Company shall have certified to the Investor the number of Shares of Common Stock outstanding when a Put Notice is given to the Investor.
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This Agreement shall terminate upon any of the following events:
(I) when the Investor has purchased an aggregate of Ten Million dollars ($10,000,000) in the Common Stock of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; or,
(II) on the date which is Thirty-Six (36) months after the Effective Date;
This Agreement shall be suspended upon any of the following events, and shall remain suspended until such event is rectified:
(I) the trading of the Common Stock is suspended by the SEC, the Principal Market or the NASD for a period of two (2) consecutive Trading Days during the Open Period; or,
(II) The Common Stock ceases to be registered under the 1934 Act or listed or traded on the Principal Market. Upon the occurrence of one of the above-described events, the Company shall send written notice of such event to the Investor.
In consideration of the parties mutual obligations set forth the Transaction Documents, each of the parties (in such capacity, an "Indemnitor") shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the other and all of the other party's shareholders, officers, directors, employees, counsel, and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing person's agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and reasonable expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements (the "Indemnified Liabilities"), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (I) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Indemnitor or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby; (II) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Indemnitor contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby; or (III) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, except insofar as any such misrepresentation, breach or any untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to Indemnitor which is specifically intended for use in the preparation of any such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, prospectus or amendments to the prospectus. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Indemnitor may be unenforceable for any reason, the Indemnitor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. The indemnity provisions contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar rights Indemnitor may have, and any liabilities the Indemnitor or the Indemnitees may be subject to.
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SECTION 12. GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.
(A) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Boston, County of Suffolk, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
(i) Disputes subject to arbitration governed by Massachusetts law
All disputes arising under this agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. The parties to this agreement will submit all disputes arising under this agreement to arbitration in Boston, Massachusetts before a single arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"). The arbitrator shall be selected by application of the rules of the AAA, or by mutual agreement of the parties, except that such arbitrator shall be an attorney admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No party to this agreement will challenge the jurisdiction or venue provisions as provided in this section.
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AS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH PARTY HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR ANY AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRANSACTION.
(B) LEGAL FEES; AND MISCELLANEOUS FEES. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, the accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Any reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by either the Company or by the Investor in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of any amendments to this Agreement or relating to the enforcement of the rights of any party, after the occurrence of any breach of the terms of this Agreement by another party or any default by another party in respect of the transactions contemplated hereunder, shall be paid on demand by the party which breached the Agreement and/or defaulted, as the case may be. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the issuance of any Securities.
(C) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
(D) HEADINGS; SINGULAR/PLURAL. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Whenever required by the context of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and masculine shall include the feminine.
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If to the Company:
Silver Dragon Resources, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx. Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X0X 0X0
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the Investor:
Dutchess Private Equities Fund, LP,
00 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Each party shall provide five (5) days' prior written notice to the other party of any change in address or facsimile number.
(H) NO ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement may not be assigned.
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(I) NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.
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SECTION 13. Non-Disclosure of Non-Public Information.
(a) The Company shall not disclose non-public information to the Investor, its advisors, or its representatives, unless prior to disclosure of such information the Company identifies such information, in writing, as being non-public information and provides the Investor, such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such non-public information for review. The Company may, as a condition to disclosing any non-public information hereunder, require the Investor's advisors and representatives to enter into a confidentiality agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Investor.
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(b) Nothing herein shall require the Company to disclose non-public information to the Investor or its advisors or representatives, and the Company represents that it does not disseminate non-public information to any investors who purchase stock in the Company in a public offering, to money managers or to securities analysts, provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will, as hereinabove provided, immediately notify the advisors and representatives of the Investor and, if any, underwriters, of any event or the existence of any circumstance (without any obligation to disclose the specific event or circumstance) of which it becomes aware, constituting nonpublic information (whether or not requested of the Company specifically or generally during the course of due diligence by such persons or entities), which, if not disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement would cause such prospectus to include a material misstatement or to omit a material fact required to be stated therein in order to make the statements, therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Nothing contained in this Section 13 shall be construed to mean that such persons or entities other than the Investor (without the written consent of the Investor prior to disclosure of such information) may not obtain non-public information in the course of conducting due diligence in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and nothing herein shall prevent any such persons or entities from notifying the Company of their opinion that based on such due diligence by such persons or entities, that the Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
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SIGNATURE PAGE OF INVESTMENT AGREEMENT
Your signature on this Signature Page evidences your agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Investment Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
The undersigned signatory hereby certifies that he has read and understands the Investment Agreement, and the representations made by the undersigned in this Investment Agreement are true and accurate, and agrees to be bound by its terms.
DUTCHESS PRIVATE EQUITIES FUND, L.P. | |
BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER, | |
DUTCHESS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | |
By: | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Managing Member | |
SILVER DRAGON RESOURCES, INC. | |
By: | |
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer | |
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EXHIBIT A | Registration Rights Agreement |
EXHIBIT B | Opinion of Company's Counsel |
EXHIBIT C | Put Notice |
EXHIBIT D | Put Settlement Sheet |
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LIST OF SCHEDULES
Schedule 4(a) Subsidiaries
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EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Date: __________
[TRANSFER AGENT]
Re: Silver Dragon Resources, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Silver Dragon Resources, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Subscription Agreement (the "Subscription Agreement") entered into by and among the Company and _________________________ (the "Holder") pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue to the Holder shares of the Company's common stock, $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock") on the terms and conditions set forth in the Subscription Agreement. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holder (the "Registration Rights Agreement") pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), including the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable under the Subscription Agreement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). In connection with the Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ___, 2005, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S- ___ (File No. 333-________) (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the Registrable Securities which names the Holder as a selling shareholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that [a member of the SEC's staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective] [the Registration Statement has become effective] under the 1933 Act at [enter the time of effectiveness] on [enter the date of effectiveness] and to the best of our knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's staff, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours, | |
[Company Counsel] |
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EXHIBIT C
Date:
RE: Put Notice Number __
Dear Xx. Xxxxxxxx,
This is to inform you that as of today, Silver Dragon Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby elects to exercise its right pursuant to the Investment Agreement to require Dutchess Private Equities Fund, LP to purchase shares of its common stock. The Company hereby certifies that:
The amount of this put is $__________.
The Pricing Period runs from ________ until _______.
The current number of shares issued and outstanding as of the Company are:
Regards,
_____________
Xxxx Xxxxxx
CEO
Silver Dragon Resources, Inc.
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EXHIBIT D
PUT SETTLEMENT SHEET
Date:
Marc,
Pursuant to the Put given by Silver Dragon Resources, Inc. to Dutchess Private Equities Fund, L.P. on _________________ 200_, we are now submitting the amount of common shares for you to issue to Dutchess.
Please have a certificate bearing no restrictive legend totaling __________ shares issued to Dutchess Private Equities Fund, LP immediately and send via DWAC to the following account:
XXXXXX
If not DWAC eligible, please send FedEx Priority Overnight to:
XXXXXX
Once these shares are received by us, we will have the funds wired to the Company.
Regards,
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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DATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRICE |
Date of Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing Bid of Day 1 |
Date of Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing Bid of Day 2 |
Date of Day 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing Bid of Day 3 |
Date of Day 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing Bid of Day 4 |
Date of Day 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing Bid of Day 5 |
LOWEST 1 (ONE) CLOSING BID IN PRICING PERIOD |
PUT AMOUNT ____________________________ |
AMOUNT WIRED TO COMPANY |
PURCHASE PRICE (95% (NINETY-FIVE PERCENT)) |
AMOUNT OF SHARES DUE |
The undersigned has completed this Put as of this ___th day of _________, 200_.
______________________________
Xxxx Xxxxxx, CEO
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SCHEDULE 4(c) CAPITALIZATION
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SCHEDULE 4(e) CONFLICTS
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SCHEDULE 4(g) MATERIAL CHANGES
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SCHEDULE 4(h) LITIGATION
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SCHEDULE 4(l) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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SCHEDULE 4(n) LIENS
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SCHEDULE 4(t) CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
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