Exhibit 10.8
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as
of the [ ] day of [______] 2007, by and among China Resources Ltd., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and the undersigned parties listed under Investors
on the signature page hereto (each, an "Investor" and collectively, the
"Investors").
WHEREAS, the Investors currently hold all of the issued and outstanding
securities of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Investors and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement
to provide the Investors with certain rights relating to the registration of (i)
shares of Common Stock held by Investors; (ii) Warrants; and (iii) shares of
Common Stock underlying Warrants held by Investors.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized terms used herein have the
following meanings:
"Agreement" means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other
federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the
Company.
"Company" is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Demand Registration" is defined in Section 2.1.1.
"Demanding Holder" is defined in Section 2.1.1.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the
same shall be in effect at the time.
"Form S-3" is defined in Section 2.3.
"Indemnified Party" is defined in Section 4.3.
"Indemnifying Party" is defined in Section 4.3.
"Investor" is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Investor Indemnified Party" is defined in Section 4.1.
"Majority in interest" of Registrable Securities means a majority of the
shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants
included in the Registrable Securities.
"Maximum Number of Shares" is defined in Section 2.1.4.
"Notices" is defined in Section 6.3.
"Piggy-Back Registration" is defined in Section 2.2.1.
"Register," "registered" and "registration" mean a registration with
respect to the Registrable Securities effected by preparing and filing a
registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements
of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
"Registrable Securities" mean all of (i) the shares of Common Stock owned
or held by Investors as reflected on the signature page hereto; (ii) the
Warrants; and (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants. Registrable Securities include any warrants, shares of capital stock
or other securities of the Company issued or issuable as a dividend or other
distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement of such
Registrable Securities. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such
securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration
Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become
effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold,
transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration
Statement; (b) such securities shall have been transferred pursuant to Rule 144
of the Securities Act (but not Rule 144A), new certificates for them not bearing
a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company
and subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under
the Securities Act; (c) such securities may be sold by the Investor without
restriction, or (d) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement filed by the
Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of Common
Stock (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or any
successor forms, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed
to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of another entity).
"Release Date" means the date on which the securities held by the
Investors are disbursed from escrow pursuant to Section 3 of that certain
Securities Escrow Agreement, dated as of [_______], 2007, by and among the
parties hereto and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
"Representative" means Maxim Group LLC.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same
shall be in effect at the time.
"Underwriter" means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable
Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such
dealer's market-making activities.
"Warrants" means the 2,600,000 Warrants purchased by the certain of the
Investors at $1.00 per warrant ($2,600,000 in the aggregate).
2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
2.1 Demand Registration.
2.1.1 Request for Registration. At any time and from time to
time on or after the Release Date, the holders of a majority-in-interest of the
Registrable Securities held by the Investors or the transferees of the
Investors, may make a written demand for registration under the Securities Act
of all or part of their Registrable Securities (a "Demand Registration"). Any
Demand Registration shall specify the number and type of Registrable Securities
proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The
Company will notify all holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and
each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of
such holder's Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such
holder including Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration, a
"Demanding Holder") shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after
the receipt by the holder of the notice from the Company. Upon any such request,
the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities
included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.1.4 and the provisos
set forth in Section 3.1.1. The Company shall not be obligated to effect more
than an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations under this Section 2.1.1 in
respect of Registrable Securities.
2.1.2 Effective Registration. A registration will not count as
a Demand Registration until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission
with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and the
Company has complied with all of its obligations with respect thereto; provided,
however, that, if after such Registration Statement has been declared effective,
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is
interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other
governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such
Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless
and until (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise
terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter
elect to continue to have their Registrable Securities included therein;
provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a second
Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed is
counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated.
2.1.3 Underwritten Offering. If a majority-in-interest of the
Demanding Holders so elect and such holders so advise the Company as part of
their written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable
Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an
underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any holder of Registrable
Securities to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be
conditioned upon such holder's participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the
extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their
securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement
in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such
underwriting by a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating the
Demand Registration.
2.1.4 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or
Underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering
advises the Company and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount
or number of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell,
taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other securities which
the Company desires to sell and the shares of Common Stock or other Securities,
if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written
contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other security holders of the
Company who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number
of securities that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the
proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability
of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of
securities, as applicable, the "Maximum Number of Shares"), then the Company
shall include in such registration: (i) first, the shares of Common Stock or
other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, the Registrable Securities
as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro
rata in accordance with the number of shares of Registrable Securities which
such Demanding Holder has requested be included in such registration, regardless
of the number of Registrable Securities held by each Demanding Holder) that can
be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii) third, to the
extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock or other securities
for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to register
pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be
sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iv) fourth, to the
extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the
foregoing clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), the shares of Common Stock or other
securities that other securityholders desire to sell that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
2.1.5 Withdrawal. If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding
Holders disapprove of the terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to
include all of their Registrable Securities in any offering, such
majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders may elect to withdraw from such
offering by giving written notice to the Company and the Underwriter or
Underwriters of their request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand
Registration. In such event, the Company need not seek effectiveness of such
Registration Statement for the benefit of other Investors. If the
majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders withdraws from a proposed offering
relating to a Demand Registration, then such registration shall not count as a
Demand Registration provided for in Section 2.1.1.
2.2 Piggy-Back Registration.
2.2.1 Piggy-Back Rights. If at any time on or after the
Release Date the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the
Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities
or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into,
equity securities, by the Company for its own account or for securityholders of
the Company for their accounts (or by the Company and by security holders of the
Company including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a
Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or
other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely
to the Company's existing security holders, (iii) for an offering of debt that
is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend
reinvestment plan, then the Company shall (x) give written notice of such
proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable
but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date,
which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in
such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the
proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y)
offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to
register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable Securities as such
holders may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such
notice (a "Piggy-Back Registration"). The Company shall cause such Registrable
Securities to be included in such registration and shall use its best efforts to
cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten
offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a
Piggy-Back Registration to be included on the same terms and conditions as any
similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of
such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of
distribution thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities proposing to
distribute their securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an
Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back
Registration.
2.2.2 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or
Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten
offering advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities in
writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock or other
securities which the Company desires to sell, taken together with shares of
Common Stock or other securities, if any, as to which registration has been
demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than
the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Registrable Securities as
to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.2, and the shares
of Common Stock or other securities, if any, as to which registration has been
requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of
other security holders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares,
then the Company shall include in any such registration:
(i) If the registration is undertaken for the Company's
account: (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the
Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of
Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been
reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock and other
securities, if any, including the Registrable Securities, as to which
registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back
registration rights of security holders (pro rata in accordance with the number
of shares of Common Stock and other securities which each such person has
actually requested to be included in such registration, regardless of the number
of shares of Common Stock and other securities with respect to which such
persons have the right to request such inclusion) that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and
(ii) If the registration is a "demand" registration
undertaken at the demand of persons other than the holders of Registrable
Securities pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, (A)
first, the shares of Common Stock and other securities for the account of the
demanding persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of
Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been
reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other
securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum
Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B),
the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under
this Section 2.2 (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of
Registrable Securities held by each such holder); and (D) fourth, to the extent
that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing
clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other securities, if
any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual
piggy-back registration rights which other securityholders desire to sell that
can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
2.2.3 Withdrawal. Any holder of Registrable Securities may
elect to withdraw such holder's request for inclusion of Registrable Securities
in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such
request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
The Company may also elect to withdraw a Registration Statement at any time
prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any
such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of
Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as
provided in Section 3.3.
2.3 Registrations on Form S-3. The holders of Registrable Securities
may at any time and from time to time after the Release Date, request in writing
that the Company register the resale of any or all of such Registrable
Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration which may be
available at such time ("Form S-3"); provided, however, that the Company shall
not be obligated to effect such request through an underwritten offering. Upon
receipt of such written request, the Company will promptly give written notice
of the proposed registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities,
and, as soon as practicable thereafter, effect the registration of all or such
portion of such holder's or holders' Registrable Securities as are specified in
such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of
any other holder or holders joining in such request as are specified in a
written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written
notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.3: (i) if
Form S-3 is not available for such offering; or (ii) if the holders of the
Registrable Securities, together with the holders of any other securities of the
Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable
Securities and such other securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the
public of less than $500,000. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section
2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section
2.1.
2.4 No Net Cash Settlement Value. In connection with the exercise of
the Warrants, the Company will not be obligated to deliver securities, and there
are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities, if a
registration statement is not effective at the time of exercise; however, the
Company may satisfy its obligation by delivering unregistered shares of Common
Stock. In no event will be the Company be required to net cash settle an
exercise of a Warrant.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
3.1 Filings; Information. Whenever the Company is required to effect
the registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the
Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration and sale of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution
thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any such
request:
3.1.1 Filing Registration Statement. The Company shall, as
expeditiously as possible and in any event within sixty (60) days after receipt
of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file
with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company
then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which
form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be
registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution
thereof, and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become and remain effective for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided,
however, that the Company shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration
for up to thirty (30) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as
may be applicable to deferment of any demand registration to which such
Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall furnish to
the holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders
for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time; provided further,
however, that the Company shall not have the right to exercise the right set
forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than once in any 180-day period
in respect of a Demand Registration hereunder.
3.1.2 Copies. The Company shall, prior to filing a
Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
furnish without charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such
registration, and such holders' legal counsel, copies of such Registration
Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such
Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such
Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus), and such other
documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration
or legal counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holders.
3.1.3 Amendments and Supplements. The Company shall prepare
and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus
used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration
Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act
until all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended
method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement (which period
shall not exceed the sum of one hundred eighty (180) days plus any period during
which any such disposition is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of
the Commission or any governmental agency or court) or such securities have been
withdrawn.
3.1.4 Notification. After the filing of a Registration
Statement, the Company shall promptly, and in no event more than two (2)
business days after such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities
included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify
such holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within
two (2) business days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such
Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment
to such Registration Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or
threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the Company shall
take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove
it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or
supplement to such Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or
for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the
preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as
thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such
Registration Statement, such prospectus will not contain an 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, and promptly make
available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the
Commission a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall
furnish to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement and to the legal counsel for any such holders, copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such
holders and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents
and comment thereon, and the Company shall not file any Registration Statement
or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, including documents
incorporated by reference, to which such holders or their legal counsel shall
reasonably object.
3.1.5 State Securities Laws Compliance. The Company shall use
its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement under such securities or "blue sky" laws of such
jurisdictions in the United States as the holders of Registrable Securities
included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of
distribution) may request, and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered
with or approved by such other Governmental Authorities as may be necessary by
virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other
acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify
but for this paragraph (e) or subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction.
3.1.6 Agreements for Disposition. The Company shall enter into
customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in
customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order
to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The
representations, warranties and covenants of the Company in any underwriting
agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the
extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the holders of
Registrable Securities included in such registration statement. No holder of
Registrable Securities included in such registration statement shall be required
to make any representations or warranties in the underwriting agreement except,
if applicable, with respect to such holder's organization, good standing,
authority, title to Registrable Securities, lack of conflict of such sale with
such holder's material agreements and organizational documents, and with respect
to written information relating to such holder that such holder has furnished in
writing expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement. Holders of
Registrable Securities shall agree to such covenants and indemnification and
contribution obligations for selling stockholders as are customarily contained
in agreements of that type. Further, such holders shall cooperate fully in the
preparation of the registration statement and other documents relating to any
offering in which they include securities pursuant to Section 2 hereof. Each
holder shall also furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the
Registrable Securities held by such holder and the intended method of
disposition of such securities as shall be reasonably required to effect the
registration of the Registrable Securities.
3.1.7 Cooperation. The principal executive officer of the
Company, the principal financial officer of the Company, the principal
accounting officer of the Company and all other officers and members of the
management of the Company shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable
Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the
preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all
other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings
with Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential investors.
3.1.8 Records. The Company shall make available for inspection
by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such
registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional
retained by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Company, as shall be necessary to
enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the
Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably
requested by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement.
3.1.9 Opinions and Comfort Letters. The Company shall furnish
to each holder of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement
a signed counterpart, addressed to such holder, of (i) any opinion of counsel to
the Company delivered to any Underwriter, and (ii) any comfort letter from the
Company's independent public accountants delivered to any Underwriter. In the
event no legal opinion is delivered to any Underwriter, the Company shall
furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement, at any time that such holder elects to use a prospectus, an opinion
of counsel to the Company to the effect that the Registration Statement
containing such prospectus has been declared effective and that no stop order is
in effect.
3.1.10 Earnings Statement. The Company shall comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and
make available to its stockholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings
statement covering a period of twelve (12) months, beginning within three (3)
months after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
and Rule 158 thereunder.
3.1.11 Listing. The Company shall use its best efforts to
cause all Registrable Securities included in any registration to be listed on
such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar
securities issued by the Company are then listed or designated or, if no such
similar securities are then listed or designated, in a manner satisfactory to
the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such
registration.
3.2 Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any notice
from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section
3.1.4(iv), or, in the case of a resale registration on Form S-3 pursuant to
Section 2.3 hereof, upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a written
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx compliance program adopted by the Company's Board of Directors,
of the ability of all "insiders" covered by such program to transact in the
Company's securities because of the existence of material non-public
information, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration
shall immediately discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities
until such holder receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated
by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of "insiders" to transact
in the Company's securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by
the Company, each such holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in such holder's possession, of the most recent
prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such
notice.
3.3 Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to Section
2.1, any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, and any registration
on Form S-3 effected pursuant to Section 2.3, and all expenses incurred in
performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether
or not the Registration Statement becomes effective or whether any or all
holders of Registrable Securities withdraw from any Registration Statement,
including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees
and expenses of compliance with securities or "blue sky" laws (including fees
and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the
Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) the Company's internal
expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.11; (vi)
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. fees; (vii) fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent
certified public accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses or
costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort letters requested
pursuant to Section 3.1.9); (viii) the fees and expenses of any special experts
retained by the Company in connection with such registration; and (ix) the fees
and expenses of one legal counsel selected by the holders of a
majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such
registration. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting
discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities
being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling
commissions shall be borne solely by such holders. Additionally, in an
underwritten offering, all selling security holders and the Company shall bear
the expenses of the underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective dollar
amount of securities each is selling in such offering.
3.4 Information. The holders of Registrable Securities shall provide
such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing
Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration
Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to
Section 2 and in connection with the Company's obligation to comply with federal
and applicable state securities laws.
3.5 Holder Obligations. No holder of Registrable Securities may
participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to this Section 3 unless such
holder (i) agrees to sell only such holder's Registrable Securities on the basis
reasonably provided in any underwriting agreement, and (ii) completes, executes
and delivers any and all questionnaires, powers of attorney, custody agreements,
indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required by
or under the terms of any underwriting agreement or as reasonably requested by
the Company.
4. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities,
and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors,
partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls
an Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an
"Investor Indemnified Party"), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments,
claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or
based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material
fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such
Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or
arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or
any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and
relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any
such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor
Indemnified Parties for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by
such Investor Indemnified Parties in connection with investigating and defending
any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided,
however, that (a) the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in
writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein or for the use by any
Investor Indemnified Party of a prospectus in violation of any stop order or
other suspension of the Registration Statement; and (b) the foregoing indemnity
shall not inure to the benefit of any holder (or benefit of any person
controlling such holder) from whom the person asserting such expense, loss,
claim, damage or liability purchased the Registrable Securities, if a copy of
the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on
behalf of such holder to such person, if required by law so to have been
delivered at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Registrable
Securities to such person, and if the Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented)
would have cured the defect giving rise to such expense, loss, claim, damage or
liability, unless such failure is the result of noncompliance by the Company
with Section 3.1.3 hereof. The Company also shall indemnify any Underwriter of
the Registrable Securities, their officers, employees, affiliates, directors,
partners, members, attorneys and agents and each person who controls such
Underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification
provided above in this Section 4.1.
4.2 Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each
selling holder of Registrable Securities will, in the event that any
registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this
Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each
underwriter (if any), and each other person, if any, who controls the Company or
such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages
or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims,
judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of
such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged
omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein or for the use by any
Investor Indemnified Party of a prospectus in violation of any stop order or
other suspension of the Registration Statement, and shall reimburse the Company,
its directors and officers, and each such controlling person for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with
investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
Each selling holder's indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and
not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds actually
received by such selling holder in connection with the sale of the Registrable
Securities by such selling holder pursuant to the Registration Statement
containing such untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement.
4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt
by any person of any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any
action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.1 or
4.2, such person (the "Indemnified Party") shall, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder, promptly
notify such other person (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing of the loss,
claim, judgment, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party
may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and solely to the extent
the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure. If the
Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action
brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be
entitled to participate in such claim or action, and, to the extent that it
elects, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the
defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice
from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume
control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not
be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in any action in
which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as
defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel) to represent the
Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject to liability
arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the
Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of
such counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written
opinion of counsel of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by
the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any
settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which
the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have
been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or
settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all
liability arising out of such claim or proceeding.
4.4 Contribution.
4.4.1 If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing
Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of
any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Indemnified Parties
and the Indemnifying Parties from the offering. If, however, the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable
law or if the Indemnified Party failed to give the notice required under Section
4.3 above, then each Indemnifying Parties shall contribute to such amount paid
or payable by such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the actions
or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any
Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying
Party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
4.4.2 The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding Section
4.4.1. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any
loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable
Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar
amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts,
commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of
Registrable Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
5. OTHER COVENANTS.
5.1 Rule 144. The Company covenants that it shall file any reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and
shall take such further action as the holders of Registrable Securities may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such
holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities
Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar
Rule or regulation (but not Rule 144A) hereafter adopted by the Commission.
6. MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1 Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants
that no person, other than a holder of the Registrable Securities and the
Representatives, currently has any right to require the Company to register any
shares of the Company's capital stock for sale or to include shares of the
Company's capital stock in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of
shares of capital stock for its own account or for the account of any other
person. The Company shall not grant to any other person any right to register
his, her or its securities of the Company which are inconsistent with the rights
granted hereunder.
6.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the
rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or
delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights,
duties and obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be
freely assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in
conjunction with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by
any such holder in accordance with applicable law. This Agreement and the
provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each
of the parties and their respective successors and the permitted assigns of the
Investor or holder of Registrable Securities or of any assignee of the Investor
or holder of Registrable Securities. This Agreement is not intended to confer
any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as
expressly set forth in Article 4 and this Section 6.2.
6.3 Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or
other communications (collectively, "Notices") required or permitted to be given
hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be personally served, sent by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or sent by reputable air courier service with charges
prepaid, addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party
shall have specified most recently by written notice provided in accordance with
this Section 6.3. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of service if served
personally, on the third business day after registration or certification, if
sent by registered or certified mail, or on the next business day following
timely delivery of such notice to a reputable air courier service with an order
for next-day delivery, if sent by such courier service.
To the Company:
China Resources, Ltd.
Xxxx 000, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Jintian Road, Futian District
Shenzhen, P.R. China
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy to:
Xxxxx & Xxx Xxxxxx LLP
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx XxXxxx, Esq.;
and
To an Investor, to the attention of the Investor at the address set
forth opposite his, her or its respective name on the signature page
hereto.
6.4 Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or
provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term
or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of
this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable
provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
6.5 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be
executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Facsimile signatures shall be deemed to be original signatures for all purposes
of this Agreement.
6.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all agreements
entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered
pursuant hereto and thereto) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and
contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and
discussions between the parties, whether oral or written.
6.7 Modifications and Amendments. No amendment, modification or
termination of this Agreement shall be binding upon any party unless executed in
writing by such party.
6.8 Titles and Headings. Titles and headings of sections of this
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any
provision of this Agreement.
6.9 Waivers and Extensions. Any party to this Agreement may waive
any right, breach or default which such party has the right to waive, provided
that such waiver will not be effective against the waiving party unless it is in
writing, is signed by such party, and specifically refers to this Agreement.
Waivers may be made in advance or after the right waived has arisen or the
breach or default waived has occurred. Any waiver may be conditional. No waiver
of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a
waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement
or provision herein contained. No waiver or extension of time for performance of
any obligations or acts shall be deemed a waiver or extension of the time for
performance of any other obligations or acts.
6.10 Remedies Cumulative. In the event that the Company fails to
observe or perform any covenant or agreement to be observed or performed under
this Agreement, any Investor or any other holder of Registrable Securities may
proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity or action at law,
whether for specific performance of any term contained in this Agreement or for
an injunction against the breach of any such term or in aid of the exercise of
any power granted in this Agreement or to enforce any other legal or equitable
right, or to take any one or more of such actions, without being required to
post a bond. None of the rights, powers or remedies conferred under this
Agreement shall be mutually exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy
shall be cumulative and in addition to any other right, power or remedy, whether
conferred by this Agreement or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by
statute or otherwise.
6.11 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted
under, and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed within the State of
Delaware, without giving effect to any choice-of-law provisions thereof that
would compel the application of the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
6.12 Waiver of Trial by Jury. Each party hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives the right to a trial by jury in any action, suit,
counterclaim or other proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise)
arising out of, connected with or relating to this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby, or the actions of any Investor in the negotiation,
administration, performance or enforcement hereof.
(The remainder of this page intentionally left blank. Signature pages to
follow.)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights
Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives
as of the date first written above.
CHINA RESOURCES LTD.
By: ____________________________________________
Name: Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
INVESTORS:
________________________________________________
Xxxx Xxxx
Address: x/x Xxxxx Resources Ltd.
Xxxx 000, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower, Jintian
Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, P.R. China.
No. of Shares: 500,000
No. of Warrants: 1,100,000
No. of Shares Underlying
Warrants: 1,100,000
Gemore & Co., Ltd.
By: ____________________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Managing Director
Address: x/x Xxxxx Resources Ltd.
Xxxx 000, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower, Jintian
Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, P.R. China
No. of Warrants: 1,000,000
No. of Shares Underlying
Warrants: 1,000,000
________________________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Address: x/x Xxxxx Resources Ltd.
Xxxx 000, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower, Jintian
Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, P.R. China
No. of Shares: 200,000
No. of Warrants: None
________________________________________________
Xxxxxx Nugawela
Address: XX Xxx 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx 0000
No. of Shares: 100,000
No. of Warrants: None
[Xxxxx Nugawela entity]
By: ____________________________________________
Name: _____ Nugawela
Title: Managing Director
Address: XX Xxx 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx 0000
No. of Warrants: 250,000
No. of Shares Underlying
Warrants: 250,000
________________________________________________
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
c/o Xxxxxxx Xxx, Esq.
Address: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
No. of Shares: 125,000
No. of Warrants: 250,000
No. of Shares Underlying
Warrants: 250,000
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx.
Address: Xxxxx & Xxx Xxxxxx LLP
Three Park Avenue, 16th floor
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
No. of Shares: 75,000
No. of Warrants: None
