SUBSCRIPTION AND INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
SUBSCRIPTION AND INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT
INTAC
International, Inc.
Xxxx 0-0, 00/X., Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
788 Xxxxxx Sha Wan Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Attention: Xxx Xxxx, Chief Executive Officer
Dear Xx. Xxxx:
This Subscription and Investment Representation Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereof by and between INTAC International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Company”), and the undersigned accredited investor (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Investor”).
The Investor desires to purchase from the Company and the Company desires to sell to the Investor, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, eight hundred thousand (800,000) shares of the common stock, $.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.
On the terms and conditions of this Subscription and Investment Representation Agreement (the “Agreement”), the Investor proposes to make an investment in the Company as follows:
1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes to purchase eight hundred thousand (800,000) shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock of the Company at a price of U.S.$15.00 per share. In so doing, Investor is hereby delivering to the Company, for the Company’s benefit, a check, draft, money order or wire transfer payable to the order of “INTAC International, Inc.” in the amount of U.S.$12,000,000.00, the aggregate purchase price payable in respect of the purchase of the Shares. The Company will deliver a stock certificate representing the Shares purchased by the Investor within ten business days after receipt of the purchase price.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Investor as follows:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Nevada.
(b) As of the date hereof, the entire authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (1) One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares of Common Stock, of which Twenty Million One Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty-Five (20,189,455) shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof prior to the offering made hereby, and (2) Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof. All of the issued and outstanding shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. The Shares to be issued to the Investor in the offering will be, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions.
3. Representations and Warranties of Investor. Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) The offer and sale of the Shares to Investor is made in reliance upon Investor’s representation to the Company, which, by Investor’s execution of this Agreement, Investor hereby confirms, that the Shares are being acquired for investment for Investor’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the sale or distribution of any part thereof, and that Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. By executing this Agreement, Investor further represents that Investor has no contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer, or grant participation rights to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of the Shares and has no present intention to enter into any such contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement.
(b) Investor understands and acknowledges that the Offering of the Shares has not and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on the grounds that the offering and sale of the Shares are exempt from registration pursuant to the provisions of Section 4(2) and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act, and that the Company’s reliance upon such exemption is, in part, predicated upon Investor’s representations set forth in this Agreement.
(c) Investor covenants that in no event will Investor dispose of any of the Shares, or any part thereof, unless and until (i) there is an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act covering the proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such Registration Statement, and (ii) Investor shall have notified the Company of the proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed disposition, and, if reasonably requested by the Company, Investor shall have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel satisfactory in form and substance to the Company and the Company’s counsel to the effect that (A) such disposition will not require registration under the Securities Act and (B) appropriate action necessary for compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable state, local or foreign law has been taken. In addition, the Investor agrees that the Investor will comply with the contractual lock-up period imposed upon Investor under this Agreement.
(d) Investor represents that Investor (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of Investor’s prospective investment in the Shares; (ii) has received from the Company all the information he has requested and considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to purchase the Shares; (iii) has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company regarding the Company, its business, operations, market potential, capitalization, financial condition and prospects, and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares; (iv) has the ability to bear the economic risks of Investor’s prospective investment; and (v) is able, without materially impairing his financial condition, to hold the Shares for an indefinite period of time and to suffer complete loss on his investment.
(e) Investor represents that he is a bona fide resident of the state or country indicated herein, and if Investor is an individual, Investor is at least 21 years of age. Investor further represents that he has no present intention of becoming a resident of any other state or jurisdiction.
(f) If Investor’s purchase of the Shares is subject to regulation by the government of a sovereign jurisdiction other than the United States, Investor has complied with all laws and regulations governing the purchase and sale of the Shares imposed by such sovereign jurisdiction.
(g) Investor has received and read or reviewed, and is thoroughly familiar with, the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC Filings”), particularly the information set forth under the captions “Business Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” found in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003 and Investor is aware of the high degree of risk involved in making an investment in the Company; it being understood, however, that this representation does not constitute a waiver of any rights that Investor has under the Securities Act, any applicable state securities act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(h) Investor has had the opportunity to review, at the Company’s offices or otherwise, any materials available to the Company relating to the Company or any other matters or items discussed in or accompanying the SEC Filings. The Company has answered all inquiries from Investor, and given Investor the opportunity to obtain any additional information (to the extent the Company possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense) requested by the Investor necessary to verify the accuracy of any information set forth in this Agreement, the SEC Filings, or otherwise.
(i) Investor understands that he is purchasing the Shares only in reliance upon the information set forth in this Agreement. Investor acknowledges that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no representations or warranties have been made to Investor or the Investor’s advisors by the Company or by any persons acting on their behalf with respect to the business of the Company, the financial condition of the Company or any other aspect of or related to a purchase of the Shares, and that Investor has not relied upon any information concerning this transaction, written or oral.
(j) Investor acknowledges and is aware of the following:
(i) The Shares are a highly speculative investment that involves a substantial risk of loss by Investor of his entire investment in the Company.
(ii) There are substantial restrictions on the transferability of the Shares. The Shares will only be registered under the Securities Act only pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 8 of this Agreement; accordingly, there may be no public market for the Shares; Investor may not be able to avail himself of the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act with respect to the resale of the Shares; and the Investor may have to hold the Shares indefinitely and may not be able to liquidate his investment in the Company.
(iii) No federal or state agency has made any finding or determination as to the fairness of the offering of the Shares for investment or any recommendation or endorsement of the Shares.
(iv) The Company, its officers, directors, agents or employees or any other person, have not represented, guaranteed or warranted to Investor, expressly or by implication, any of the following:
• the approximate or exact length of time that Investor will be required to remain an owner of the Shares;
• the amount of or type of consideration, profit or loss to be realized, if any, as a result of an investment in the Company; or
• the likelihood that the Company’s business plan will succeed.
(k) Investor has neither distributed nor disclosed, directly or indirectly, any of the Company’s confidential information, including, without limitation, the information contained in any contract or agreement to which the Company is a party, to anyone other than his legal, tax, accounting or other advisors for their use solely in that capacity for Investor, and no one other than the undersigned and his legal, tax, accounting or other advisors, if any, has used the confidential information.
(l) Investor represents and warrants to the Company that he is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of SEC Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as presently in effect, under the definition set forth in the box initialed below by the Investor.
o 1. Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any insurance company as defined in section 2(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;
o 2. Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)22 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
o 3. Any organization described in section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
o 4. Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;
o 5. Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000;
o 6. Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
o 7. Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) and
ý 8. Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.
The foregoing statements are true and accurate to the best of my information and belief, and I will promptly notify the Company of any changes.
(m) At no time was Investor presented with or solicited by any publicly issued or circulated newspaper, mail, radio, television or other form of general advertising or solicitation in connection with the Shares.
(n) In addition, Investor has been advised that Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, which permits certain limited sales of unregistered securities, may not be presently available with respect to the Shares and, in any event, requires that the Shares be held for a minimum of one (1) year, and in certain cases two (2) years, after they have been purchased and paid for (within the meaning of SEC Rule 144), before they may be resold under SEC Rule 144.
(o) Investor agrees that the Company may rely on the representations found in this Section 3. Investor further agrees that he will furnish to the Company such further information as the Company may deem relevant in determining whether the undersigned is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) and whether the undersigned’s proposed investment may have any adverse legal effects, and the undersigned authorizes the Company and its agents to confirm, as necessary, with the undersigned’s tax adviser, investment counselor, lawyer, accountant, banker or other financial representative named below, such information as the Company may deem relevant in making such determination.
(p) The foregoing representations and warranties are true and accurate as of the date hereof and shall survive the Closing of the purchase of the Shares. If in any respect such representations and warranties shall not be true and accurate prior to the Closing Date, Investor shall give written notice of such fact to the Company, specifying which representations and warranties are not true and accurate and the reasons therefor.
4. Indemnification. Investor recognizes that the sale of the Shares to Investor will be based upon his representations and warranties set forth in Paragraph 3 hereof, and Investor agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the Company, each of its officers and directors, and each person who controls the Company, from and against any and all loss, damage, liability or expense, including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees, to which they may be subject or which they may incur by reason of, or in connection with, any misrepresentation made by Investor in this Agreement, any breach by Investor of his warranties or failure by Investor to fulfill any covenants or agreements set forth herein or arising out of the sale or distribution of any such shares by Investor in violation of the Securities Act or other applicable securities laws. All representations, warranties, and covenants and the indemnification contained in this Agreement shall survive the acceptance of this subscription and the issuance to Investor of the Shares.
5. Confidentiality. Investor hereby covenants and agrees to maintain the confidential status of all Confidential Information (as defined below), and not to use, directly or indirectly, any such Confidential Information for any purpose other than to evaluate an investment in the Company, and not to disclose, directly or indirectly, any such Confidential Information to any third party. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means all business, financial, technical and other information about the Company, designated as confidential or proprietary, or information which, by the nature of the circumstances surrounding the disclosure, ought in good faith to be treated as confidential, including, without limitation, the confidential information provided to the Investor.
6. Acknowledgment. Investor acknowledges and understands that he may receive or may be provided confidential or otherwise non-public information about the Company that may constitute material, non-public information concerning the Company, and that he is obligated to
refrain from (a) selling any shares of common stock beneficially owned or held by him and (b) otherwise trading in the Company’s securities, at any time during which Investor is in possession of non-public, material information concerning the Company.
7. Restrictive Legends. Investor understands and agrees that the following restrictions and limitations are applicable to his purchase and any resale or other transfer he may make of the Shares:
(a) The Shares shall not be sold or otherwise transferred unless they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or are exempt therefrom.
(b) Legends in substantially the following form will be placed on each certificate evidencing the Shares:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW. THE SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE OR SOLD IN THE ABSENCE OF (i) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SHARES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (ii) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A SUBSCRIPTION AND INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THEREOF, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AND WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST TO THE COMPANY.
8. (a) Registration Rights. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than the forty-fifth day following the Closing Date, as such term is defined in Section 13 of this Agreement (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 as a “shelf” registration statement under Rule 415 under the Securities Act (“Rule 415”) covering the resale of the Shares.
(b) Effectiveness. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof. The Company shall respond promptly to any and all comments made by the staff of the Commission on the Registration Statement, and shall promptly submit to the Commission, within two (2) business days after the Company learns that no review of the Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the Commission or that the staff of the Commission has no further comments on the Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to a time and date not later than three (3) Business Days after the submission of such request; provided that at any time prior to the end of the Registration Deadline, the Company may delay its request for effectiveness for a period of up to ten days if the Company is required to file an Exchange Act report within such ten (10) day period that would require an amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the Prospectus to be used in connection with the Registration Statement. The Company will maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement until the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities eligible for resale thereunder have been publicly sold pursuant to either the Registration Statement or Rule 144 and (ii) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities remaining to be sold under the Registration Statement (in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Holder) may be immediately sold to the
public under Rule 144 or 144(k) or any successor provision within a three month period (the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier to occur of (i) or (ii) above being referred to herein as the “Registration Period”).
(c) Allowed Delay. The Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information, and suspend the availability of the Registration Statement, for no more than (i) five (5) consecutive Business Days or (ii) twenty (20) calendar days in any twelve (12) month period, in the event of a proposed merger, reorganization or similar transaction involving the Company, as long as its board of directors (A) has determined, upon the advice of counsel, that such information would be required to be disclosed in an offering registered under the Securities Act and (B) reasonably deems it in the Company’s best interests not to disclose such information publicly (an “Allowed Delay”). The Company shall promptly (i) notify each Holder in writing of the existence of material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay (but in no event, without the prior written consent of such Holder, shall the Company disclose to such Holder any of the facts or circumstances regarding any material non-public information), (ii) advise each Holder in writing to cease all sales under the Registration Statement until the termination of the Allowed Delay and (iii) notify each Holder in writing immediately upon the termination or expiration of an Allowed Delay.
9. No Waiver. Notwithstanding any of the representations, warranties, acknowledgments or agreements made herein by Investor, Investor does not thereby or in any other manner waive any rights granted to Investor under federal or state securities laws.
10. Assignment. Investor agrees not to transfer or assign this Agreement, or any of his interest therein.
11. No Revocation. Investor acknowledges and agrees that his subscription for Shares, made by the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Investor, is irrevocable and shall survive the death or incapacity of Investor.
12. Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall take place contemporaneously with the parties’ execution of this Agreement (the “Closing Date”). Execution by the Company hereunder shall constitute its written acknowledgment of the receipt of and payment for the full purchase price for the Shares.
13. Miscellaneous.
(a) All notices or other communications to the Company given or made hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to Chief Executive Officer, INTAC International, Inc., Xxxx 0-0, 00/X., Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 000 Xxxxxx Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, with a copy to the Chief Financial Officer, 00000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, or such other principal executive offices of the Company as shall then be in existence. All notices or other communications to the Investor given or made hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered to Investor by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the Investor’s address as set forth on the signature page to this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all of the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Nevada applicable to agreements made and to be wholly performed therein.
(c) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed by all parties.
(d) This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, estates, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
(e) All terms used herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine and neuter, and the singular and plural as the context requires. Captions herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not alter or affect the meaning or construction of the paragraphs hereof to which they relate.
(f) Each of the parties hereto agree to execute such other documents, instruments or agreements as shall be reasonably necessary, appropriate or required to evidence the intent of the parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed, or caused to be executed, this Subscription and Investment Representation Agreement this 13th day of May, 2004.
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Agreed and Accepted:
INTAC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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Xxx Xxxx, Chief Executive Officer |