Re: Registration Rights Agreement dated October 2, 2006, as amended by First Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated November 12, 2008
American
Dairy, Inc.
Star
City
International Building, 10, Jiuxianqiuo Road,
C-16th
Floor,
Chaoyang
Beijing,
The People’s Republic of China
November
12, 2008
Re:
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Registration
Rights Agreement dated October 2, 2006, as amended by First Amendment
to
Registration Rights Agreement
dated
November 12, 2008
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Reference
is made to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October
2,
2006, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Registration Rights
Agreement dated November 12, 2008 (“Amendment”)
(as so
amended, the “Agreement”),
by
and among American Dairy, Inc. (the “Company”)
and
the Investors named therein. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise
defined in this letter shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
Agreement.
The
Company and certain of the Investors named in the Agreement (as identified
by
their signatures below, the “Waiving
Investor(s)”)
wish
to modify the Agreement with respect to certain rights of the Waiving Investors,
and agree as follows, provided
that
such
modifications shall be effective only with respect to the Registrable Securities
held by such Waiving Investors.
1. Notwithstanding
anything in the Agreement to the contrary, from and after October 1, 2008,
(i)
the Company shall be obligated to make the payments to the Waiving Investors
required by Section 2(c) of the Agreement if, and only if, the Registration
Statement is not declared effective by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. Washington, D.C.
time on June 30, 2009 (the “June
Deadline”),
and
(ii) the Company shall be obligated to make the payments to the Waiving
Investors required by Section 8(c) of the Agreement if, and only if, the Company
shall not timely comply with its reporting and filing obligations under the
1934
Act by April 15, 2009 (the “April
Deadline”).
In
the event that the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC
by
the June Deadline, and the Company shall comply with its reporting and filing
obligations under the 1934 Act by the April Deadline, the Waiving Investors
hereby waive any and all claims to payments pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section
8(c) of the Agreement arising from and after October 1, 2008. In the event
that
the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the June Deadline,
or if
the Company shall not comply with its reporting and filing obligations under
the
1934 Act by the April Deadline, the Waiving Investors shall be entitled to
all
payments pursuant to (x) said Section 2(c) of the Agreement for the period
from
and after October 1, 2008 until the date the Registration Statement is declared
effective, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, and (y) said Section
8(c) of the Agreement for the period from and after October 1, 2008 until the
date the Company shall comply with its reporting and filing obligations under
the 1934 Act, and neither this letter nor any prior waiver shall be of any
effect with respect to the obligations of the Company thereunder.
2. All
other
terms of the Agreement, including without limitation any provisions of Section
2(c) and Section 8(c) of the Agreement (except as modified above), shall
continue in full force and effect.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
Company and the undersigned Waiving Investors have caused this letter agreement
to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
AMERICAN DAIRY, INC. | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[The
signatures of the Waiving Investors begin on the next
page]
RFT INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC | ||||
By: | LOR, Inc., its Manager | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X.Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary/Treasurer |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
ST. XXXXX CAPITAL, L.L.C. | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Manager | |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
/s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
R. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX | ||
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
RCTLOR, LLC | ||||
By: | LOR, Inc., its Manager | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X.Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary/Treasurer |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX | ||
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By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
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RRR
DECEMBER PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
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By: |
1994
RRR Voting Trust, its managing general
partner
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By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Trustee |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
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GWR
DECEMBER PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
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By: |
1994
GWR Voting Trust, its managing general
partner
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Trustee |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
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GIA
PARTNERS, L.P.
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By: |
GIA
Management Company, LLC, its general
partner
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | CEO |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
RADIC, L.L.C. | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Manager
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(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
XXXXXXX INVESTMENT FUND | ||
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By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name:
R.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Partner
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(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
THE O. XXXXX XXXXXXX FOUNDATION | ||
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By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: R.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Trustee
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(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
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XXXX
& XXXXX CAPITAL QP, LLC, as successor
to Gullane Capital Partners Encore LLC
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By: |
Xxxx
&
Xxxxx
Capital Management, LLC, its
managing member
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Principal |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
DISCOVERY
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
MASTER
FUND, LTD.
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)
SWIFTWATER
AGGRESSIVE VALUE MASTER
FUND,
LTD.
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Director |
(Signature
page to Letter Agreement)