Form of Accession Letter
To:
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American
Dairy, Inc. (the “Company”), the Group Companies, the Controlling
Shareholders, Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. and any other parties to the
Amended and Restated Notes Purchase Agreement
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Date:
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June
27, 2007
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THIS
UNDERTAKING is made as of the date above written by entities identified as
Acceding Parties in the signature pages hereto (the “Acceding
Parties”)
in
relation to that certain Amended and Restated Notes Purchase Agreement, (the
“Amended
Purchase Agreement”),
dated
May 31, 2007 by and among the Company, the Group Companies, the Controlling
Shareholders and Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., as amended from time to time.
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined in this letter shall
have the respective meanings set forth in the Amended Purchase
Agreement.
In
consideration of the Acceding Parties being accepted as parties to the Amended
Purchase Agreement, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Other Notes
(as such term is defined in the Amended Purchase Agreement), each of the
Acceding Parties hereby agrees with the parties to the Amended Purchase
Agreement that such Acceding Party will abide by the terms of, and be a party
to, the Amended Purchase Agreement (a copy of which it acknowledges that it
has
received).
Each
Acceding Party hereby represents, acknowledges and agrees, severally and not
jointly, that:
1. It
is an
AI (as such term is defined in the Amended Purchase Agreement), purchasing
the
Other Notes for its own account or for the account of one or more AIs and not
acquiring the Other Notes or the Other Conversion Shares with a view to any
distribution thereof that would violate the Act or the securities laws of any
state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.
2. It
acknowledges, and each beneficial owner of the Other Notes has been advised,
that any sale to it is being made in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Act.
3. It
acknowledges that no Other Notes, Guarantees or Other Conversion Shares have
been or will be registered under the Securities Act or any applicable U.S.
state
securities laws, that the Other Notes, the Guarantees and the Other Conversion
Shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under
the Securities Act and that no Other Notes, Guarantees or Other Conversion
Shares may be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account
or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S) except as set forth
below.
4. If
in the
future it decides to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Other Notes or
the
Other Conversion Shares or any beneficial interests therein, it will do so,
only
(a) inside the United States to a person whom the Purchaser reasonably believes
is a qualified institutional buyer (a “QIB”)
as
defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Act, (b) outside the United States to a non-U.S. person
in compliance with Regulation S, (c) pursuant to another exemption from
registration under the Act (if available) or (d) pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Act, in each case, in accordance with all
applicable U.S. state securities laws.
5. It
will,
and will require each subsequent holder of the Other Notes or the Other
Conversion Shares to, notify any purchaser of an interest in an Other Note
or
Other Conversion Shares of the resale restrictions referred to in paragraphs
(iii) and (iv) above, if then applicable.
6. It
acknowledges that the Other Notes will be in certificated form.
7. The
Other
Conversion Shares will bear a legend setting forth the resale restrictions
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above.
8. The
Other
Notes and/or the Other Conversion Shares to be acquired by such Other Investor
will be acquired for investment for its own account, not as a nominee or agent,
and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and
that
it has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or
otherwise distributing the same. Such Other Investor does not presently have
any
contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell,
transfer or grant participations to such Person or to any third Person, with
respect to any of the Other Notes or the Other Conversion Shares.
9. On
each
day from the date on which it acquires the Other Notes, through and including
the date on which it disposes of its interests in such Other Notes, either
that
(a) it is not an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA,
subject to Title I of ERISA, a “plan” (defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the
Code, subject to Section 4975 of the Code (including without limitation, an
individual retirement account), an entity whose underlying assets include the
assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan by reason of Department of
Labor Regulation section 2510.3-10 or otherwise, or a governmental or church
plan which is subject to any federal, state or local law that is substantially
similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
or
(b) its purchase, holding and disposition of such Notes will not result in
a
prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
(or, in the case of a governmental or church plan, any substantially similar
federal, state or local law) unless an exemption is available with respect
to
such transactions and all the conditions of such exemption have been
satisfied.
This
undertaking shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of
the State of New York.
ACCEDING
PARTIES:
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