SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(the
“Agreement”),
dated
as of August 28, 2008, by and among Universal Travel Group, a Nevada
corporation, with headquarters located at Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of
China (the “Company”),
and
the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually,
a
“Buyer”
and
collectively, the “Buyers”).
The
Company and the Buyers shall collectively be referred to as the “Parties”
and
individually, a “Party”.
BACKGROUND
A. The
Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance
upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2)
of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933
Act”),
and
Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation
D”)
as
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”)
under
the 1933 Act.
B. Each
Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms
and
conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate number of shares
of the
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock”),
set
forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers
(which
aggregate amount for all Buyers together shall be 4,588,708 shares of Common
Stock and shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Common
Shares”)
and
(ii) warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A
(the
“Warrants”),
to
acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite such Buyer's name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers (which
aggregate amount shall be Warrants covering 2,294,356 shares of Common Stock
and, as exercised, shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Warrant
Shares”).
C. Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are
executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in
the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
B
(the
“Registration
Rights Agreement”)
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights
with respect to the Common Shares, and the Warrant Shares under the 1933
Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state
securities laws.
D. Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto, together
with Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP (“Escrow
Agent”),
are
executing and delivering a Closing Escrow Agreement, substantially in the
form
attached hereto as Exhibit
C
(the
“Closing
Escrow Agreement”)
pursuant to which the Buyers shall deposit their Purchase Price (as defined
below) with the Escrow Agent to be applied to the transactions contemplated
hereunder.
E. Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company, the Buyers
and
the Company’s CEO, Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, and Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
(“Make
Good Escrow
Agent”),
are
executing and delivering a Make Good Escrow Agreement, substantially in the
form
attached hereto as Exhibit
D
(the
“Make
Good Escrow Agreement”);
and
the Company and its CEO, Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, are executing and delivering
a
Lock-Up Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
F. The
Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred
to
herein as the “Securities”.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
the
Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
1.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES AND WARRANTS.
(a) Purchase
of Common Shares and Warrants.
Subject
to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6
and 7
below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally,
but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date
(as
defined below), the number of Common Shares as is set forth opposite such
Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, along with Warrants
to
acquire up to that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such
Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (the “Closing”).
The
Closing shall occur on the Closing Date at the offices of Sichenzia Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, located at 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 or such other venue as the Parties may so
designate.
(b) Purchase
Price.
The
purchase price for the Common Shares and related Warrants to be purchased
by
each Buyer at the Closing shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s
name in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers (the “Purchase
Price”)
which
shall be equal to the amount of $1.55 per
Common Share and a related Warrant for the purchase of one-half a Common
Share,
times the number of Common Shares purchased.
(c) Closing
Date.
The
date and time of the Closing (the “Closing
Date”)
shall
be 10:00 a.m., New York City Time, on August 28, 2008 (or such other date
and
time as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer).
(d) Form
of Payment.
On the
Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price to the
Company for the Common Shares and Warrants to be issued and sold to such
Buyer
at the Closing, either (A) by wire transfer of immediately available funds
in
accordance with the Company's written wire instructions, or (B) by bank
certified checks made payable to the Company and (ii) the Company shall
deliver to each Buyer (A) one or more stock certificates, evidencing the
number
of Common Shares such Buyer is purchasing as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s
name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers, and (B) a Warrant pursuant
to
which such Buyer shall have the right to acquire such number of Warrant Shares
as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of
Buyers, in all cases duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered
in
the name of such Buyer.
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2.
BUYER'S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each
Buyer represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:
(a) Organization
and Good Standing of Buyers.
If the
Buyer is an entity, such Buyer is a corporation, partnership or limited
liability company duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in
good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization.
(b) Authorization
and Power.
Each
Buyer has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform the
Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which such Buyer is a party and
to
purchase the Shares and Warrants being sold to it hereunder. The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which such Buyer
is a
party by such Buyer and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
partnership action, and no further consent or authorization of such Buyer
or its
Board of Directors, stockholders, or partners, as the case may be, is required.
The Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Buyer and constitutes, or shall
constitute when executed and delivered, a valid and binding obligation of
such
Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with the terms
thereof.
(c) No
Public Sale or Distribution.
Such
Buyer is (i) acquiring the Common Shares and the Warrants and (ii) upon exercise
of the Warrants will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof,
in the ordinary course of business for its own account and not with a view
towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution
thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act
and
such Buyer does not have a present arrangement to effect any distribution
of the
Securities to or through any Person or entity; provided,
however,
that by
making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any
of the
Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right
to
dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act.
(d) Accredited
Investor Status.
Such
Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D. Such Buyer is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer
under Section 15 of the Exchange Act and such Buyer is not a broker-dealer,
nor
an affiliate of a broker-dealer.
(e) Reliance
on Exemptions.
Such
Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in
reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United
States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying
in part
upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer's compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings
of
such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such
exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the
Securities.
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(f) Information.
Such
Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating
to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating
to the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by such
Buyer
as it has deemed necessary or appropriate to conduct its due diligence
investigation and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in
companies similar to the Company in terms of the Company’s stage of development
so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the
Company. Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity
to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due
diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any,
or its
representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer's right to rely
on the
Company's representations and warranties contained herein. Each Buyer further
acknowledges that such Buyer understands the high risks of investing in
companies domiciled and/or which operate primarily in the People’s Republic of
China and that the purchase of the Securities involves substantial risks
and is
able to afford a complete loss of such investment. Such Buyer has sought
such
accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an
informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the
Securities.
(g) No
Governmental Review.
Such
Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other
government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation
or
endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment
in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits
of the offering of the Securities.
(h) Transfer
or Resale.
Such
Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement:
(i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933
Act
or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned
or
transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer
shall
have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable
form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred
may
be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance
that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule
144
or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor
rule
thereto) (collectively, “Rule
144”);
(ii)
any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only
in
accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not
applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the
seller
(or the Person (as defined in Section 3(s)) through whom the sale is made)
may
be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 0000 Xxx)
may
require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules
and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any
other
Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933
Act or
any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any
exemption thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be
pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan secured
by
the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a
transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting
a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any
notice
thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document (as defined below), including, without
limitation, this Section 2(h); provided, that in order to make any sale,
transfer or assignment of Securities, such Buyer and its pledgee makes such
disposition in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or
an
exemption under the 1933 Act.
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(i) Legends.
Such
Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing
the
Common Shares and the Warrant Shares and, until such time as the resale of
the
Common Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933
Act as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock certificates
representing the Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any
legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend
in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed
against transfer of such stock certificates):
NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR
THE
SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN][THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN]
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
FOR
THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER
SAID
ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED
BY THE SECURITIES.
The
legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a
certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which
it is
stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable
balance
account at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”),
if,
unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Securities are
registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale,
assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion
of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, in a generally acceptable
form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities
may
be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933
Act
and that such legend is no longer required, or (iii) such holder provides
the
Company with reasonable assurance that the Securities can be sold, assigned
or
transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A. The Company shall be responsible
for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such
issuance. If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue
to
the holder of the Securities within three (3) Trading Days after the occurrence
of any of (i) through (iii) above, a certificate without such legend or to
issue
such Securities to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance
account at DTC, and if on or after such Trading Day the holder purchases
(in an
open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the holder of such Securities that the holder
anticipated receiving without legend from the Company (a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the holder's request
and
in the holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the holder in an amount
equal
to the holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any)
for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In
Price”),
at
which point the Company's obligation to deliver such unlegended Securities
shall
terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the holder
such
unlegended Securities as provided above and pay cash to the holder in an
amount
equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A)
such
number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price (as defined
in
the Warrants) on the date of exercise. “Trading
Day”
is
defined as a day on which securities are generally traded in real-time (and
not
under any delayed or pre-market or post-market trading) in any of the following
markets: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New
York
Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
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(j) Validity;
Enforcement.
This
Agreement and other Transaction Documents as they apply to each Buyer have
been
duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer
and
shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer
enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms,
except
as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or
to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation
and
other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of
applicable creditors' rights and remedies.
(k) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents as they apply to each Buyer and the consummation by
such
Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result
in
a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict
with,
or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or
both
would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or
instrument to which such Buyer is a party or by which its properties or assets
are bound, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable
to
such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such
conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or
in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the
ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder. Such Buyer is
not
required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing
or
registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute,
deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents to which such Buyer is a party or to purchase the Shares
and the Warrants or acquire the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(l) Residency.
Such
Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the
Schedule of Buyers.
(m) Prohibited
Transactions.
Since
the Buyer was approached by the Company with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, neither such Buyer nor any Person acting on behalf of
or
pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer has, directly or indirectly,
effected or agreed to effect any transaction in the Common Stock, including
any
short sale, whether or not against the box, established any “put equivalent
position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) with respect to
the Common Stock, granted any other right (including, without limitation,
any
put or call option) with respect to the Common Stock or with respect to any
security that includes, relates to or derived any significant part of its
value
from the Common Stock or otherwise sought to hedge its position in the
Securities (but not including any actions to secure available shares to borrow
in order to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future) (each,
a
“Prohibited
Transaction”).
Prior
to the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of this Agreement or (ii)
the
date of the 8-K Filing as described in Section 4(i), such Buyer shall not,
and
shall cause any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding
with
such Buyer not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in a Prohibited
Transaction.
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(n) No
General Solicitation.
Each
Buyer acknowledges that the Shares and Warrants were not offered to such
Buyer
by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general advertising,
or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature, including (i)
any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any
newspaper, magazine, website, or similar media, or broadcast over television
or
radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which such Buyer was invited by
any of
the foregoing means of communications.
(o) Independent
Investment.
Except
as may be disclosed in any filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by the Buyers under Section 13 and/or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, no
Buyer
has agreed to act with any other Buyer for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
voting or disposing of the Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder for purposes
of Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act, and each Buyer is acting independently
with respect to its investment in the Shares.
(p) Brokers.
Each
Buyer has no knowledge of any brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions that are
or will be payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any broker,
financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker,
bank or other Person or entity with respect to the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement
(q) Listing
of Common Shares.
Immediately upon the effectiveness of a registration statement with the SEC
covering the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares, the Buyers shall use
reasonable efforts to assist the Company in making an immediate application
to a
United States stock exchange, such as the Nasdaq Capital Market or the American
Stock Exchange, for the listing of the Common Shares.
3.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The
Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:
(a) Organization
and Qualification.
Each of
the Company and its “Subsidiaries”
(which
for purposes of this Agreement means any entity in which the Company, directly
or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest)
are
corporations duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated, and have the requisite
corporate power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on
their
business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
is
duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction
in
which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by
it
makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure
to be
so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
As
used in this Agreement, “Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations,
results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of
the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the transactions
contemplated hereby and the other Transaction Documents or by the agreements
and
instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the
authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents (as defined below). The Company has no Subsidiaries
except
as set forth on Schedule
3(a).
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(b) Authorization;
Enforcement; Validity.
The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5), the
Warrants, the Closing Escrow Agreement, the Make Good Escrow Agreement, the
Lock-Up Agreement and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties
hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”)
and to
issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares and the
Warrants and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Warrant
Shares
issuable upon exercise of any Warrant have been duly authorized by the Company's
Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by
the
Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity
or
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation
or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable
creditors' rights and remedies.
(c) Issuance
of Securities.
The
Common Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and, upon issuance in
accordance with the terms hereof, shall be validly issued and free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof and the Common
Shares
shall be fully paid and nonassessable with the holders being entitled to
all
rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. As of the Closing Date, the
Company
shall have duly authorized and reserved for issuance a number of shares of
Common Stock which equals the number of Warrant Shares. The Company shall,
so
long as any of the Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to
reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued capital stock,
solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the Warrants, 100% of
the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
Upon
exercise in accordance with the Warrants, the Warrant Shares will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges
with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all
rights
accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The offer and issuance by the Company
of
the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.
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(d) No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and
thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares
and
the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant
Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation
(as
defined below) or Bylaws (as defined below) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time
or
both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of
time
or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding
to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or
asset
of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected,
or
(iii) result
in
a violation of any U.S. law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which
the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities
laws
and regulations and
the
rules and regulations of the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”)),
or by
which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected,
except in the case of clause (ii) such as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Consents.
The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of,
or
make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any
regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it
to
execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated
by the
Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or
thereof (other than (x) any consent, authorization or order that has been
obtained as of the date hereof, (y) any filing or registration that has been
made as of the date hereof or (z) any filings which may be required to be
made
by the Company with the Commission or state securities administrators subsequent
to the Closing; provided,
that,
for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is
assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and
agreements of the Buyers herein). All consents, authorizations, orders, filings
and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the
preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing
Date. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances
that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the
registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence.
The
Company is not in violation of any requirements of the OTCBB and has no
knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to the cessation of quotations
for the Common Stock on the OTCBB in the foreseeable future
(f) Acknowledgment
Regarding Buyer's Purchase of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity
of arm's length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an
officer
or director of the Company, (ii) an “affiliate” of the Company (as defined in
Rule 144) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a “beneficial owner” of more
than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934
Act”)).
The
Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor
or
fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
and
any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in
connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer's purchase of the
Securities. The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company's
decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on
the
independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
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(g) No
General Solicitation; Placement Agent's Fees.
Neither
the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their
behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising
(within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale
of the
Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement
agent's fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers' commissions (other than
for
persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising
out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay, and hold
each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without
limitation, attorney's fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection
with any such claim. For the purposes of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
the
Parties agree and acknowledge, jointly and severally, that no agent’s fees,
financial advisory fees or brokers’ commission whatsoever is/are due to any
third party by the Company.
(h) No
Integrated Offering.
None of
the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, and any Person acting
on
their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances
that
would require registration of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or
cause
this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by
the
Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable stockholder approval
provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations
of
any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities
of the
Company are listed or designated. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries,
their
affiliates and any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or
steps
referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of
any of
the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities
to be
integrated with other offerings.
(i) Dilutive
Effect.
The
Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants will increase in certain circumstances. The
Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares
upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the
Warrants, in each case, is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive
effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other
stockholders of the Company.
(j) Application
of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement.
The
Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any,
in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business
combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement)
or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Articles of Incorporation
or
the laws of the State of Nevada which is or could become applicable to any
Buyer
as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the Company's issuance of the Securities and any Buyer's
ownership of the Securities. The Company has not adopted a stockholder rights
plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership
of
Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.
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(k) SEC
Documents; Financial Statements.
During
the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed
all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed
by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act
(all
of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or prior to the date of the
Closing, along with the Current Report of the Company being filed in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby, and all exhibits included therein
and
financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by
reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC
Documents”).
The
Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true,
correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the XXXXX
system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations
of
the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none
of the
SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As
of
their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included
in the
SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC
with
respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed
or
summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case
of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other
information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is
not
included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information
referred to in Section 2(f) of this Agreement, contains any untrue statement
of
a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to
make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they
are or
were made, not misleading.
(l) Absence
of Certain Changes.
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
3(l),
since
December 31, 2007, there has been no material adverse change and no material
adverse development in the business, properties, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company
or
its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3(l),
since
December 31, 2007, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends,
(ii)
sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $25,000 outside
of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures,
individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $25,000. The Company has not
taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does
the
Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend
to
initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any
fact
which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company is not as of
the
date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby
to
occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes
of
this Section 3(l), “Insolvent”
means,
with respect to any Person (i) the present fair saleable value of such Person's
assets is less than the amount required to pay such Person's total Indebtedness
(as defined in Section 3(s)), (ii) such Person is unable to pay its debts
and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person intends to incur
or
believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay
as
such debts mature or (iv) such Person has unreasonably small capital with
which
to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted
and is proposed to be conducted.
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(m) No
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances.
No
event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or
is
contemplated to occur, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or
their
respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition,
that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable
securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC
relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which
has not been publicly announced.
(n) Conduct
of Business; Regulatory Permits.
Neither
the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in material violation of any term of
or in
default under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or their organizational
charter or articles of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree
or
order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company
or
its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will
conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible
violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
is
not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the
OTCBB
and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably
lead to
delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the OTCBB in the foreseeable
future except for possible violations which would not, individually or in
the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and would not, individually or
in the
aggregate, reasonably lead to delisting or suspension from trading of the
Common
Stock by the OTCBB, FINRA or the SEC. During the two (2) years prior to the
date
hereof, (i) the Common Stock has been quoted on the OTCBB, (ii) trading in
the
Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or FINRA and (iii) the Company
has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the OTCBB
regarding the suspension or cessation of quotation of the Common Stock on
the
OTCBB. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations
and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where
the
failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not
have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither
the
Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization
or
permit
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(o) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent,
employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the
Company
(i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment
or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any
direct
or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official
or
employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any
provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended;
or (iv)
made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee.
(p) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act.
The
Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and
any and
all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that
are
effective as of the date hereof , except for possible violations which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(q) Transactions
With Affiliates.
Except
as otherwise provided in the SEC Documents, none of the officers, directors
or
employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services
as
employees, officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing
for
rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments
to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of
the
Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any
such
officer, director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer,
director, trustee or partner.
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(r) Equity
Capitalization.
As of
the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
70,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof,
37,031,258 shares
are issued and outstanding, no
shares
are reserved for issuance pursuant to options and warrants outstanding and
no shares
are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the Warrants)
exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock.
All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth on Schedule
3(r)
and in
the SEC Documents: (i) no shares of the Company's capital stock are subject
to
preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances
suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by
which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of
any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into,
or
exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there are no outstanding debt securities,
notes,
credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or
instruments evidencing Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s)) of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is
or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations
in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) there are no agreements
or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated
to
register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except the
Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) there are no outstanding securities
or
instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any
redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing
anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance
of
the Securities; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights
or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and
(ix) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations
required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so disclosed in the
SEC
Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's
or
any Subsidiary's respective businesses and which, individually or in the
aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company
has
furnished or made available to the Buyer upon such Buyer's request, true,
correct and complete copies of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as
amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles
of Incorporation”),
and
the Company's Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the
“Bylaws”),
and
the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable
for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof
in
respect thereto.
(s) Indebtedness
and Other Contracts.
Except
as disclosed in Schedule
3(s)
and the
SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any
outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract,
agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which,
by the
other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument, in the judgment
of
the Company’s officers, would result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in
violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or
instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and
defaults would not result, in the judgment of the Company’s officers,
individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is
a
party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness,
the
performance of which, in the judgment of the Company's officers, has or is
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement:
(x)
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money,
(B)
all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of
property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary
course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect
to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments,
including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition
of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising
under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as
financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired
with
the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of
the
seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under
any
leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby,
is
classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses
(A)
through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
has
an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any
property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any
Person,
even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed
or
become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent
Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of other kinds referred
to
in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) “Contingent
Obligation”
means,
as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise,
of
that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other
obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person
incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance
to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged,
or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the
holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against
loss
with respect thereto; and (z) “Person”
means an
individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture,
a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or
any
department or agency thereof.
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(t) Absence
of Litigation.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
3(t) and
the
SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation
before the SEC, FINRA, any court, public board, government agency,
self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or
any of
its Subsidiaries or any of the Company's or the Company's Subsidiaries' officers
or directors, whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise.
(u) Insurance.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as
management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses
in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Except as set forth
on
Schedule
3(u), neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought
or
applied for. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe
that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and
when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers
as may
be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(v) Employee
Relations.
(i)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective
bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union. The Company and its
Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.
No
executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in
Rule
501(f) of the 0000 Xxx) has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that
such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise
terminate such officer's employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary.
No
executive officer of the Company, to the knowledge of the Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material
term of
any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information
agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement
or any
restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive
officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters.
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(ii) The
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local
and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment
practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and
hours,
except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or
in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(w) Title.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple
to all
real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by
them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
in
each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such
as
do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere
with
the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and
any of
its Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting
and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings
by the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
(x) Intellectual
Property Rights.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to
use
all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service xxxx registrations, service
names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals,
governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property
rights (“Intellectual
Property Rights”)
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted. None of
the
Company's Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated, or are
expected to expire or terminate within three years from the date of this
Agreement. The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by
the
Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There
is
no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge
of the
Company, being threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
regarding its Intellectual Property Rights. The Company is unaware of any
facts
or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements
or
claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and
value
of all of their Intellectual Property Rights.
(y) Environmental
Laws.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all
Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental
Laws
to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all
terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each
of
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could
be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental
Laws”
means
all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection
of
human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”) into
the
environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits,
plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder.
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(z) Subsidiary
Rights.
The
Company, or one of its Subsidiaries, has the unrestricted right to vote,
and
(subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and
distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by
the
Company or such Subsidiary.
(aa) Tax
Status.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all federal, foreign
and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required
by
any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other
governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or
determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those
being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to
the
periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no
unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority
of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any
such
claim.
(bb) Internal
Accounting and Disclosure Controls.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient, in its reasonable belief, to provide reasonable assurance
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general
or
specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability,
(iii)
access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance
with management's general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets
and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any difference. The Company maintains disclosure controls and
procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 0000 Xxx) that
are
effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company
in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in
the
rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and
procedures designed in to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by
the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is
accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its
principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer
or
officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. During the twelve months prior to the date hereof neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice or correspondence
from any accountant relating to any potential material weakness in any part
of
the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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(cc) Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements.
Save as
otherwise provided in the SEC Documents, there is no transaction, arrangement,
or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other
off
balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its
Exchange Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) Manipulation
of Price.
The
Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has taken,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.
(ee) Transfer
Taxes.
On the
Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar
taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer
of
the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been,
fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes
will
be or will have been complied with.
(ff) Investment
Company Status.
The
Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will
not be,
an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an
“affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an
“investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(gg) Acknowledgement
Regarding Buyers' Trading Activity.
Except
as is set forth in Section 2(m), it is understood and acknowledged by the
Company (i) that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has asked
any
Buyer nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or its Subsidiaries, to desist
from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company,
or
“derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the
Securities for any specified term; (ii) to the Company's knowledge, that
any
Buyer, and counterparties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer
is a party, directly or indirectly, presently do not have a “short” position in
the Common Stock, and (iii) that each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any
affiliation with or control over any arm's length counterparty in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that
(a) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at
various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding and (b)
such
hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing
stockholders' equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the
hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges
that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute
a
breach of this Agreement or any of the documents executed in connection
herewith. The Company is not aware of any of the aforementioned hedging and/or
trading activities of any of the Buyers. The Company may not be informed
of, and
will not monitor, any such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities
by
one or more Buyers in the future.
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(hh) U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation.
The
Company is not, has never been, and so long as any Securities remain
outstanding, shall not become, a U.S. real property holding corporation within
the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and
the Company shall so certify upon Buyer's request.
(ii) Bank
Holding Company Act.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”)
and to
regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“Federal
Reserve”).
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or controls, directly
or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class
of
voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a
bank
or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises
a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any
entity
that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(jj) No
Additional Agreements. The
Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Buyer with
respect
to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than
as
specified in the Transaction Documents.
(kk) Disclosure.
The
Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the
foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company, its
business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules
to
this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company are materially true
and
correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
except any non-disclosure would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect . Each press release issued by the Company during
the
twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time
of
release contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are
made,
not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists
with
respect to the Company or any Subsidiary or either of its or their respective
business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which,
under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced
or
disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company's reports filed under
the
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are being incorporated into an effective
registration statement filed by the Company under the 0000 Xxx) except any
non-disclosure would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or
has
made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section
2.
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4.
COVENANTS.
(a) Best
Efforts.
Each
Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts timely to satisfy each
of
the covenants and the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections
5, 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
(b) Form
D
and Blue Sky.
The
Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required
under
Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such
filing. The Company, on or before the Closing Date, shall take such action
as
the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an
exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the
Closing
pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the
states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification),
and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or
prior
to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all filings and reports relating
to
the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities
or
“Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing
Date.
(c) Reporting
Status.
Until
the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) shall have sold all the Common Shares and Warrant Shares and
none
of the Warrants are outstanding (the “Reporting
Period”),
the
Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant
to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer
required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules
and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such termination.
(d) Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general
corporate purposes, including general and administrative expenses, and in
connection with acquisitions and not for (i) the repayment of any outstanding
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the redemption
or repurchase of any of its or its Subsidiaries' equity securities. The Company
agrees that it will deposit $500,000 of the proceeds in escrow under the
Escrow
Agreement to pay the fees and expenses in connection with a public relations
and
investor relations campaign of a design and type satisfactory to a
representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement. Such amount
shall be released only upon the dual signatures of the CEO of the Company
and
such representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow Agreement. The
Company agrees that the public relations and investor relations campaign
shall
include a "retail component" involving the use of direct mail to assist in
the
repositioning of the Company in the minds of the general public. The Company
agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to identify and
engage a Chief Financial Officer who shall be fluent in English and Mandarin,
who understands and has a working knowledge of United States generally accepted
accounting principles, who has had significant responsibility for the
preparation and filing of quarterly, annual and current reports with the
SEC and
who has experience working with or in United States capital market participants.
The Company agrees that it will deposit $600,000 of the proceeds in escrow
under
the Escrow Agreement, to be released only upon the dual signatures of the
CEO of
the Company and the representative of the Buyers designated in the Escrow
Agreement following the engagement of a Chief Financial Officer as described
herein.
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(e) Financial
Information.
The
Company agrees to send the following to each Investor during the Reporting
Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through XXXXX and
are
available to the public through the XXXXX system, within one (1) Business
Day
after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form
10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K
and
any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed
pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile
copies or email copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries, and (iii) copies of any notices and other information made
available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally,
contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the
stockholders. As used herein, “Business
Day”
means
any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
(f) Listing.
Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would
be
reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common
Stock
on the national securities exchange, automated quotation system or OTCBB
upon
which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
(g) Pledge
of Securities.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an
Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection
with a
bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is
secured by the Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to
be a
transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor
effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company
with
any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant
to
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation,
Section 2(h) of this Agreement; provided that an Investor and its pledgee
shall
be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(h) of this Agreement
in
order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee.
The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a
pledgee
of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the
Securities to such pledgee by an Investor provided that any and all costs
to
effect the pledge of the Securities are borne by pledgor and/or pledgee and
not
Company.
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(h) Disclosure
of Transactions and Other Material Information.
The
Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, within the fourth
Business Day after the date of this Agreement, (A) issue a press release
(the
“Press
Release”)
reasonably acceptable to the Buyers disclosing all material terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby and (B) file
a
Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act, and attaching
the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this
Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), the form of Warrant and
the
Registration Rights Agreement) as exhibits to such filing (including all
attachments, the “8-K
Filing”).
From
and after the issuance of the Press Release, no Buyer shall be in possession
of
any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents,
that is not disclosed in the Press Release. The Company shall not, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic
information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after
the
filing of the Press Release without the express written consent of such Buyer.
If a Buyer has, or believes it has, received any such material, nonpublic
information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of the respective officers, directors, or
agents,
other than as required in writing by such Buyer, it may provide the Company
with
written notice thereof. The Company shall, within five (5) Trading Days of
receipt of such notice, make public disclosure of such material, nonpublic
information. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or
in the
Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure,
in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such
material, nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company,
its
Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees
or agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries,
or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders
or agents for any such disclosure. Subject to the foregoing, neither the
Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or
any
other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby;
provided,
however,
that
the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to
make
any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions
(i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously
therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations, including
the applicable rules and regulations of the OTCBB (provided that in the case
of
clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with
any
such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without
the
prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, neither the Company nor any
of
its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall disclose the name of such Buyer in any
filing, announcement, release or otherwise, unless such disclosure is required
by law or regulation.
(i) Registration
Statements.
The
Company shall file a registration statement with the SEC to register the
Common
Shares and the shares underlying the Warrants (“Registrable Securities”)
pursuant to the terms set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement within
forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date. No other securities shall be
included in the registration statement. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective
within 180 days after filing. In the event that the number of Common Shares
and
the shares underlying the Warrants to be registered on the initial registration
statement as permitted by the Commission is less than the full amount of
the
Registrable Securities as a result of Rule 415 of the Securities Act or its
interpretation, the Company shall file one or more subsequent registration
statements to register the rest of the Registrable Securities until all
Registrable Securities are registered, pursuant to the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement; provided that the Company's obligation to
file
subsequent registration statements shall cease on the second yearly anniversary
of the Closing Date. Each Buyer’s shares shall be registered in the subsequent
registrations on a pro rata basis. Until the date that is forty-five days
after
the effective date of the initial registration statement, the Company will
not
file a registration statement (other than on Form S-8 or solely to register
shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an acquisition with non-affiliated
third parties on an arm's length basis, the primary purpose of which is not
to
raise additional capital (the“Acquisition
Shares”))
under
the
1933 Act relating to securities that are not the Securities or any shares
of
Common Stock underlying the Warrants. Until the effective date of the initial
registration statement, the Company will not file a registration statement
under
the 1933 Act relating to Acquisition Shares.
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(j) Corporate
Existence.
So long
as any Buyer beneficially owns any Warrants, the Company shall maintain its
corporate existence and shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company's
assets, except in the event of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets, where the surviving or successor
entity in such transaction (i) assumes the Company's obligations hereunder
and
under the agreements and instruments entered into in connection herewith
and
(ii) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or
listed
for trading on the OTCBB,
The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select
Market, the American Stock Exchange or The New York Stock Exchange,
Inc
(each
referred to herein as a “Trading
Market”).
(k) Reservation
of Shares.
So long
as any Buyer owns any Warrants, the Company shall take all action necessary
to
at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance no
less
than 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of the
Warrants then outstanding (without taking into account any limitations on
the
exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).
(l) Additional
Issuances of Securities.
(i) For
purposes of this Section 4(m), the following definitions shall
apply.
(1) “Common
Stock Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible
Securities.
(2) “Convertible
Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
(3) “Options”
means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common
Stock
or Convertible Securities.
(4) “Exempt
Issuance”
means
the
issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers
or
directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted
by
the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members of a
committee of directors established for such purpose, (b) securities upon
the
exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder
and/or
securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of
Common
Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that
such
securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase
the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise, exchange or
conversion price of any such securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant
to
acquisitions or strategic transactions, provided any such issuance shall
only be
to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company
in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the
Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall
not
include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily
for
the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is
investing in securities.
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(ii) From
the
date hereof until the one year anniversary of the Closing Date (the
"Trigger
Date"),
the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any
option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries'
equity or equity equivalent securities, including, without limitation, any
debt,
preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during
its
life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (any such
offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a
"Subsequent
Placement")
unless
the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(l).
(iii) The
Company shall deliver to each Buyer hereunder a written notice (the
"Offer
Notice")
of any
proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the "Offer")
of the
securities being offered (the "Offered
Securities")
in a
Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the
Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they
are
to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered
Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities
(if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered,
issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with
such Buyers all of the Offered Securities, allocated among such Buyers (a)
based
on such Buyer's pro rata portion of the total Purchase Price hereunder (the
"Basic
Amount"),
and
(b) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any
additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts
of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should
the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the "Undersubscription
Amount"),
which
process shall be repeated until the Buyers shall have an opportunity to
subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.
(iv) To
accept
an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to
the
Company prior to the end of the fifth Business Day after such Buyer's receipt
of
the Offer Notice (the "Offer
Period"),
setting forth the portion of such Buyer's Basic Amount that such Buyer elects
to
purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount,
the
Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either
case, the "Notice
of Acceptance").
If
the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of all
of
the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount
in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the
Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed
for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for
exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic
Amounts subscribed for (the "Available
Undersubscription Amount"),
each
Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled
to
purchase only that portion of the available Undersubscription Amount as the
Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers that
have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the
Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary.
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(v) The
Company shall have twenty Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period
above to (i) offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered
Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Buyers
(the "Refused
Securities"),
but
only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein)
and
only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices
and
interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons
or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and
(ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement
Agreement (as defined below), and (b) either (x) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the
termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which shall be filed with
the Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement
Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.
If
no disclosure has been made by the Company by the end of the twenty Business
Day
period referred to in this subsection (d), the Subsequent Placement shall be
deemed to have been abandoned and the Buyers shall no longer be deemed to be
in
possession of any non-public information with respect to the
Company.
(vi) In
the
event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities
(any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in this Section
4(l)), then each Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion,
reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice
of
Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of
the
Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to Section
4(l)(iv) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be
the
number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue,
sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Buyers
pursuant to Section 4(l)(iv) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities.
In
the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered
Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue,
sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered
Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the
Buyers in accordance with this Section 4(l).
(vii) Upon
the
closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused
Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall
issue to the Buyers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in
the
Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(l)(vi) above if the
Buyers have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer.
The purchase by the Buyers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases
to
the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Buyers of a
purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Buyers and their respective counsel (such
agreement, the “Subsequent
Placement Agreement”).
(viii) Any
Offered Securities not acquired by the Buyers or other persons in accordance
with Section 4(m)(vii) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they
are
again offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this
Agreement.
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(ix) In
exchange for the Company’s willingness to agree to these procedures, each Buyer
hereby irrevocably agrees that it will hold in strict confidence any and all
Offer Notices, the information contained therein, and the fact that the Company
is contemplating a Subsequent Placement, until such time as the Company is
obligated to make the disclosures required by Section 4(l)(v), or unless it
notifies the Company in writing that it no longer desires to receive Offer
Notices.
(x) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 4(l) shall not apply in respect of an Exempt
Issuance.
(m) Conduct
of Business.
The
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation
of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where
such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate,
in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Closing
Documents.
On or
prior to fourteen (14) calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees
to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer and Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxx
a
complete closing set of the Transaction Documents, Securities and any other
document required to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof
or
otherwise.
(o) Employee
Stock Option Plan.
On or
prior to the expiration of sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Company
shall enact an employee stock option plan, subject to the approval of the
Buyers, for certain key members of management covering options to purchase
a
total of 6,600,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (“Plan”).
The
Parties agree that such number of options shall be granted to the following
key
members of the Company as set forth opposite their respective names in
Exhibit
J
hereto.
The options to collectively purchase 1,100,000 shares of Common Stock under
the
said Plan shall vest on each anniversary of the grant until the end of six
years, whereby all the options to purchase the 6,600,000 shares of Common Stock
shall vest and be immediately exerciseable. However, in the event (i) the
Company reports an after tax Net Income of $14,000,000 in its Annual Report
on
Form 10-K filed with the SEC for its fiscal year 2008, then options to purchase
2,200,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate under the Plan shall vest
and
become immediately exercisable and each grantee of such options shall be
entitled to exercise his/her options rateably, (ii) the Company reports an
after
tax Net Income of $18,000,000 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
the
SEC for its fiscal year 2009, then options to purchase another 2,200,000 shares
of Common Stock in the aggregate under the Plan shall vest and become
immediately exercisable and each grantee of such options shall be entitled
to
exercise his/her options rateably and (iii) the Company reports an after tax
Net
Income of $22,000,000 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC
for
its fiscal year 2010, then options to purchase another 2,200,000 shares of
Common Stock in the aggregate under the Plan shall vest and become immediately
exercisable and each grantee of such options shall be entitled to exercise
his/her options rateably. The number of shares of Common Stock covered by the
Plan shall be subject to adjustment for subsequent events, including but not
limited to the Reverse Split described in section 4 (p) of this Agreement.”Net
Income” shall be defined in accordance with the United States generally
accounting principles and shall not,
for the
purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
include:
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(i) the
offering and transactional costs associated with this $7,500,000 private
placement financing transaction, including without limitation, legal and audit
costs, registration and filing fees;
(ii) losses
the Company has suffered or reasonably calculated to have suffered as a result
of a force majeure event, which shall mean (i) acts of God such as earthquakes
with an intensity of more than 7.0 on the Xxxxxxx scale in geographic areas
where the Company derives more than 50% of
its
revenue, or (ii) snow storms, rainstorms, floods and other natural catastrophes
of such intensity and/or duration that exceed the average monthly amount for
that geographic area by more than 100% in geographic areas in which the Company
derives more than 50% of its revenue;
(iii)
the
costs and expense incurred by the Company in 2008 and incurred in 2009 in
establishing an employee stock option plan pursuant to Section 4(o) of this
Securities Purchase Agreement and granting stock options to Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
thereunder; and
(iv)
any
compensation expense incurred by the Company in connection with the release
of
any escrow shares under the Make Good Securities Escrow Agreement between the
Company, the Buyers, Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
LLP, as escrow agent dated August 28, 2008 to Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx.
(p) Reverse
Split.
On or
prior to the expiration of one hundred and eight (180) days from the Closing
Date, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect a
two-for-one (2:1) reverse split of its Common Stock (“Reverse
Split”).
Further, the Company undertakes to the Buyers that it will not effect any other
reverse splits of the Company’s Common Stock other than the said Reverse Split
for a period of thirty-six (36) months from the Closing Date.
(q)
No
Change in Control.
For a
period of twelve (12) months from the Closing Date, the Company will not enter
into a transaction that would result in a Change in Control of the Company
without the unanimous approval of the Company’s independent directors and the
written approval of the Buyers, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
For the purposes of this Section 4(q), “Change
in Control”
shall
be deemed to have occurred (a) on the date that any one Person, or more than
one
Person acting in concert, acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities
the
Company that, together with the voting securities previously held or
beneficially owned by such Person or Persons acting in concert, constitutes
more
than fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights of any class of securities issued
by the Company; or (b) on the date that any one Person or Persons acting in
concert acquires (or has acquired during the twelve month period ending on
the
date of the most recent acquisition of such Person or Persons) assets from
the
Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of
the
Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; for this purpose,
the term “gross fair market value” means the value of the assets of the Company,
or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to
any
liabilities associated with such assets. The determination of whether persons
are acting in concert, and of beneficial ownership, shall be made in accordance
with Regulation 13D under the Exchange Act.
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(r) Sale
and Further Encumbrance.
For a
period of eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, the Company shall not
sell
more than 10% of its Net Equity or encumber itself with a debt amounting to
more
than 50% of its Net Equity. For the purposes of Section 4(r), “Net
Equity”
means
that amount reflected as Stockholder's Equity of the Company on the most recent
financial statements filed with the SEC.
(s) Expenses.
The
Company shall bear all of its own legal, accounting and other expenses,
including those relating to the preparation of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, and the preparation and filing of any current report,
quarterly or annual report or registration statement with the SEC.
(t) Audit
Committee Chairman.
The Company has appointed an Audit Committee Chairman. The Buyers shall
have fourteen (14) days following Closing to satisfy themselves as to his
credentials. If the Buyers shall inform the Company within such fourteen
(14) days that the credentials are not acceptable to the Buyers, the Company
will use its commercially reasonable efforts to identify and nominate as
director another person who is qualified to serve as Chairman of the Audit
Committee, and who is acceptable to the representative of the Buyers designated
in the Escrow Agreement. Such proposed Audit Committee Chairman shall be
qualified to act as an independent director under Section 10A(m) of the Exchange
Act, shall understand and have a working knowledge of United States generally
accepted accounting principles, and shall have had experience as an officer
or
committee member with significant responsibility for the preparation and filing
of quarterly, annual and current reports with the SEC.
5.
REGISTER;
TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
(a) Register.
The
Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of
Securities), a register for the Common Shares and the Warrants, in which the
Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Common
Shares and
the
Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee),
the number of Common Shares held by such Person, the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person and the number of
Common Shares held by such Person. The Company shall keep the register open
and
available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or
its
legal representatives.
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(b) Transfer
Agent Instructions.
The
Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any
subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the
applicable balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or
its
respective nominee(s), for the Common Shares, and the Warrant Shares issued
at
the Closing or upon exercise of the Warrants in such amounts as specified from
time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon exercise of the Warrants in
the
form of Exhibit
F
attached
hereto (the “Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions”).
The
Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions
to
give effect to Section 2(h) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer
agent, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the
books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment
or
transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(h), the Company shall
permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue
one
or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at
DTC
in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect
such
sale, transfer or assignment. In the event that such sale, assignment or
transfer involves Common Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred
pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the
transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee,
as the case may be, without any restrictive legend. The Company acknowledges
that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm
to
a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a
breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees,
in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions
of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other
available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and
requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing
economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required.
6.
CONDITIONS
TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Common Shares and
the
related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction,
at
or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that
these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the
Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior
written notice thereof:
(i) Such
Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is
a
party and delivered the same to the Company.
(ii) Such
Buyer shall have delivered to the Escrow Agent, in accordance with the terms
of
the Escrow Agreement, the Purchase Price for the Common Shares and the related
Warrants being purchased by such Buyer and each other Buyer at the Closing
by
wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions
provided by the Company or by means of a check made payable to the Escrow Agent
which has been cleared and made freely available prior to the Closing
(iii) The
representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though
made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as
of a
specific date which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), and
such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to
be
performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing
Date.
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(iv) No
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(v) Each
Buyer has completed an Accredited Investor Questionnaire to the satisfaction
of
the Company and has delivered the same to the Company.
7.
CONDITIONS
TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
The
obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Common Shares and the related
Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing
Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are
for each Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in
its
sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice
thereof:
(i) The
Company shall have executed and delivered to such Buyer (i) each of the
Transaction Documents and (ii) the Common Shares (in such amounts as such Buyer
shall request) and
the
related Warrants (in such amounts as such Buyer shall request) being purchased
by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(ii) The
Company shall have executed the Make Good Escrow Agreement together with the
Buyers and Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, the Company’s CEO and have delivered the shares
thereunder to the Escrow Agent.
(iii) The
Company shall have executed the Lock-Up Agreement with Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx.
(iv) Such
Buyer shall have received the opinion of Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP,
the Company's outside counsel (“Company Counsel”), dated as of the Closing Date,
in substantially the form of Exhibit
G
attached
hereto.
(v) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit
F
attached
hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in
writing by the Company's transfer agent.
(vi) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the
incorporation and good standing of the Company and each of its operating
Subsidiaries in such corporation's state of incorporation issued by the
Secretary of State of such state of incorporation as of a date within 10 days
of
the Closing Date.
(vii) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the
Company's qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by
the
Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the
Company conducts business and is required to so qualify, as of a date within
10
days of the Closing Date.
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(viii) The
Common Stock (I) shall be quoted on the OTCBB and (II) shall not have been
suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or FINRA from trading on the
OTCBB
nor shall suspension by the SEC or FINRA have been threatened.
(ix) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Articles
of
Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada
within 10 days of the Closing Date.
(x) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the
Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company's Board
of
Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Articles
of
Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
H.
(xi) The
representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as
of
the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time
(except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date
which shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and the Company
shall
have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants,
agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.
Such
Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer
of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as
to
such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
I.
(xii) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company's transfer
agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a date
within five days of the Closing Date.
(xiii) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents
and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Common Shares and the
Warrants.
(xiv) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may
reasonably request.
(xv) No
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any
of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
8. TERMINATION .
In
the
event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or
before ten
(10) Business
Days from the date hereof due to the Company's or such Buyer's failure to
satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching
party's failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party
shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching
party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party
to
any other party; provided,
however,
that if
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall
remain obligated to reimburse the non-breaching Buyers for the expenses
described in Section 4(g) above.
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9.
MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision
or
rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State
of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan for
the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that
the
venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to
such
party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees
that
such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. The Company hereby appoints Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP with
offices at 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 as its agent for service of process in New York. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit
in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO
REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
(b) Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party;
provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall
be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if
the
signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
(c) Headings.
The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d) Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or
the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction.
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(e) Entire
Agreement; Amendments.
This
Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the
Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with
respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments
referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect
to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth
herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation,
warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision
of
this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed
by
the Company and the holders of Common Shares representing at least a majority
of
the amount of the Common Shares, or, if prior to the Closing Date, the Buyers
listed on the Schedule of Buyers as being obligated to purchase at least a
majority of the amount of the Common Shares. No provision hereof may be waived
other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that
it applies to less than all of the holders of the Common Shares then
outstanding. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend
or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction
Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties
to
the Transaction Documents, holders of Common Shares or holders of the Warrants,
as the case may be. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any
agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth
in
the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms
that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment
or
promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company
or
otherwise.
(f) Notices.
Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to
be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed
to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party);
or (iii) five Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service,
in
each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses
and
facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
If
to the
Company:
Attention:
|
Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Address:
|
0/X
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xx. 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx,
|
Xxxxxxx
Futian District,
|
|
City & State:
|
Shenzhen,
The People’s Republic of China
|
Telephone:
|
00-000-00000000
|
Fax:
|
00-000-00000000
|
Email:
|
00@xxxxx.xx
|
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With
a
copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Sichenzia
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx, Esq.
|
Telephone:
|
(000)
000 0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000 0000
|
Email:
|
xxxx@xxxx.xxx
|
If
to the
Transfer Agent:
American
Stock Transfer and Trust Co.
Address;
0000 00xx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Attention:
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Email:
If
to a
Buyer, to its address, facsimile number and email address set forth on the
Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth
on
the Schedule of Buyers,
with
a
copy (for informational purposes only, and which shall not constitute notice)
to:
Xxxxxx
& Waller, L.L.P.
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
Address:
|
00000
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
|
Telephone:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Email:
|
xx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
|
or
to
such other address, facsimile number and/or email address and/or to the
attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written
notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of
such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of
such
notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or
electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine containing the time,
date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such
transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable
evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight
courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively.
(g) Currency.
Unless
otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in
United States Dollars. All amounts owing under this Agreement or any Transaction
Document shall be paid in US dollars. All amounts denominated in other
currencies shall be converted in the US dollar equivalent amount in accordance
with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange
Rate”
means,
in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into US dollars pursuant
to this Agreement, the US dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street
Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
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(h) Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Common
Shares or the Warrants. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders
of Common Shares representing at least a majority of the number of the Common
Shares, including by merger or consolidation. A Buyer may assign some or all
of
its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such
assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned
rights.
(i) No
Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
(j) Survival.
Unless
this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties
of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3, the agreements
and
covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing and the
delivery and exercise of Securities, as applicable. Each Buyer shall be
responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and
covenants hereunder.
(k) Further
Assurances.
Each
party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(l) Indemnification.
In
consideration of each Buyer's execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of
the
Company's other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall
defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder
of
the Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers,
directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing
Persons' agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those
retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement)
(collectively, the “Indemnitees”)
from
and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs,
penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith
(irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which
indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys' fees
and disbursements (the “Indemnified
Liabilities”),
incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to
(a)
any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the
Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or
document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant,
agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents
or
any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby
or
(c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee
by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought
on
behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution,
delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other
certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any
transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (iii) the
status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company.
To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable
for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment
and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible
under applicable law. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and
procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k)
shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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(m) No
Strict Construction.
The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by
the
parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction
will
be applied against any party.
(n) Remedies.
Each
Buyer and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies
set
forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such
holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract
and
all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having
any
rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such
rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover
damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to
exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes
that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all
of
its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove
to
be inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers
shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any
such
case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a
bond
or other security.
(o) Rescission
and Withdrawal Right.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting
any
similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises
a
right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company
does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein
provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from
time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand
or
election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and
rights
(p) Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder
or
pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or
exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments
or
the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside,
recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise
restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any
law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal
law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such
restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied
shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment
had
not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
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(q) Independent
Nature of Buyers' Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not
joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible
in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under
any
Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall
be
deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a joint
venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers
are
in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations
or
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company
acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. Each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the
negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own
counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect
and
enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of
this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not
be
necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
(r) Judgment
Currency.
If
for
the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any court
in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency
(such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 9(r) referred to as
the
“Judgment
Currency”)
an
amount due in US dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall be made
at
the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Business Day immediately
preceding:
(1) the
date
of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts
of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect
to
such conversion being made on such date: or
(2) the
date
on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the
courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made
pursuant to this Section being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment
Conversion Date”).
If
in the
case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section
9(r)(i)(2) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between
the
Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due,
the
applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure
that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange
Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars
which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated
in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the
Judgment Conversion Date.
Any
amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate
debt
and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts
due
under or in respect of this Agreement.
37
[Signature
Pages Follow]
38
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused its respective signature page to this
Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
COMPANY:
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYER:
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ACCESS
AMERICA FUND, LP
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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CHINAMERICA
FUND LP
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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XXXX
INVESTMENT II LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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XXXXXX
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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CGM
as C/F XXXXXX X. XXXXXX XXX
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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INVESTMENT
HUNTER, LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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MARED
INVESTMENTS
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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HIGH
CAPITAL FUNDING, LLC
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BUYER:
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XXXXXXX
LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX &
XXXXX,
FBO XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE
OF BUYERS
Buyer
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Address and Facsimile
Number
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Number of Common
Shares
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Number of Warrant
Shares
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Purchase Price
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Legal Representative’s
Address and Facsimile
Number
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Access
America Fund, LP
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0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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645,161
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322,581
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$
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1,000,000
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Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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Chinamerica
Fund LP
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0000
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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645,161
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322,581
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$
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1,000,000
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Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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Xxxx
Investments II LLC
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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1,935,484
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967,742
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$
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3,000,000
|
Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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Xxxxxx
Capital Investments, LLC
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000
X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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350,000
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175,000
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$
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542,500
|
Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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||||||||||
CGM
as C/F Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XXX
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000
X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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150,000
|
75,000
|
$
|
232,500
|
Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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||||||||||
Investment
Hunter, LLC
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0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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645,161
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322,581
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
|
43
MARed
Investments
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00000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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129,032
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64,516
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$
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200,000
|
Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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||||||||||
High
Capital Funding. LLC
|
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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75,806
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37,903
|
$
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117,500
|
Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, FBO Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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000
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Fax:
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12,903
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6,452
|
$
|
20,000
|
Access
America Fund, LP
0000
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax:
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||||||||||
TOTAL
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4,588,708
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2,294,356
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$
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7,112,500
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44
EXHIBITS
Form
of Warrant
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Closing Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Make Good Escrow Agreement
|
Exhibit
E
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Form
of Lock-Up Agreement
|
Exhibit
F
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Form
of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
|
Exhibit
G
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Form
of Company Counsel Opinion
|
Exhibit
H
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Form
of Secretary's Certificate
|
Form
of Officer's Certificate
|
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Exhibit
J
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List
of Stock Option Grantees
|
SCHEDULES
Schedule
3(a) -
List of
Subsidiaries
Schedule
3(l) - Absence of Certain Changes
Schedule
3(r) - Equity Capitalization
Schedule
3(s) - Indebtedness and Other Contracts
Schedule
3(t) - Absence of Litigation
Schedule
3(u) - Insurance