S.E.
ASIA EMERGING MARKET CO., LTD
_____________,
2010
Maxim
Group LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
As
Representative of the Underwriters
named
on Schedule A
hereto
Re:
Public Offering of Securities
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The
undersigned, S.E. Asia Emerging Market Co., Ltd, a British Virgin Islands
corporation (“Company”),
hereby confirms its agreement with Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”)
and with the other underwriters named on Schedule I hereto for which Maxim is
acting as representative (Maxim, in its capacity as representative, is referred
to herein variously as “you,” or the “Representative”;
the Representative and the other underwriters are collectively referred to as
the “Underwriters”
or, individually, an “Underwriter”)
as follows:
1.1.1 Purchase of Firm
Units. On the basis of the representations and warranties
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to issue and sell, severally and not jointly, to the several
Underwriters, an aggregate of 1,100,000 units (“Firm
Units”) of the Company, at a purchase price (net of discounts and
commissions) of $5.76 per Firm Unit. The Underwriters, severally and
not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Units set
forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I attached hereto and made a
part hereof at a purchase price (net of discounts and commissions) of $5.76 per
Firm Unit. The Firm Units are to be offered initially to the public
(“Offering”)
at the offering price of $6.00 per Firm Unit. Each Firm Unit consists
of (i) one subunit ("Subunit")
and (ii) one Class A warrant (“Class
A Warrant”). Each
Subunit consists of (i) one ordinary share of the Company, no par value per
share (“Ordinary
Shares”), and one Class B warrant ("Class B
Warrant" and together with the Class A Warrants, the "Warrants"). The
Subunits and the Class A Warrants included in the Firm Units will trade
separately on the tenth business day following the earlier to occur of the
expiration of the Over-allotment Option (as defined in Section 1.2.1 hereof),
which is 45 days from the date of the Prospectus (as defined in Section 2.1.1
hereof), its exercise in full or the announcement by the Underwriters of their
intention not to exercise all or any remaining portion of the Over-allotment
Option, but in no event will the Subunits and the Class A Warrants included in
the Firm Units trade separately until the business day after (i) the Company has
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
a Current Report on Form 6-K which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting
the Company’s receipt of the proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement
(as defined in Section 1.3), including any proceeds the Company receives from
the exercise of the Over-allotment Option if such option is exercised prior to
the filing of the Form 6-K and (ii) the Company has filed with the Commission a
Current Report on Form 6-K and issued a press release announcing when such
separate trading will begin. Each Class A Warrant entitles its holder
to exercise it to purchase one Ordinary Share for $6.00 during the period
commencing on the consummation by the Company of its “Business Combination” (as
defined below) or one year from the effective date (“Effective
Date”) of the Registration Statement (as defined in Section 2.1.1 hereof)
and terminating on the five-year anniversary of the Effective
Date. “Business
Combination” shall mean the Company’s acquisition of one or more
operating businesses or assets through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset
acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, exchangeable share transaction or
other similar business transaction as described in the Registration
Statement. The Ordinary Shares and the Class B Warrants included in
the Subunits will automatically separate on the tenth business day following a
Business Combination. The Class B Warrant will entitle its holder to exercise it
to purchase one Ordinary Share for $3.00 during the period commencing on the
tenth business day following a Business Combination and terminating on the
five-year anniversary of the Effective Date.
1.1.2 Payment and
Delivery. Delivery and payment for the Firm Units shall be
made at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fourth Business Day (as defined
below) following the effective date of the Registration Statement or at such
earlier time as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company at
the offices of Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx PC ("Xxxxxxxxxx")
or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the
Company. The hour and date of delivery and payment for the Firm Units
are called “Closing
Date.” Payment for the Firm Units shall be made on the Closing
Date at the Representative’s election by wire transfer in Federal (same day)
funds or by certified or bank cashier’s check(s) in New York Clearing House
funds, payable as follows: $6,022,500 of the proceeds received by the Company
for the Firm Units shall be deposited in the trust account established by the
Company for the benefit of the public stockholders as described in the
Registration Statement (“Trust
Account”) pursuant to the terms of an Investment Management Trust
Agreement (“Trust
Agreement”) between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company (“CST”)
and the remaining proceeds shall be paid (subject to Section 3.12 hereof) to the
order of the Company upon delivery to you of certificates (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters) representing the Firm Units (or through the
facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”))
for the account of the Underwriters. The Firm Units shall be
registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as the
Representative may request in writing at least two full Business Days prior to
the Closing Date. The Company will permit the Representative to
examine and package the Firm Units for delivery, at least one full Business Day
prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall not be obligated to sell
or deliver the Firm Units except upon tender of payment by the Representative
for all the Firm Units. “Business
Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized
or obligated by law to close in New York City.
1.2.1 Option
Units. For the purposes of covering any over-allotments in
connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Units, the Underwriters
are hereby granted, severally and not jointly, an option to purchase up to an
additional 165,000 units from the Company (“Over-allotment
Option”). Such additional 165,000 units, the net proceeds of
which will be deposited in the Trust Account, are hereinafter referred to as
“Option
Units.” The Firm Units and the Option Units are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Units,”
and the Units, the Subunits, the Ordinary Shares, the Class A Warrants included
in the Units, the Class B Warrants included in the Subunits and the Ordinary
Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are hereinafter referred to
collectively as the “Public
Securities.” The purchase price to be paid for the Option
Units will be the same price per Option Unit as the price per Firm Unit set
forth in Section 1.1.1 hereof.
2.1.1 Pursuant to the
Act. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration
statement and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form F-1 (File No.
333-__________), including any related preliminary prospectus (“Preliminary
Prospectus”), for the registration of the Securities under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”),
which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by
the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and the rules and
regulations (the “Regulations”)
of the Commission under the Act. The conditions for use of Form F-1
to register the Offering under the Act, as set forth in the General Instructions
to such Form, have been satisfied. Except as the context may otherwise require,
such registration statement, as amended, on file with the Commission at the time
the registration statement becomes effective (including the prospectus,
financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all other documents filed as a
part thereof or incorporated therein and all information deemed to be a part
thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430A of the Regulations), is
hereinafter called the “Registration
Statement,” and the form of the final prospectus dated the Effective Date
included in the Registration Statement (or, if applicable, the form of final
prospectus filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 of the
Regulations), is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” For
purposes of this Agreement, “Time of
Sale,” as used in the Act, means 4:30 p.m. New York City time, on the
date of this Agreement. Prior to the Time of Sale, the Company
prepared a preliminary Prospectus, which was included in the Registration
Statement dated ______, 2010, for distribution by the Underwriters (the “Sale
Preliminary Prospectus”). If the Company has filed, or is
required pursuant to the terms hereof to file, a Registration Statement pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Act registering additional Securities of any type (a
“Rule
462(b) Registration Statement”), then, unless otherwise specified, any
reference herein to the term “Registration
Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement. Other than a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, which, if
filed, becomes effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the
Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the
Commission. All of the Public Securities have been registered for
public sale under the Act pursuant to the Registration Statement or, if any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement is filed, will be duly registered for public sale
under the Act with the filing of such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by
the Commission on the date hereof. If, subsequent to the date of this
Agreement, the Company or the Representative has determined that at the Time of
Sale the Sale Preliminary Prospectus includes an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted a statement of material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading and have agreed to provide an opportunity to purchasers of the Firm
Units to terminate their old purchase contracts and enter into new purchase
contracts, then the Sale Preliminary Prospectus will be deemed to include any
additional information available to purchasers at the time of entry into the
first such new purchase contract.
2.3.1 10b-5
Representation. At the time the Registration Statement became
effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to the Closing Date and the
Option Closing Date, if any, the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus do and will contain all material statements that
are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act and the
Regulations, and will in all material respects conform to the requirements of
the Act and the Regulations; and neither the Registration Statement, the Sale
Preliminary Prospectus nor the Prospectus, nor any amendment or supplement
thereto, on their respective dates, nor the Sale Preliminary Prospectus as of
the Time of Sale (or such subsequent Time of Sale pursuant to Section 2.1.1),
does or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. When any Preliminary Prospectus or the Sale
Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as
part of the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities or any
amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the Regulations) and when any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the Commission,
such Preliminary Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and any
amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied or will comply in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of the Act and the Regulations
and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The representation and warranty made in
this Section 2.3.1 does not apply to statements made or statements omitted in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company with respect to the Underwriters by the Representative expressly for use
in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto.
2.3.2 Disclosure of
Agreements. The agreements and documents described in the
Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
conform to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no
agreements or other documents required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed with
the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so
described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however
characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which its
property or business is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to
in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or (ii) is material to the
Company’s business, has been duly and validly executed by the Company, is in
full force and effect and is enforceable against the Company and, to the
Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms,
except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as
enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited
under the Federal, foreign and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be
subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before
which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and none of such agreements or
instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to
the best of the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in breach or default
thereunder and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred
that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute
a breach or default thereunder. The performance by the Company of the
material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a
violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses, including,
without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and
regulations.
2.6 Financial
Statements. The financial statements, including the notes
thereto and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the
Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus fairly present the financial
position, the results of operations and the cash flows of the Company at the
dates and for the periods to which they apply; such financial statements have
been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied throughout the periods involved; and the supporting
schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the information required to be
stated therein. The Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus disclose all material off-balance sheet
transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), and
other relationships of the Company with unconsolidated entities or other persons
that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial
condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity,
capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues
or expenses. There are no financial statements (historical or pro
forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Sale
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus that are not included as
required.
2.7 Authorized Capital; Options;
Etc. The Company had at the date or dates indicated in the
Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus duly authorized, issued and
outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Sale
Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus. Based on the assumptions
stated in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, and the
Prospectus, the Company will have on the Closing Date the adjusted stock
capitalization set forth therein. Except as set forth in, or
contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus, on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, there will be no
options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any
authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares of the Company or any security
convertible into Ordinary Shares of the Company, or any contracts or commitments
to issue or sell Ordinary Shares or any such options, warrants, rights or
convertible securities.
2.8.2 Securities Sold Pursuant to
this Agreement. The Securities have been duly authorized and,
when issued and paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by
reason of being such holders; the Securities are not and will not be subject to
the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar
contractual rights granted by the Company; and all corporate action required to
be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities has been
duly and validly taken. The form of certificates for the Securities
conform to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s
incorporation. The Securities conform in all material respects to all
statements with respect thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the
Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Ordinary Shares
underlying the Subunits and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been
reserved for issuance upon separation of the Subunits and the exercise of the
Warrants and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Subunits and the
Warrants, will be duly and validly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to
personal liability by reason of being such holders. When issued, the
Representative’s Purchase Option, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants
will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell,
upon exercise thereof and payment of the respective exercise prices therefor,
the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby in
accordance with the terms thereof and such Representative’s Purchase Option, the
Representative's Units, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants are
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms,
except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as
enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited
under the Federal, foreign and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy
of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may
be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before
which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The Ordinary Shares
underlying the Subunits included in the Representative's Units and issuable upon
exercise of the Representative's Warrants have been reserved for issuance upon
separation of the Subunits included in the Representative's Units and the
exercise of the Representative's Warrants and, when issued in accordance with
the terms of the Subunits included in the Representative's Units and the
exercise of the Representative's Warrants, will be duly and validly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the holders thereof are not
and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such
holders.
2.8.3 Placement
Warrants The Placement Warrants constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment
of the respective exercise prices therefor, the number and type of securities of
the Company called for thereby in accordance with the terms thereof, and such
Placement Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution
provision may be limited under Federal, foreign and state securities laws; and
(iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion
of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The
Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Warrants have been
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Placement Warrants and, when
issued in accordance with the terms of the Placement Warrants, will be duly and
validly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the
holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason
of being such holders.
2.10 Validity and Binding Effect
of Agreements. This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement (as
defined in Section 2.21 hereof), the Trust Agreement, the Representative's
Purchase Option and the Subscription Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by the Company and constitute the valid and binding agreements of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally, (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution
provision may be limited under the Federal, foreign and state securities laws,
and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms
of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought.
2.11 No Conflicts,
Etc. The execution, delivery, and performance by the Company
of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the
Representative's Purchase Option and the Subscription Agreement, the
consummation by the Company of the transactions herein and therein contemplated
and the compliance by the Company with the terms hereof and thereof do not and
will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both (i)
result in a breach of, or conflict with any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation, modification, termination
or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of
the Company pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party except pursuant to the Trust Agreement referred to in Section
2.23 hereof; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company; or (iii) violate
any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its properties or business.
2.12 No Defaults;
Violations. No material default exists in the due performance
and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any material license,
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, loan or credit agreement, or
any other agreement or instrument evidencing an obligation for borrowed money,
or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which the Company may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of
the Company is subject. The Company is not in violation of any term
or provision of its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
or in violation of any material franchise, license, permit, applicable law,
rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any governmental agency or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties or businesses.
2.13.1 Conduct of
Business. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority, and has all necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses,
certificates and permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and
bodies that it needs as of the date hereof to conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus. The disclosures in the Registration Statement, the Sale
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus concerning the effects of Federal,
state and local regulation on this Offering and the Company’s business purpose
as currently contemplated are correct in all material respects and do not omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
2.13.2 Transactions Contemplated
Herein. The Company has all corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof,
and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection
therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of,
and no filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required for
the valid issuance, sale and delivery, of the Securities and the consummation of
the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement, the Warrant
Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Representative's Purchase Option and the
Subscription Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the
Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, except with respect to
applicable Federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
2.15 Litigation; Governmental
Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry,
arbitration, investigation, litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to
the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened against, or involving the
Company or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any Insider which has not
been disclosed, that is required to be disclosed, in the Registration Statement,
the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the
Questionnaires.
2.17 [Intenionally
omitted].
2.18.1 Finder’s
Fees. There are no claims, payments, arrangements, agreements
or understandings relating to the payment of a finder’s, consulting or
origination fee by the Company or any Insider with respect to the sale of the
Securities hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements or understandings of
the Company or any Insider that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation, as
determined by FINRA.
2.19.1 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither the Company nor any of the Insiders or any other
person acting on behalf of the Company has, directly or indirectly, given or
agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal price
concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any customer,
supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier, or official or employee
of any governmental agency or instrumentality of any government (domestic or
foreign) or any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or
any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign) or other
person who was, is, or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of
the Company (or assist it in connection with any actual or proposed transaction)
that (i) might subject the Company to any damage or penalty in any civil,
criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the
past, might have had a material adverse effect on the assets, business or
operations of the Company as reflected in any of the financial statements
contained in the Prospectus or (iii) if not continued in the future, might
adversely affect the assets, business, operations or prospects of the
Company. The Company’s internal accounting controls and procedures
are sufficient to cause the Company to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended.
2.32 Tax Law Compliance.
The Company has filed all necessary Federal, state, local and foreign income and
franchise tax returns in a timely manner and has paid all taxes required to be
paid by the Company and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment,
fine or penalty levied against the Company, except for any taxes, assessments,
fines or penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings. The Company has made appropriate provisions in the applicable
financial statements referred to in Section 2.6 above in respect of all Federal,
state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all current or prior
periods as to which the tax liability of the Company has not been finally
determined.
3.2.1 Compliance. During
the time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, the
Company will use all reasonable efforts to comply with all requirements imposed
upon it by the Act, the Regulations and the Exchange Act and by the regulations
under the Exchange Act, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to
permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities in accordance
with the provisions hereof and the Prospectus. If at any time when a
Sale Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus relating to the Securities is required
to be delivered under the Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of
which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the
Underwriters, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as then amended
or supplemented, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will notify the
Representative promptly and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to
Section 3.1 hereof, an appropriate amendment or supplement in accordance with
Section 10 of the Act.
3.6 Effectiveness and Events
Requiring Notice to the Representative. The Company will use
its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective and
will notify the Representative immediately and confirm the notice in writing (i)
of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto,
(ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of the initiation,
or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose, (iii) of the issuance by
any state securities commission of any proceedings for the suspension of the
qualification of the Public Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction
or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose,
(iv) of the mailing and delivery to the Commission for filing of any amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (v) of the receipt of
any comments or request for any additional information from the Commission, and
(vi) of the happening of any event during the period described in Section 3.2.3
hereof that, in the judgment of the Company or its counsel, makes any statement
of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes
in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If the Commission or any state
securities commission shall enter a stop order or suspend such qualification at
any time, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain promptly the
lifting of such order.
3.10.1 Periodic Reports,
Etc. For a period of five years from the Effective Date or
until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the
Company will furnish to the Representative and its counsel copies of such
financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from
time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities, and
promptly furnish to the Representative (i) a copy of each periodic report the
Company shall be required to file with the Commission, (ii) a copy of every
press release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its
affairs which was released by the Company, (iii) a copy of each Form 6-K or
Schedules 13D, 13G, 14D-1 or 13E-4 received or prepared by the Company, (iv) two
(2) copies of each registration statement filed by the Company with the
Commission under the Securities Act, and (v) such additional documents and
information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future
subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time
reasonably request; provided the Representative shall sign, if requested by the
Company, a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably
acceptable to the Representative and its counsel in connection with the
Representative’s receipt of such information. Documents filed with
the Commission pursuant to its XXXXX system shall be deemed to have been
delivered to the Representative pursuant to this Section.
3.12.1 General Expenses Related to
the Offering. The Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the
Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, to the extent not paid at
Closing Date, all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Agreement, including but not limited to (i) the preparation,
printing, filing and mailing (including the payment of postage with respect to
such mailing) of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary, the Preliminary
Sale and Final Prospectuses and the printing and mailing of this Agreement and
related documents, including the cost of all copies thereof and any amendments
thereof or supplements thereto supplied to the Underwriters in quantities as may
be required by the Underwriters, (ii) the printing, engraving, issuance and
delivery of the Units, the Ordinary Shares and the Warrants included in the
Units, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) filing fees
incurred in registering the Offering with FINRA and legal fees and expenses
incurred in qualifying the Public Securities under state or foreign securities
or Blue Sky laws, (iv) fees, costs and expenses incurred in listing the Company
on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, (v) fees and disbursements of the
transfer and warrant agent, (vi) the Company’s expenses associated with “due
diligence” and “road show” meetings arranged by the Representative, (vii) the
preparation, binding and delivery of velo-bound transaction “bibles,” in form
and style reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and (viii) all other
actual documented costs and expenses customarily borne by an issuer incident to
the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section 3.12.1. The Company also
agrees that, if requested by the Representative, it will engage and pay up
to an aggregate amount of $_____ for an investigative search firm of
the Representative’s choice to conduct an investigation of the principals of the
Company as shall be mutually selected by the Representative and the Company,
which aggregate amount shall also cover such other amounts for additional
investigative work that the Company and the Representative mutually agree
requires further clarification and/or documentation. The
Representative may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the
Company on the Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, if any, the expenses
set forth in this Agreement to be paid by the Company to the Representative and
others. If the Offering contemplated by this Agreement is not
consummated by reason of the Company electing not to proceed with the Offering,
the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters in full for their out of pocket
expenses, including, without limitation, its legal fees and disbursements and
“road show” and due diligence expenses.
3.15 [Intentionally
omitted].
3.21 Notice to FINRA. For
a period of ninety days after the date of the Prospectus, in the event any
person or entity (regardless of any FINRA affiliation or association but
excluding attorneys, accountants, engineers, environmental or labor consultants,
investigatory firms, technology consultants and specialists and similar service
providers that are not affiliated with or associated with FINRA and are not
brokers or finders) is engaged, in writing, to assist the Company in its search
for a target business or to provide any other services in connection therewith,
the Company will provide the following to FINRA and the Representative prior to
the consummation of the Business Combination: (i) complete details of all
services and copies of agreements governing such services (which may be
appropriately redacted to account for privilege or confidentiality concerns);
and (ii) justification as to why the person or entity providing the merger and
acquisition services should not be considered an “underwriter and related
person” with respect to the Offering, as such term is defined in Rule 5110 of
the FINRA Manual. The Company also agrees that, if required by law, proper
disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the
proxy statement which the Company will file for purposes of soliciting
stockholder approval for the Business Combination.
3.26.1 The
Company covenants and agrees, that prior to its initial Business Combination it
will not seek to amend or modify its Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association, including, but not limited to Article 24 of its Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association without the prior written
approval of a majority of the shareholders of the Company.
3.26.2 The
Company acknowledges that the purchasers of the Public Securities in the
Offering shall be deemed to be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and
specifically this Section 3.26.
4.1.1 Effectiveness of
Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have
become effective not later than 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of this
Agreement or such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by
you, and, at each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been
issued and no proceedings for the purpose shall have been instituted or shall be
pending or contemplated by the Commission and any request on the part of the
Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the
reasonable satisfaction of Xxxxxxxxxx, counsel to the Underwriters.
(i) Confirming
that they are independent accountants with respect to the Company within the
meaning of the Act and the applicable Regulations and that they have not, during
the periods covered by the financial statements included in the Preliminary
Prospectus, Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, provided to the
Company any non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the
Exchange Act;
(ii) Stating
that in their opinion the financial statements of the Company included in the
Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the published Regulations thereunder;
(iii) Stating
that, on the basis of their review which included a reading of the latest
available unaudited interim financial statements of the Company (with an
indication of the date of the latest available unaudited interim financial
statements), a reading of the latest available minutes of the stockholders and
board of directors and the various committees of the board of directors,
consultations with officers and other employees of the Company responsible for
financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures and inquiries,
nothing has come to their attention which would lead them to believe that (a)
the unaudited financial statements of the Company included in the Registration
Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus do not comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the Act and the Regulations or are not fairly presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis substantially
consistent with that of the audited financial statements of the Company included
in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, or (b) at a date not later than five days prior to the Effective
Date, Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there was any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company, or any decrease in
the stockholders’ equity of the Company as compared with amounts shown in the
balance sheet included in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, other than as set forth in or contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus or,
if there was any decrease, setting forth the amount of such decrease, and (c)
during the period from the balance sheet date to a specified date not later than
five days prior to the Effective Date, Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, there was any decrease in revenues, net earnings or net
earnings per share of Ordinary Shares, in each case as compared with the
corresponding period in the preceding year and as compared with the
corresponding period in the preceding quarter, other than as set forth in or
contemplated by the Registration Statement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus, or, if there was any such decrease, setting forth the amount of
such decrease;
(iv) Setting
forth, at a date not later than five days prior to the Effective Date, the
amount of liabilities of the Company (including a break-down of commercial
papers and notes payable to banks);
(v) Stating
that they have compared specific dollar amounts, numbers of shares, percentages
of revenues and earnings, statements and other financial information pertaining
to the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus in each case to the extent that such amounts,
numbers, percentages, statements and information may be derived from the general
accounting records, including work sheets, of the Company and excluding any
questions requiring an interpretation by legal counsel, with the results
obtained from the application of specified readings, inquiries and other
appropriate procedures (which procedures do not constitute an examination in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) set forth in the letter
and found them to be in agreement;
(vi) Stating
that they have not, since the Company’s incorporation, brought to the attention
of the Company’s management any reportable condition related to internal
structure, design or operation as defined in the Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 60 “Communication of Internal Control Structure Related Matters Noted in an
Audit,” in the Company’s internal controls; and
(vii) Statements
as to such other matters incident to the transaction contemplated hereby as you
may reasonably request.
4.4.1 Officers’
Certificate. At each of the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of
the Company signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company (in their capacities as such),
dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
respectively, to the effect that the Company has performed all covenants and
complied with all conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by the Company prior to and as of the Closing Date, or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the conditions set forth in Section
4.5 hereof have been satisfied as of such date and that, as of Closing Date and
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the representations and warranties
of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof are true and correct. In
addition, the Representative will have received such other and further
certificates of officers of the Company (in their capacities as such) as the
Representative may reasonably request.
4.4.2 Secretary’s
Certificate. At each of the Closing Date and the Option Date,
if any, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Company
signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing
Date or the Option Date, as the case may be, respectively, certifying (i) that
the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company
are true and complete, have not been modified and are in full force and effect,
(ii) that the resolutions relating to the public offering contemplated by this
Agreement are in full force and effect and have not been modified, (iii) all
correspondence between the Company or its counsel and the Commission, and (iv)
as to the incumbency of the officers of the Company. The documents
referred to in such certificate shall be attached to such
certificate.
4.5 No Material
Changes. Prior to and on each of the Closing Date and the
Option Closing Date, if any, (i) there shall have been no material adverse
change or development involving a prospective material adverse change in the
condition or prospects or the business activities, financial or otherwise, of
the Company from the latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, (ii)
no action suit or proceeding, at law or in equity, shall have been pending or
threatened against the Company or any Insider before or by any court or Federal,
foreign or state commission, board or other administrative agency wherein an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding may materially adversely affect the
business, operations, prospects or financial condition or income of the Company,
except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, (iii) no stop order shall have been issued under
the Act and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by
the Commission, and (iv) the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto shall
contain all material statements which are required to be stated therein in
accordance with the Act and the Regulations and shall conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Regulations, and neither the
Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus nor the Prospectus nor
any amendment or supplement thereto shall contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
4.7 Opinion of Counsel for the
Underwriters. All proceedings taken in connection with the
authorization, issuance or sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and to Xxxxxxxxxx and
you shall have received from such counsel a favorable opinion, dated the Closing
Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, with respect to such of these
proceedings as you may reasonably require. On or prior to the
Effective Date, the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished such documents,
certificates and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of
enabling them to review or pass upon the matters referred to in this Section
4.7, or in order to evidence the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction of any
of the representations, warranties or conditions herein contained.
5.1.1 General. Subject
to the conditions set forth below, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each of the Underwriters, and each dealer selected by you that
participates in the offer and sale of the Securities (each a “Selected
Dealer”) and each of their respective directors, officers and employees
and each person, if any, who controls any such Underwriter (“controlling
person”) within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever as incurred to which they or any of them may become subject under the
Act, the Exchange Act or any other statute or at common law or otherwise or
under the laws of foreign countries, arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (i) any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, Sale Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus (as from time to time each may be amended and supplemented,
including, but not limited to any information deemed to be a part thereof
pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C); (ii) any materials or
information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in
connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including any
“road show” or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether
in person or electronically); (iii) any application or other document or written
communication (in this Section 5, collectively called “application”) executed by
the Company or based upon written information furnished by the
Company in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Securities under
the securities laws thereof or filed with the Commission, any state securities
commission or agency, OTCBB or any securities exchange; or (iv) any
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or new
Registration Statement or Prospectus filed by the Company with the Commission,
any state securities commission or agency, OTCBB or any securities exchange, or
the omission or alleged omission from any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or
subsequent filing by the Company under clause (iv) of a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to
reimburse each Underwriter, each Selected Dealer and each of their respective
directors, officers and employees and each controlling person, if any, for any
and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements or counsel chosen by
Maxim) as such expenses are incurred by such Underwriter, such Selected Dealer
or each of their respective directors, officers and employees or such
controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such loss, claim damage, liability, expense or
action; provided however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply
to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expenses to the extent, but only to the
extent, arising out of or based upon (x) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company with respect to an
Underwriter by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, Sale Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or in any
application, as the case may be; (y) the use of the Sale Preliminary Prospectus
or Prospectus in violation of any stop order or other notice received by any
Underwriter indicating the then current Prospectus is not to be used in
connection with the sale of any Securities or (z) an Underwriter otherwise
failing in its prospectus delivery obligations. With respect to any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the
Preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph
shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter to the extent that any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense of such Underwriter results from the fact
that a copy of the Prospectus was not given or sent to the person asserting any
such loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the written confirmation of
sale of the Securities to such person as required by the Act and the
Regulations, and if the untrue statement or omission has been corrected in the
Prospectus, unless such failure to deliver the Prospectus was a result of
non-compliance by the Company with its obligations under Section 3.4
hereof. The Company agrees promptly to notify the Representative of
the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of
its officers, directors or controlling persons in connection with the issue and
sale of the Securities or in connection with the Registration Statement, the
Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. The indemnity
agreement set forth in this Section 5.1 shall be in addition to any liabilities
that the Company may otherwise have.
5.2 Indemnification of the
Company. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense described in the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the several
Underwriters, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or
omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or in any application, in
reliance upon, and in strict conformity with, written information furnished to
the Company with respect to such Underwriter by or on behalf of the Underwriter
expressly for use in such Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any such application; and to reimburse the Company or any such
director, officer or controlling person, if any, for any and all expenses as
such expenses are reasonably incurred, in connection with investigating,
defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim damage,
liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the obligation of each
Underwriter to indemnify the Company (including any director, officer or
controlling person thereof, shall be limited to the commissions received by such
Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it. The
Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriters have
furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any such application, are the statements
set forth in the fifth paragraph under the section entitled "Underwriting
Terms," the first paragraph under the section entitled “Pricing of Securities,”
the section entitled “Over Allotment and Stabilizing Transactions,” and the
names of the underwriters, each under the caption “Underwriting” in the
Prospectus. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 5.2
shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise
have.
5.3 Notifications and Other
Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any
action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against an indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify the
indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph 5.1 or
5.2 above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and
such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial
rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying
party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraph 5.1 or 5.2 above. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party
seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall
elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there
may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to
assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice
from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying
party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the
indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the provision to the preceding sentence reasonably approved by
the indemnifying party (or by Maxim in the case of Section 5.2), representing
the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying
party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of
commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of
counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
5.4 Settlements. The
indemnifying party under this Section 5 shall not be liable for any settlement
of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be
withheld, delayed or conditioned unreasonably, but if settled with such consent
or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees
to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel as contemplated by Section 5.3 hereof, the indemnifying party agrees
that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without
its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days
after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance
with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party
is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or
proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
5.5.1 Contribution
Rights. In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution under the Act in any case in which (i) any person entitled to
indemnification under this Section 5 makes claim for indemnification pursuant
hereto but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or
decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal
or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 5 provides for
indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise may be required on the part of any such person in circumstances
for which indemnification is provided under this Section 5, then, and in each
such case, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by
said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the Underwriters, as
incurred, in such proportions that the Underwriters are responsible for that
portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting discount appearing
on the cover page of the Prospectus bears to the initial offering price
appearing thereon and the Company is responsible for the balance; provided,
that, no person guilty of a fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any
reason, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriters
in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the
Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.5.1, no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public. For
purposes of this Section, each director, officer and employee of an Underwriter
or the Company, as applicable, and each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter or the Company, as applicable, within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriters or the
Company, as applicable.
5.5.2 Contribution
Procedure. Within fifteen days after receipt by any party to
this Agreement (or its representative) of notice of the commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding, such party will, if a claim for contribution in
respect thereof is to be made against another party (“contributing
party”), notify the contributing party of the commencement thereof, but
the omission to so notify the contributing party will not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any other party other than for contribution
hereunder. In case any such action, suit or proceeding is brought
against any party, and such party notifies a contributing party or its
representative of the commencement thereof within the aforesaid fifteen days,
the contributing party will be entitled to participate therein with the
notifying party and any other contributing party similarly
notified. Any such contributing party shall not be liable to any
party seeking contribution on account of any settlement of any claim, action or
proceeding effected by such party seeking contribution on account of any
settlement of any claim, action or proceeding effected by such party seeking
contribution without the written consent of such contributing
party. The contribution provisions contained in this Section are
intended to supersede, to the extent permitted by law, any right to contribution
under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise available. The
Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5.3 are several
and not joint.
7. [Intentionally
omitted].
8.2 Trust Account Waiver
Acknowledgment. The Company hereby agrees that it will use its
reasonable best efforts prior to engaging in discussions with any person or
entity with which the Company seeks to consummate a Business Combination (“Target”)
or obtaining the services of any vendor to acknowledge in writing whether
through a letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or other similar
document (and subsequently acknowledges the same in any definitive document
replacing any of the foregoing, that (a) it has read the Prospectus and
understands that the Company has established the Trust Account, initially in an
amount of $6,022,500 (without giving effect to any exercise of the
Over-allotment Option) for the benefit of the public stockholders and that,
except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust
Account, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust Account only (i) to the
holders of the IPO Shares if the Company fails to consummate a Business
Combination within 24 months from the date of the Prospectus, or (ii) to the
Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination
and (b) for and in consideration of the Company (i) agreeing to evaluate such
Target for purposes of consummating a Business Combination with it or (ii)
agreeing to engage the services of the vendor, as the case may be, such Target
or vendor agrees that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of
any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account (“Claim”)
and waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out
of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with the Company and will not seek
recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. The
foregoing letters shall substantially be in the form attached hereto as Exhibits
A and B respectively. The Company may forego obtaining such waivers
only if the Company shall have received the approval of its Chief Executive
Officer and the approving vote or written consent of at least a majority of its
Board of Directors. The term “IPO
Shares” means the Ordinary Shares contained in the Public
Securities.
9. Representations and
Agreements to Survive Delivery. Except as the context
otherwise requires, all representations, warranties and agreements contained in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be representations, warranties and agreements
as of the Closing Dates and such representations, warranties and agreements of
the Underwriters and the Company, including the indemnity agreements contained
in Section 5 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the
Company or any controlling person, and shall survive termination of this
Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Securities to the several
Underwriters until the earlier of the expiration of any applicable statute of
limitations and the seventh anniversary of the later of the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, if any, at which time the representations, warranties and
agreements shall terminate and be of no further force and
effect.
10.2 Termination. You
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the
Closing Date, (i) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence
has materially disrupted, or in your reasonable opinion will in the immediate
future materially disrupt, general securities markets in the United States; or
(ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or on the OTC Bulletin Board (or
successor trading market) shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum
prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for
securities shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities
shall have been required on the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global
Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or on the OTC Bulletin Board (or successor
trading market) or by order of the Commission or any other government authority
having jurisdiction, or (iii) if the United States shall have become involved in
a new war or an increase in major hostilities, or (iv) if a banking moratorium
has been declared by a New York State or Federal authority, or (v) if a
moratorium on foreign exchange trading has been declared which materially
adversely impacts the United States securities market, or (vi) if the Company
shall have sustained a material loss by fire, flood, accident,
hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act which,
whether or not such loss shall have been insured, will, in your opinion, make it
inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Units, or (vii) if any of the
Company’s representations, warranties or covenants hereunder are breached, or
(viii) if the Representative shall have become aware after the date hereof of
such a material adverse change in the conditions or prospects of the Company, or
such adverse material change in general market conditions, including without
limitation as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof, as in the
Representative’s judgment would make it impracticable to proceed with the
offering, sale and/or delivery of the Units or to enforce contracts made by the
Underwriters for the sale of the Securities.
If to the
Representative:
Maxim
Group LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Facsimile:
(212) 895-_____
Copy to
(which shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx PC
00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
If to the
Company:
00 Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx #00-00
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
000000
Attn: Pranata
Hajadi
Facsimile: 65-6732-1611
Copy
to:
Ellenoff
Xxxxxxxx & Schole LLP
000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
11.5 Binding
Effect. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of
and shall be binding upon the Representative, the Underwriters, the Company and
the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 5 hereof,
and their respective successors, legal representatives and assigns, and no other
person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provisions
herein contained. This agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are
intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and said
controlling persons and their respective successors, officers, directors, heirs
and legal representatives, and it is not for the benefit of any other
person. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a
purchaser, in its capacity as such, of securities from any of the
Underwriters. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the sale
and issuance of the securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Company and the Underwriters; (ii) in
connection therewith and with the process leading to the offering, the
Underwriters are acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of
the Company; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby or the process leading thereto, including any negotiation related to the
pricing of the securities; and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and
financial advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate in connection with
this Agreement and the offering.
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If the
foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Underwriters and
the Company, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between
us.
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truly yours,
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S.E.
ASIA EMERGING MARKET CO., LTD
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above
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MAXIM
GROUP LLC
SCHEDULE
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S.E.
ASIA EMERGING MARKET CO., LTD
1,100,000
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF TARGET BUSINESS LETTER
S.E. Asia
Emerging Market Co., Ltd
Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Final Prospectus of S.E. Asia Emerging Market Co., Ltd (the
“Company”),
dated _____________, 2010 (the “Prospectus”). Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in Prospectus.
We have
read the Prospectus and understand that the Company has established the Trust
Account, initially in an amount of at least $6,022,500 for the benefit of the
Public Stockholders of the Company’s initial public offering (the “Underwriters”)
and that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the
Trust Account, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust Account only: (i)
to the Public Stockholders if the Company fails to consummate a Business
Combination within 24 months from the date of the Prospectus or (iii) to the
Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business
Combination.
For and
in consideration of the Company agreeing to evaluate the undersigned for
purposes of consummating a Business Combination with it, the undersigned hereby
agrees that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in
or to any monies in the Trust Account (each, a “Claim”)
and hereby waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising
out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with the Company and will not
seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.
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Signature of Target
Business
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EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF VENDOR LETTER
S.E. Asia
Emerging Market Co., Ltd
Gentlemen:
We have
read the Prospectus and understand that the Company has established the Trust
Account, initially in an amount of at least $6,022,500 for the benefit of the
Public Stockholders of the Company’s initial public offering (the “Underwriters”)
and that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the
Trust Account, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust Account only: (i)
to the Public Stockholders if the Company fails to consummate a Business
Combination within 24 months from the date of the Prospectus or (ii) to the
Company after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business
Combination.
For and
in consideration of the Company agreeing to engage the services of the
undersigned, the undersigned hereby agrees that it does not have any right,
title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account
(each, a “Claim”)
and hereby waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising
out of, any services provided to the Company and will not seek recourse against
the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.
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