SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”)
is
dated as of August 2, 2007, among CHINA
NATURAL GAS, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
the investors identified on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Investor”
and
collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS,
subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section
4(2) of the Securities Act (as defined below) and Rule 506 promulgated
thereunder, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor, and each
Investor, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company
certain securities of the Company, as more fully described in this
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of
the
mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the Investors agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes
of
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this
Section 1.1:
“Action”
means
any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding (including any
partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or threatened
in writing against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency, regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local
or
foreign), stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
“Affiliate”
means
any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such
terms are used in and construed under Rule 144.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a federal legal holiday
or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of California are authorized
or
required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary which entitle the holder thereof
to acquire Common Stock at any time, including without limitation, any debt,
preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any
time convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or otherwise entitles
the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock or other securities that entitle
the
holder to receive, directly or indirectly, Common Stock.
“Company
Counsel”
means
Xxxxx Rozynko LLP.
“Disclosure
Materials”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) of the
Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“First
Closing”
means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section
2.1(a).
“First
Closing Company Deliverables”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“First
Closing Date”
means
the Business Day on which all of the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and
5.2 hereof with respect to the purchase of the Securities and Delivery of the
Shares are satisfied, or such other date as the parties may agree.
“GAAP”
means
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(n).
“Investment
Amount”
means,
with respect to each Investor, the Investment Amount indicated on such
Investor’s signature page to this Agreement.
“Investor
Deliverables”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Investor
Party”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
“Lien”
means
any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal or
other restrictions of any kind.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
any of (i) a material and adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material and adverse effect
on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (iii) an adverse impairment to the Company’s ability to perform on a timely
basis its obligations under any Transaction Document.
“California
Courts”
means
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of San Francisco, County of
San
Francisco, California.
“Outside
Date”
means
August 6, 2007.
“Per
Share Purchase Price”
equals
$3.25.
“Person”
means an
individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Proceeding”
means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation,
an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced
or threatened.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement,
among
the Company and the Investors, in the form of Exhibit
B
hereto.
“Registration
Statement”
means a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement and covering the resale by the Investors of the
Shares.
“Rule
144”
means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as
such
Rule.
“SEC
Reports”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Second
Closing”
means
the closing of the issuance of the Warrants set forth in Section
2.1(b).
“Second
Closing Company Deliverables”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c).
“Securities”
means
the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the Investors pursuant to
this
Agreement.
“Short
Sales”
include,
without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect
stock
pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar
arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other
transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated
brokers.
“Subsidiary”
means
any “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of the Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act.
“Trading
Day”
means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than
the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading
Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock
is
traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board,
or
(iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which
the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the
National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that
in
the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i),
(ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading
Market”
means
whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which
the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Warrants and the Registration Rights Agreement and any
other
documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
“Warrants”
means
the Common Stock purchase warrants in the form of Exhibit A, which are issuable
to the Investors at the Second Closing.
“Warrant
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE
AND SALE
Section
2.1 Closings.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Investor agrees
to
purchase at the First Closing, that number of Shares and Warrants set forth
opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule
2.1
hereto
for the aggregate purchase price set forth thereon and the Company agrees to
sell and issue to each Investor at the First Closing that number of Shares
set
forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule
2.1
hereto
and to issue to each Investor at the Second Closing the Warrants to purchase
that number of Warrant Shares as set forth opposite such Investor’s name on
Schedule
2.1
hereto.
(a) First
Closing.
The
purchase and sale of Shares and Warrants shall take place at the offices of
Xxxxx Rozynko LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000 on August 2, 2007, or at such other time and place as the Company and
the
Investors pursuant hereto mutually agree upon orally or in writing (which time
and place are designated as the “First
Closing”).
(b) Second
Closing.
The
issuance of the Warrants shall take place at the offices of Xxxxx Rozynko LLP,
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 within three
business days following the Certificate of Amendment of the Company to increase
its authorized shares of Common Stock from 30,000,000 shares to 45,000,000
shares being filed and becoming effective with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. In the event the Second Closing does not occur 90 days
following the First Closing, on such date and each monthly anniversary of such
date thereafter, the Company shall pay to each Investor an amount in cash,
as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.0% of the aggregate of
the
product of (x) the number of Warrant Share set forth opposite such Investor’s
name on Schedule
2.1
hereto
times (y) the per share Exercise Price as set forth in the Warrants until the
Second Closing has occurred. In no event shall the Company be obligated to
pay
any penalty to any Investor pursuant to this Section 2.11(b) in an aggregate
amount that exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Warrant Shares times the
per
share Exercise Price as set forth in the Warrants.
(c) Subsequent
Closings.
The
Company may sell up to the balance of the authorized number of Shares and
Warrants not sold as the Initial Closing to such purchasers as it shall select
provided that any such sale shall be consummated not later than thirty (30)
days
after the Initial Closing. The subsequent purchases and sales of the Shares
shall take place at the offices of Xxxxx Rozynko LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, at such time or at such other
place
as the Company and the Investors acquiring the Shares mutually agree upon orally
or in writing (which such time and place, together with the First and Second
Closings, are each designated as a “Closing”)
Section
2.2 Closing
Deliveries.
(a)
At
the First Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Investor the following (the “First
Closing Company Deliverables”):
(i) a
certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Investor’s Investment
Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such
Investor;
(ii) a
certificate of the Transfer Agent with respect to the outstanding Common Stock
number of the Company as of the most recent practicable date;
(iii) an
Officer’s Certificate and Incumbency Certificate, in agreed form, duly executed
by such officers of the Company as of the date of the First
Closing;
(iv) the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(v) this
Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(vi) a
legal
opinion of Company Counsel, in the form of Exhibit
B
attached
hereto; and
(vii) a
copy of
a certificate of good standing for the Company issued by the Secretary of State
of Delaware as of the date of the First Closing.
(b) At
the
First Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Company the following (the “Investor
Deliverables”):
(i) its
Investment Amount, (A) in United States dollars and in immediately available
funds, by check or by wire transfer to the following account designated for
such
purpose:
Account
Name: China Natural Gas, Inc.
Account
Number:
Bank
Name:
ABA
Routing Number:
Bank
Address:
(ii) the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Investor; and
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the
Agreement duly executed by such Investor.
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(c) At
the
Second Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each
Investor the following (the “Second
Closing Company Deliverables”):
(i) a
certificate of the Transfer Agent with respect to the outstanding Common Stock
number of the Company as of the most recent practicable date;
(ii) an
Officer’s Certificate and Incumbency Certificate, in agreed form, duly executed
by such officers of the Company as of the date of the Second
Closing;
(iii) a
Warrant, registered in the name of such Investor, pursuant to which such
Investor shall have the right to acquire up to the number of shares of Common
Stock equal to 15% of the Shares to be issued to such Investor;
(iv) a
copy of
a certificate of good standing for the Company issued by the Secretary of State
of Delaware as of the date of the Second Closing.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each
Investor:
(a) Subsidiaries.
The
Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than as specified in the
SEC Reports. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock
of each Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued
and
outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and
are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is party to any material joint venture,
nor has any ownership interest in any entity that is material to the Company
or
as disclosed in the SEC Reports.
(b) Organization
and Qualification.
The
Company and each Subsidiary are duly incorporated or otherwise organized and
validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own
and
use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently
conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of
the
material provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. The Company and each
Subsidiary are duly qualified to conduct its respective businesses and are
in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction
in
which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in
good
standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the aggregate,
have
or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and
no
Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting
or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority
or
qualification
(c) Authorization;
Enforcement.
The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents
and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder, including, without
limitation, to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms thereof. The
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby, including,
without limitation, the issuance of the Shares and Warrants and the reservation
for issuance and issuance of 100% of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
Warrants, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
the
Company and no further action is required by the Company in connection
therewith.
Each
Transaction Document has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed
by
the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will
constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement
of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
(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 thereby
do
not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or
any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
organizational or charter documents, 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) 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 (iii) conflict
with or result in a violation of any 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 regulations of each Trading Market on which
the Common Stock of the Company is listed, quoted or traded on the date hereof),
or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or
affected;
except
in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually
or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(e) Filings,
Consents and Approvals.
The
Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order
of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court
or
other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person
in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Transaction Documents, other than (i) the filing with the Commission of one
or
more Registration Statements in accordance with the requirements of the
Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) filings required by state securities laws,
(iii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the Commission
under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (iv) the filing of any requisite
notices or applications with each applicable Trading Market and (v) those that
have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement.
(f) Issuance
of the Securities.
The
Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance
with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens. The
Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement and the
Warrants.
(g) Capitalization.
The
number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company, and all shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under
the Company’s various option and incentive plans as of March 31, 2007, is
accurately set forth in the SEC Reports. Except as specified in the SEC Reports,
no securities of the Company are entitled to preemptive or similar rights.
No
Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation,
or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Except as specified in the SEC Reports, Schedule
3.1(g),
and
other than stock options granted pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans
following March 31, 2007, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip
rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or
exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire,
any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound
to
issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible
or
exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. The issue and sale of the Securities
will not, immediately or with the passage of time, obligate the Company to
issue
shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the
Investors) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities
to
adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities.
(h) SEC
Reports; Financial Statements.
The
Company has filed all reports, forms and schedules required to be filed by
it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such
shorter period as the Company was required by law to file such reports) (the
foregoing materials being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC
Reports”
and,
together with the Schedules to this Agreement (if any), the “Disclosure
Materials”)
on a
timely basis or has timely filed a valid extension of such time of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension.
As
of
their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC
Reports, when filed, 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 light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. Each registration statement and any amendment
thereto filed by the Company since July 1, 2005 pursuant to the Securities
Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder, as of the date such statement or
amendment became effective, complied as to form in all material respects with
the Securities Act and did not contain any 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 made therein not misleading; and each prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, as of its issue date
and
as of the closing of any sale of securities pursuant thereto did not contain
any
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 made therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply
in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules
and
regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time
of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP,
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes
thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and
for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal,
year-end audit adjustments.
(i) Material
Changes.
Since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, (i) there has
been
no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not
incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade
payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required
to be
reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to
be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not
altered its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) the
Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other
property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements
to
purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock (other than in connection
with repurchases of unvested stock issued to employees of the Company), and
(v)
the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or
Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans.
(j) Litigation.
There
is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity
or
enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii)
except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports, could, if there were an
unfavorable decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as
such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation
of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach
of
fiduciary duty, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports. There
has
not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending any
investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as such). The
Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(k) Compliance.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and
no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under),
nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is
in
default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or
violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of, or in receipt of notice
that it is in violation of, any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental
body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of, or in receipt of notice that
it
is in violation of, any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental
authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local
laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and
safety, product quality and safety, employment and labor matters and, to its
knowledge, privacy, except in each case as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is in compliance with all effective requirements of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, that are applicable to it, except where such noncompliance could
not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Regulatory
Permits.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in
the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such
permits.
(m) Title
to Assets.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all
real property owned by them that is material to their respective businesses
and
good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is
material to their respective businesses, in each case free and clear of all
Liens, except for Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by
them
under leases valid, subsisting and enforceable against the Company and the
Subsidiaries, and the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with such
leases, except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Patents
and Trademarks.
The
Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and other similar rights that are necessary or material
for
use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC
Reports and which the failure to so have could, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Rights”).
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice that the
Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates
or
infringes upon the rights of any Person and the Company has no knowledge of
any
such violation or infringement. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, to
the
knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable
and,
except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there is no existing infringement by
another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or
its
Subsidiaries. The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might
give rise to a claim of infringement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries
have
taken reasonable measures to protect the value of their Intellectual Property
Rights.
(o) Insurance.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.1(o),
the
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary for enterprises of similar size and stage of development in the
businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged,
including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage of
at
least $10 million.
The
Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its and
the
Subsidiaries’ 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 on terms consistent with market for the Company’s and such
Subsidiaries’ respective lines of business.
(p) Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees.
Except
as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary required to be disclosed in the SEC Reports (other than for services
as employees, officers and 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 officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee
has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.
(q) Certain
Fees.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.1(q),
the
Company has not engaged or made an agreement with any agent, broker or finder
with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Investors
shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims
(other than such fees or commissions owed by an Investor pursuant to written
agreements executed by such Investor which fees or commissions shall be the
sole
responsibility of such Investor) made by or on behalf of other Persons for
fees
of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(r) Certain
Registration Matters.
Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties set forth
in Section 3.2(b)-(e), no registration under the Securities Act is required
for
the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company to the Investors under the
Transaction Documents
(s) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements.
The
Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge
is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification
that
the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except
as
specified in the SEC Reports, the Company has not, in the two years preceding
the date hereof, received notice from any Trading Market to the effect that
the
Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements
thereof. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with the listing and
maintenance requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is currently listed or quoted. The
issuance and sale of the Securities under the Transaction Documents does not
contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market on which the Common
Stock is currently listed or quoted, and no approval of the shareholders of
the
Company thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver to the
Investors the Securities contemplated by Transaction Documents.
(t) Investment
Company.
The
Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities
will
not be, an “investment company”, an “affiliated person” of, “promoter” for or
“principal underwriter” for, or an entity “controlled” by an “investment
company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become
subject to the Investment Company Act.
(u) No
Additional Agreements.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.1(u),
the
Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Investor with
respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other
than
as specified in the Transaction Documents.
(v) Disclosure.
The
Company confirms that neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf has
provided any Investor or its respective agents or counsel with any information
that the Company believes constitutes material, non-public information except
insofar as the existence and terms of the proposed transactions hereunder may
constitute such information. The Company understands and confirms that the
Investors will rely on the foregoing representations and covenants in effecting
transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the
Investors regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated
hereby, furnished by or on behalf of the Company (including the Company’s
Disclosure Materials and the representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement) are 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 light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(w) Transfer
Taxes.
On the
First 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 Investor 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 by the Company, except where
such noncompliance would not materially adversely affect any Investor, its
rights to the Securities or other rights or benefits under any of the
Transaction Documents; provided that, any such material noncompliance shall
be
promptly cured or remedied by the Company upon obtaining knowledge of
noncompliance.
(x) Tax
Status.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all foreign, federal
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, except where
the
failure to do so could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. 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.
(y) Undisclosed
Liabilities.
No
event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists with
respect to the Company or its respective business, properties, prospects,
operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by
the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder relating to an issuance
and
sale by the Company of its securities and which has not been reported in
accordance with such rules and regulations of the Commission.
(z) Employee
Relations.
Neither
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
Securities Act) 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 or any of its Subsidiaries, to the knowledge
of
the Company or any such Subsidiary, is now, or expects 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, agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment
of
each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any such Subsidiary
to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company
and
its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state and local 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. There are no complaints
or
charges against the Company or its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, threatened to be filed with any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or
otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment by the Company
or its Subsidiaries of any individual, that would be reasonably likely to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) 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.
(bb) Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements.
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 SEC Reports and is not so disclosed or that
otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(cc) No
Integrated Offering.
Assuming
the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any Person acting
on its or 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 cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior
offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable
shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules
and regulations of any Trading Market. 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 Securities Act or cause the offering of the
Securities to be integrated with other offerings, which would impair the
exemptions relied upon in this offering of the Securities or the Company’s
ability to timely comply with its obligations hereunder.
(dd) General
Solicitation.
Neither
the Company nor any person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold
any of the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising. The Company has offered the Shares for sale only to the Investors
and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under
the Securities Act.
(ee) Foreign
Corrupt Practices.
Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent
or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i)
directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic
political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf
of
which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated
in
any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977,
as amended.
(ff) Accountants.
The
Company’s accountants are set forth in the SEC Reports. To the Company’s
knowledge, such accountants, are a registered public accounting firm as required
by the Securities Act.
(gg) 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 or that could
reasonably be expected to cause or 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.
(hh) Environmental
Laws.
The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with any and all
Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (b) have received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental
Laws
to conduct their respective businesses and (c) are in compliance with all
terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each
of
the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), 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 applicable 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.
(ii) No
Disagreements with Accountants.
There
are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated
by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants formerly or
presently employed by the Company which could affect the Company’s ability to
perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents, and
the
Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and
lawyers.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Investors.
Each
Investor hereby, for itself and for no other Investor, represents and warrants
to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization;
Authority.
Such
Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance
by such Investor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement has been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate or, if such Investor is not a
corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable
like action, on the part of such Investor. Each of this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by such Investor, and
when
delivered by such Investor in accordance with terms hereof, will constitute
the
valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against
it in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation
or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’
rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
(b) Investment
Intent.
Such
Investor is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account for
investment purposes only and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling
such Securities or any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to such
Investor’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
such Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws.
Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, nothing contained herein shall
be
deemed a representation or warranty by such Investor to hold the Securities
for
any period of time. Such Investor is acquiring the Securities hereunder in
the
ordinary course of its business. Such Investor does not have any agreement
or
understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of
the
Securities.
(c) Investor
Status.
At the
time such Investor was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof
it
is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
Such Investor is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange
Act and has completed and executed the Accredited Investor Questionnaire
attached hereto as Exhibit
C.
(d) General
Solicitation.
Such
Investor is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement,
article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in
any
newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio
or
presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general
advertisement.
(e) Access
to Information.
Such
Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has
been
afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary
of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning
the
terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares and the merits and risks
of
investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and
the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of
operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable
it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such
additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without
unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other
investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Investor or its representatives
or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the
truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents.
(f) Certain
Trading Activities.
Such
Investor has not directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf
of
or pursuant to any understanding with such Investor, engaged in any transactions
in the securities of the Company (including, without limitations, any Short
Sales involving the Company’s securities) since the time that such Investor was
first contacted by the Company regarding the investment in the Company
contemplated by this Agreement. Such Investor covenants that neither it nor
any
Person acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will engage
in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including Short Sales)
prior to the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
publicly disclosed by the Company. Such Investor has maintained, and covenants
that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
publicly disclosed by the Company such Investor will maintain, the
confidentiality of any disclosures made to it in connection with this
transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Such
Investor understands and acknowledges, that the Commission currently takes
the
position that coverage of Short Sales “against the box” prior to the Effective
Date of the Registration Statement is a violation of Section 5 of the Securities
Act, as set forth in Item 65, Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief
Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance.
(g) Independent
Investment Decision.
Such
Investor has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase
Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and such Investor confirms
that it has not relied on the advice of any other Investor’s business and/or
legal counsel in making such decision. Such Investor has not relied on the
business or legal advice of the Company or any of its agents, counsel or
Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none
of such Persons has made any representations or warranties to such Investor
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(h) Prohibited
Transactions.
During
the last thirty (30) days prior to the date hereof, neither such Investor
nor any Affiliate of such Investor which (a) had knowledge of the
transactions contemplated hereby, (b) has or shares discretion relating to
such Investor’s investments or trading or information concerning such Investor’s
investments, including in respect
of the
Securities, or (c) is subject to such Investor’s review or input concerning
such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading
Affiliates”)
has,
directly or indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any short sale, whether
or
not against the box, established any “put equivalent position” (as defined in
Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act or 1934, as amended) with
respect to the Company’s Common Stock, granted any other right (including,
without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to the Company’s Common
Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derived
any
significant part of its value from the Company’s Common Stock or otherwise
sought to hedge its position in the Securities (each, a “Prohibited
Transaction”).
Prior
to December 31, 2007, such Investor shall not, and shall cause its Trading
Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in a Prohibited Transaction.
Such Investor acknowledges that the representations, warranties and covenants
contained in this Section 3.2(h) are being made for the benefit of the
Company and the Investors, and that the Company may not waive or amend any
portion of this Section 3.2(h) without the prior written consent of all
Investors. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to assert claims
against any Investor arising out of any breach or violation of the provisions
of
this Section 3.2(h).
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that no Investor has made or makes any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby other than those specifically set forth in this
Section 3.2.
ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
Section
4.1 Additional
Agreements.
(a) Securities
may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws.
In
connection with any transfer of the Securities other than pursuant to an
effective registration statement, Rule 144, to the Company, to an Affiliate
of
an Investor or in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b),
the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an
opinion of counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance of which
opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that
such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under
the
Securities Act.
(b) Certificates
evidencing the Securities will contain the following legend, until such time
as
they are not required under Section 4.1(c):
THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that an Investor may from time to time pledge,
and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities pursuant
to a
bona fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and,
if
required under the terms of such agreement or account, such Investor may
transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties.
Such
a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval or consent of the Company
and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor
shall be required in connection with the pledge, but such legal opinion may
be
required in connection with a subsequent transfer following default by the
Investor transferee of the pledge. No notice shall be required of such pledge.
At the appropriate Investor’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such
reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may
reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities
including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement
under
Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the
Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders
thereunder.
(c) Certificates
evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set
forth in Section 4.1(b)): (i) once
a
registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the
resale of such security has been declared effective under the Securities
Act,
or (ii)
following a sale or transfer of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming
the
transferor is not an Affiliate of the Company), or (iii) while such Shares
are
eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required
under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial
interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff of the Commission).
The
Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s
transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Company’s
transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any
portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective
registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant Shares, such Warrant
Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following
the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under
this Section 4.1(c), it will, no later than three Trading Days following the
delivery by an Investor to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a
certificate representing Shares or Warrant Shares, as the case may be, issued
with a restrictive legend (such date, the “Legend
Removal Date”),
deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor a certificate representing
such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company
may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer
agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in
this
Section. When
the
Company is required to cause unlegended certificates to replace previously
issued legended certificates under this Section, if unlegended certificates
are
not delivered to an Investor within three (3) Trading Days of submission by
that
Investor of legended certificate(s) to the Transfer Agent as provided above
(the
“Delivery
Date”),
and
if after such Delivery Date and prior to the receipt of such unlegended
certificates, the Investor or the Investor’s broker purchases (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction
of a
sale by the Investor of the Shares which the Investor anticipated receiving
upon
such request (a “Buy
In”),
then
the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Investor the amount by which (x) the
Investor’s total purchase price (including reasonable brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained
by multiplying (A) the number of Shares that the Company was required to deliver
to the Investor on the Delivery Date by (B) the closing bid price of the Common
Stock on the Delivery Date and (2) deliver to such Investor the number of shares
of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied
with
its delivery obligations hereunder. The Investor shall provide the Company
written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Investor in respect of
the
Buy In. Each
Investor, severally and not jointly with the other Investors, agrees that the
removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities
as
set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the
Investor will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery
requirements, or an exemption therefrom.
Section
4.2 Furnishing
of Information.
As long
as any Investor owns the Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or
obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace
period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof
pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as any Investor owns Securities, if the
Company is not required to file reports pursuant to such laws, it will prepare
and furnish to the Investors and make publicly available in accordance with
Rule
144(c) such information as is required for the Investors to sell the Shares
under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Person to sell the Shares without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144.
Section
4.3 Non-Public
Information.
The
Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other Person acting on
its
behalf will provide any Investor or its agents or counsel with any information
that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless
prior thereto such Investor shall have executed a written agreement regarding
the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and
confirms that each Investor shall be relying on the foregoing covenant and
agreement in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.
Section
4.4 Listing
of Securities.
The
Company agrees, (i) if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded
on
any other Trading Market, it will include in such application the Shares and
the
Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary or desirable
to
cause the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed on such other Trading Market
as
promptly as possible, and (ii) it will take all action reasonably necessary
to
continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on a Trading Market and
will comply in all material respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and
other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Trading Market.
Section
4.5 Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder
for
general corporate purposes, which may include working capital and reduction
of
contractual obligations.
Section
4.6 Integration.
The
Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities
Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the
sale
of the Securities to the Investors or that would be integrated with the offer
or
sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading
Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing
of
such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the
closing of such subsequent transaction.
Section
4.7 Securities
Laws Disclosure; Publicity.
The
Company shall, by the fourth Trading Day following the date hereof, issue a
Current Report on Form 8-K, reasonably acceptable to each Investor disclosing
the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company may
also
issue a press release with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Investor,
or
include the name of the Investor in any filing with any governmental authority
or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Investor, except
(i)
as required by federal securities law, including Current Reports on Form 8-K
and
any registration statements as set forth in Section 2 of the Registration Rights
Agreement and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or
regulations or listing agreements, in which case the Company shall provide
such
Investor with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under subclause (i)
or
(ii).
Section
4.8 Indemnification
of Investors.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 4.9, the Company will indemnify and hold
the
Investors and their directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees
and
agents (each, a “Investor
Party”)
harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts
paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of
investigation that any such Investor Party may suffer or incur as a result
of or
relating to any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants
or
agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction
Documents up to the aggregate Investment Amount of the Investors. If any action
shall be brought against any Investor Party in respect of which indemnity may
be
sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Investor Party shall promptly notify
the
Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense
thereof with counsel of its own choosing. Any Investor Party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Investor Party except to the extent that (i) the employment
thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the
Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense
and
to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion
of
such separate counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the
position of the Company and the position of such Investor Party. The Company
will not be liable to any Investor Party under this Agreement for any settlement
by an Investor Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Section
4.9 Reservation
of Common Stock.
As of
the date of the Second Closing, the Company has reserved and the Company shall
continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights,
a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the full exercise of
the
Warrants for Warrant Shares.
Section
4.10 Registration
Statements.
The
Company shall not file any registration statements with the Commission, except
on Forms S-8 or S-4 and post-effective amendments, until all Securities required
to be registered pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement have been
registered for resale to the public and the registration statement(s)
registering such Securities have been declared effective by the
Commission.
Section
4.11 Participation
in Future Financing.
From
the date hereof until the
one
year anniversary of the First Closing Date, upon any financing by the Company
of
Common Stock or any securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible
into, any Common Stock at a price less than the Per Share Purchase Price, other
than issuances set forth in Section 9(d) of the Warrants (a “Subsequent
Financing”),
all
the Investors shall have the right to participate in the aggregate in up to
100%
of the Subsequent Financing on a pro-rata basis (the
“Participation
Maximum”).
At least 5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the
Company shall deliver to each Investor a written notice of its intention to
effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”),
which
Pre-Notice shall ask such Investor if it wants to review the details of such
financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent
Financing Notice”).
Upon the request of a Investor, and only upon a request by such Investor, for
a
Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than
one
Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to such
Investor. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable
detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds
intended to be raised thereunder, the Person with whom such Subsequent Financing
is proposed to be effected, and attached to which shall be a term sheet or
similar document relating thereto. If by 5:30 p.m. (pacific time) on the
5th
Trading
Day after all of the Investors have received the Pre-Notice, notifications
by
the Investors of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing
(or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than
the
total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the
remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and to the Persons
set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice. If the Company receives no
notice from an Investor as of such 5th
Trading
Day, such Investor shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does
not
elect to participate. The Company must provide the Investors with a second
Subsequent Financing Notice, and the Investors will again have the right of
participation set forth above in this Section 4.11, if the Subsequent Financing
subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice is not consummated for any
reason on the terms set forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60
Trading Days after the date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice. In
the
event the Company receives responses to Subsequent Financing Notices from
Investors seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Subsequent
Financing, each such Investor shall have the right to purchase their Pro Rata
Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum. “Pro
Rata Portion”
is
the
ratio of (x) the Investment Amount of Securities purchased by a participating
Investor and (y) the sum of the aggregate Investment Amount of all participating
Investors.
ARTICLE
V.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
Section
5.1 Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Investors to Purchase
Securities.
The
obligation of each Investor to acquire Securities at the applicable Closing
is
subject to the satisfaction or waiver by such Investor, at or before the
applicable Closing, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true
and
correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the
applicable Closing as though made on and as of such date, except that
representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality shall be true
and correct as of the date when made and as of the applicable Closing as though
made on and as of such date;
(b) Performance.
The
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to
the
applicable Closing;
(c) No
Injunction.
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;
(d) Adverse
Changes.
Since
the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall
have
occurred that reasonably could have or result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
(e) No
Suspensions of Trading in Common Stock; Listing.
Trading
in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or any
Trading Market (except for any suspensions of trading of not more than one
Trading Day solely to permit dissemination of material information regarding
the
Company) at any time since the date of execution of this Agreement, and the
Common Stock shall have been at all times since such date listed for trading
on
a Trading Market;
(g) Company
Deliverables.
The
Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section
2.2(a); and
(h) Termination.
This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance
with
Section 6.5 herein.
Section
5.2 Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to sell Securities.
The
obligation of the Company to sell Securities at the applicable Closing is
subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company, at or before the
applicable Closing, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties of each Investor contained herein shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the
applicable Closing as though made on and as of such date;
(b) Performance.
Each
Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects
with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction
Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Investor at or
prior to the applicable Closing;
(c) No
Injunction.
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;
(e) Investors
Deliverables.
Each
Investor shall have delivered its Investors Deliverables in accordance with
Section 2.2(b); and
(f) Termination.
This
Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Investor in accordance
with
Section 6.5 herein.
ARTICLE
VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
6.1 Fees
and Expenses.
Each
party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants
and
other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident
to
the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and
duties levied in connection with the sale of the Shares.
Section
6.2 Entire
Agreement.
The
Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and
representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the
parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and
schedules.
Section
6.3 Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be
provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile (provided the sender receives a machine-generated
confirmation of successful transmission and reasonably promptly following such
transmission sends such notice or communication via U.S. mail or overnight
courier) at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 5:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date
of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile
at
the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading
Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom
such
notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications
shall be as follows:
If
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the address set forth under such Investor’s
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such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner,
by
such Person.
Section
6.4 Amendments;
Waivers; No Additional Consideration.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written
instrument signed by the Company and the Investors holding a majority of the
Shares. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or
requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in
the
future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision,
condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either
party
to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Investor to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document
unless the same consideration is also offered to all Investors who then hold
Shares.
Section
6.5 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated prior to the First Closing:
(a) by
written agreement of the Investors and the Company; and
(b) by
the
Company or an Investor (as to itself but no other Investor) upon written notice
to the other, if the First Closing shall not have taken place by 5:00 p.m.
(New
York City time) on the Outside Date; provided,
that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.5(b) shall not be
available to any Person whose failure to comply with its obligations under
this
Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the First Closing
to occur on or before such time.
In
the
event of a termination pursuant to this Section, the Company shall promptly
notify all non-terminating Investors. Upon a termination in accordance with
this
Section 6.5, the Company and the terminating Investor(s) shall not have any
further obligation or liability (including as arising from such termination)
to
the other and no Investor will have any liability to any other Investor under
the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.
Section
6.6 Construction.
The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof. 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. This Agreement shall be
construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden
of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship
of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction
Documents.
Section
6.7 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. Other than in connection with a merger,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or other
similar change in control transaction, the Company may not assign this Agreement
or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
the
Investors. Any Investor may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement
to any Person to whom such Investor assigns or transfers any Securities,
provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the
transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the
“Investors.”
Section
6.8 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
Section
6.9 Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of California, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether
brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or
agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the California Courts. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
California Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein
(including with respect to the enforcement of the any of the Transaction
Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any
Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of
any such California Court, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an
improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such
Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address
in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service
shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives,
to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial
by
jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the
transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding
to
enforce any provisions of a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party
in
such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
Section
6.10 Survival.
The
agreements, covenants, representation and warranties contained herein shall
survive the Closings and the delivery of the Securities.
Section
6.11 Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken
together 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, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same
counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of
the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same
force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original
thereof.
Section
6.12 Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and
the
parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is
a
reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such
substitute provision in this Agreement.
Section
6.13 Replacement
of Securities.
If any
certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution
therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
customary and reasonable indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new
certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable
third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.
If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is
requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of
such
mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance
of
a replacement.
Section
6.14 Remedies.
In
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted
by
law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors and the Company will
be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties
agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing
sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance
of
any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
Section
6.15 Payment
Set Aside.
To the
extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Investor pursuant
to
any Transaction Document or an Investor enforces or exercises its rights
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, 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.
Section
6.16 Independent
Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights.
The
obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and
not
joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Investor under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Investor to
purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by
such
Investor independently of any other Investor. Each Investor’s obligations
hereunder are expressly not conditioned on the purchase by any or all of the
other Investors of the Shares and Warrants. Nothing contained herein or in
any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association,
a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Each
Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has acted as agent for such
Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Investor
will be acting as agent of such Investor in connection with monitoring its
investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction
Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce
its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this
Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Investors
has been provided with the same Transaction Documents for the purpose of closing
a transaction with multiple Investors and not because it was required or
requested to do so by any Investor. The Company’s obligations to each Investor
under this Agreement are identical to its obligations to each other Investor
other than such differences resulting solely from the number of Securities
purchased by each Investor, but regardless of whether such obligations are
memorialized herein or in another agreement between the Company and an
Investor.
Section
6.18 Limitation
of Liability.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company acknowledges and
agrees that the liability of an Investor arising directly or indirectly, under
any Transaction Document of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied
solely out of the assets of such Investor, and that no trustee, officer, other
investment vehicle or any other Affiliate of such Investor or any investor,
shareholder or holder of shares of beneficial interest of such a Investor shall
be personally liable for any liabilities of such Investor.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
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[Signature
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
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the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
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WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
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|
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By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx X’Xxxx
|
|
|||||
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Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
Principal
and Portfolio Manager
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
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|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 99,999.25
|
|
|
||||
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|
|||||
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|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
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|
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|
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c/o:
|
Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxx
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|
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|
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Street:
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Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx 000
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|
||||
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
|
||||
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|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
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|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
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|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
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|
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|
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Street:
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|
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|
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City/State/Zip:
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|
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|
Attention:
|
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|
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|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Enable
Growth Partners, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx X’Xxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
Principal
and Portfolio Manager
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 225,000.75
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
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|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxx
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx 000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Xxxx/Xxxxx/Xxx:
|
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
X’Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Lagunitas
Partners, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
+ XxXxxxx Capital Management
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
General
Partner
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 247,123.50
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
+ McBaine Capital Management
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
50
Xxxxxx Place - Penthouse
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Xxxxxx
+ XxXxxxx International
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
+ XxXxxxx Capital Management
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
Investment
Advisor
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 56,875.00
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
N/A Offshore Entity |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx+McBaine
Capital Management
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
50
Xxxxxx Place - Penthouse
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
San Francisco, CA 94133 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Xxx
D and Xxxxx X Xxxxxx Trust
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
Trustee
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 95,998.50
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
###-##-#### |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx+McBaine
Capital Management
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
50
Xxxxxx Place - Penthouse
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
San Francisco, CA 94133 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Excalibur
Limited Partnership
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
President
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 200,001.75
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
N/A |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
33
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Ave.
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Toronto On M5R 1B2 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
CIBC
World Market, Inc.
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
200
King Street West, Ste 1807
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Toronto
On
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Convad
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Pinnacle
China Fund, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
General
Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P.
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 1,074,999.25
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Pinnacle
China Fund, L.P.
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
4965
Preston Park Blvd., Ste 240
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Plano, TX 75093 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Banc
of America Securities
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
901
Main Street, Suite 6616
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Dallas, TX 75202 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
The
Pinnacle Fund, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
General
Partner of The Pinnacle Fund, L.P.
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 1,074,999.25
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
The
Pinnacle Fund, L.P.
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
4965
Preston Park Blvd., Ste 240
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Plano, TX 75093 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Banc
of America Securities
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
901
Main Street, Suite 6616
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Dallas, TX 75202 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Patara
Capital, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
Principal
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 99,999.25
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Patara
Capital, L.P.
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
5050
Quorum Drive, Ste 312
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Dallas, TX 75254 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Keyrock
Partners, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
Managing
Member
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 124,999.88
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Keyrock
Partners, L.P.
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
8201
Xxxxxxx Xx, Ste 400
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Dallas, TX 75225 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
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(if
different from above)
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c/o:
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Street:
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Attention:
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Tel:
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Title:
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Individual
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Investment
Amount: $ 2,112,500.00
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Tax
ID No.:
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00000-00-0000 |
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Street:
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P.O.
Box 27888
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|
||||||
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City/State/Zip:
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Houston, TX 77227 |
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Attention:
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Tel:
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(000)000-0000
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Fax:
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(000)000-0000
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
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|
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(if
different from above)
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|
|||||
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FedEx
ONLY
|
||||||
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|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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|
|||||
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|
||||||
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Street:
|
1220
Auqusta Dr, Ste 240
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|
||||
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|
||||||
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City/State/Zip:
|
Houston, TX 77057 |
|
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Attention:
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||||||
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Tel:
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|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Xxxxxx
GEPT Partners, L.P.
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||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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|
|||||
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Name:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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|
||||
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Title:
|
CFO
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|
||||
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|
|||||
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|
|||||
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Investment
Amount: $ 192,497.50
|
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|
||||
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|
|||||
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|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
000000000 |
|
|||||
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|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
Asset Management
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|
|||||
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|
||||||
|
Street:
|
320
Par, Ave., 10th
Floor
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|
||||
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|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10022 |
|
||||
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|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
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|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
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|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
Asset Management
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
320
Park Ave. 10th
Floor
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10022 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Xxxxxx
Partners, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
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|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
CFO
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
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|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 157,501.50
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
000000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
Asset Management
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
320
Par, Ave., 10th
Floor
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10022 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
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|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
Asset Management
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
320
Park Ave. 10th
Floor
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10022 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Sansar
Capital Special Opportunity Master Fund, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
CFO/COO
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 2,149,998.50
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Sansar
Capital Special Opportunity Master Fund
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
25
West 53rd
St.
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10019 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Octagon
Capital Partners
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
General
Partner
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 102,375.00
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
155
West 68th
St., #276
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10023 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Xxxxxx
Capital Investments
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
CIO
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 347,626.50
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
700
X. Xxxxxxxx Xxx.
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Highbridge
International, LLC
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxx X. Chill
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxx
X. Chill
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
Managing
Director
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 412,503.00
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
Not Applicable |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Highbridge
Capital Mangement, L.L.C.
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
9
West 57th
St., 27th
Floor
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10019 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxx
X. Xxxxxx/Xxxx X. Chill
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)-000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Bear
Xxxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
1
Metrotech Center, 20th
Floor
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Whitebox
Intermarket Partners, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
COO
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 525,001.75
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
3033
Excelsior Blvd., Ste 300
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Heartland
Group, Inc. Solely on behalf of
|
||||||
|
Heartland
Value Fund
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
CEO
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Investment
Amount: $ 4,875,000.00
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
||||
Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Heartland
Advisors, Inc.
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
789
N. Water St., Ste 500
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Milwaukee, WI 53202 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Best
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
|||||
|
(if
different from above)
|
|
|||||
|
Shares
to be Registered to: Heartland Value Fund
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
c/o:
|
Xxxxx
Brothers Xxxxxxxx - New York Vault
|
|
|||||
|
|
||||||
|
Street:
|
140
Broadway St.
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
New York, NY 10005-1101 |
|
||||
|
Ref: A/C #6159537 / A/C Heartland Value Fund
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Nite
Capital Master, Ltd.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
|||||
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Name:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Investment
Amount: $ 99,999.25
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Tax
ID No.:
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00-0000000 |
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
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Nite
Capital Master, Ltd.
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Street:
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100
East Xxxx Ave. Ste 201
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City/State/Zip:
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Libertyville, IL 60048 |
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Tel:
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(000)000-0000
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Fax:
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(000)000-0000
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
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(if
different from above)
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c/o:
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Nite
Capital Master, Ltd.
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Street:
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100
East Xxxx Ave. Ste 201
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City/State/Zip:
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Libertyville, IL 60048 |
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Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Tel:
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(000)000-0000
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
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Barrington
Partners, a California Limited Partnership
|
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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General
Partner
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Investment
Amount: $ 152,249.50
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Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
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c/o:
|
Barrington
Partners
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Street:
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2001
Wilshire Blvd., Ste 401
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City/State/Zip:
|
Santa Monica, CA 90403 |
|
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Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Tel:
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(000)000-0000x0
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Fax:
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(000)000-0000
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DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
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(if
different from above)
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c/o:
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Street:
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City/State/Zip:
|
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Attention:
|
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|
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|
Tel:
|
|
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first
indicated above.
NAME
OF INVESTOR
|
|||||||
|
Barrington
Investors, L.P.
|
||||||
|
|
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|
|
||||||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx Famcett
|
|
|||||
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
Famcett
|
|
||||
|
Title:
|
General
Partner
|
|
||||
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
Investment
Amount: $ 347,750.00
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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Tax
ID No.:
|
00-0000000 |
|
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|
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ADDRESS
FOR NOTICE
|
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|
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|
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c/o:
|
Barrington
Investors
|
|
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|
|
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|
Street:
|
2001
Wilshire Blvd., Ste 401
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
City/State/Zip:
|
Santa Monica, CA 90403 |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
Tel:
|
(000)000-0000x0
|
|
||||
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|
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Fax:
|
(000)000-0000
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|
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|
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|
DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
|
|
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|
(if
different from above)
|
|
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|
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c/o:
|
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|
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|
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|
Street:
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City/State/Zip:
|
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|
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|
Attention:
|
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|
Tel:
|
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SCHEDULE
2.1
Investor
|
Investment
Amount
|
|
No.
of Shares
|
|
No.
of Warrants
|
|||||
Alder
Capital Partners I, L.P.
|
$
|
161,492.50
|
49,690
|
7,454
|
||||||
Alder
Offshore Partners Ltd.
|
$
|
63,508.25
|
19,541
|
2,931
|
||||||
Enable
Opportunity Partners LP
|
$
|
99,999.25
|
30,769
|
4,615
|
||||||
Enable
Growth Partners LP
|
$
|
225,000.75
|
69,231
|
10,385
|
||||||
Lagunitas
Partners LP
|
$
|
247,123.50
|
76,038
|
11,406
|
||||||
Xxxxxx
+ XxXxxxx International
|
$
|
56,875.00
|
17,500
|
2,625
|
||||||
Xxx
D and Xxxxx X Xxxxxx Trust
|
$
|
95,998.50
|
29,538
|
4,431
|
||||||
Excalibur
Limited Partnership
|
$
|
200,001.75
|
61,539
|
9,231
|
||||||
Pinnacle
China Fund, L.P.
|
$
|
1,074,999.25
|
330,769
|
49,615
|
||||||
The
Pinnacle Fund, L.P.
|
$
|
1,074,999.25
|
330,769
|
49,615
|
||||||
Keyrock
Partners, L.P.
|
$
|
124,999.88
|
38,462
|
5,769
|
||||||
Patara
Capital, LP
|
$
|
99,999.25
|
30,769
|
4,615
|
||||||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xx.
|
$
|
2,112,500.00
|
650,000
|
97,500
|
||||||
Xxxxxx
GEPT Partners LP
|
$
|
192,497.50
|
59,230
|
8,885
|
||||||
Xxxxxx
Partners LP
|
$
|
157,501.50
|
48,462
|
7,269
|
||||||
Sansar
Capital Special Opportunity Master Fund, LP
|
$
|
2,149,998.50
|
661,538
|
99,231
|
||||||
Octagon
Catpial Partners
|
$
|
102,375.00
|
31,500
|
4,725
|
||||||
Xxxxxx
Capital Investments
|
$
|
347,626.50
|
106,962
|
16,044
|
||||||
Highbridge
International LLC
|
$
|
412,503.00
|
126,924
|
19,039
|
||||||
Whitebox
Intermarket Partners, LP
|
$
|
525,001.75
|
161,539
|
24,231
|
||||||
Heartland
Value Fund
|
$
|
4,875,000.00
|
1,500,000
|
225,000
|
||||||
Nite
Capital Master LTD
|
$
|
99,999.25
|
30,769
|
4,615
|
||||||
Barrington
Partners, A California Limited Partnership
|
$
|
152,249.50
|
46,846
|
7,027
|
||||||
Barrington
Investors L.P.
|
$
|
347,750.00
|
107,000
|
16,050
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
14,999,999.63
|
4,615,385
|
692,308
|
CHINA
NATUAL GAS, INC.
DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES
The
following information is being furnished to the Investors identified on the
signature pages of, and pursuant to, the Securities Purchase Agreement dated
as
of July __, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), and is meant to qualify and limit
any representations, warranties and covenants made by the Company therein.
Any
reference to, or disclosure of, any item or other matter in these Disclosure
Schedule shall not be construed as an admission or indication that such item
or
other matter is material to the Company or that such item or other matter is
required to be referred to, or disclosed in, these Disclosure Schedules. Any
disclosure in these Disclosure Schedules relating to a possible breach or
violation of any agreement, statute, rule or regulation shall not be construed
as an admission or indication that such beach or violation exists or has
actually occurred. The information disclosed in these Disclosure Schedules
is
arranged in section and subsection numbers corresponding to the section and
subsection numbers contained in the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall, unless the context indicates otherwise,
have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase
Agreement.
Schedule
3.1(g) Capitalization
(i)
On
December 6, 2005, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement with
Xian
Xilan Natural Gas Co., Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of the People’s
Republic of China (“Xilan”) and each of Xilan’s shareholders. Pursuant to the
agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of Xilan from the Xilan shareholders in exchange for 4,000,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock (the “Exchange Transaction”). Recently, seven individuals
presented to the Company certain Agreements of Stock Right Ownership Transfer
and Stock Right Certificates claiming rights to 1,180,000 shares of Common
Stock
of Xilan (the “Xilan Shares”). Applying the exchange ratio used in the Exchange
Transaction, such shares of Xilan would equal 68,406 shares of the Company’s
common stock. The Xilan shares were not issued to these individuals by Xilan
originally but purchased by these individuals from other stockholders of Xilan.
Although it appears that the Agreements of Stock Right Ownership Transfer and
Stock Right Certificates are stamped with the chop of Xian Xilan Natural Gas
Stock Co., Ltd., the Company disputes the validity of such
transfers.
(ii)
Xian
Sunway Technology & Industry Co. Ltd. (“Sunway”) is an entity which was
founded by Mr. Qinan Ji, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company. Sunway currently owns 2,875,364 shares (approximately 11.9%) of the
Company’s common stock and Mr. Ji holds 43% of the outstanding stock in Sunway.
Sunway raised funds from numerous Chinese individual investors who have alleged
that they purchased shares in Sunway based on the promise that Sunway would
soon
go public in the United States. However, to date Sunway has not completed a
public offering in the United States. Sunway has expressed intent to distribute
its current holding of the Company’s common stock on a pro rata basis to its
shareholders to satisfy the concerns expressed by some of Sunway’s shareholders.
Alternatively Sunway may choose to sell its shares of the Company in a private
sale or a public offering. Sunway is subject to a lockup agreement therefore
a
sale or transfer of its shares of the Company would not occur prior to the
one
year anniversary of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company
has no involvement with Sunway.
Schedule
3.1(o) Insurance
The
Company does not currently maintain any directors and officers liability
insurance policy but is in the process of obtaining such policy in the amount
of
$15,000,000. The Company expects to have this policy in place by December 31,
2007.
Schedule
3.1(q) Certain
Fees
The
Company entered into a finance representation agreement with Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Carret & Co., LLC. (“BMC”) on July 31, 2007, for a period of six months.
Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay BMC a retainer of $10,000
and issued a warrant to acquire 75,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In
addition, upon the consummation of a financing transaction, the Company shall
pay BMC a fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised in such financing
transaction.
Schedule
3.1(u) No
Additional Agreements
In
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and
the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has entered into a side letter
agreement (“Side Letter”) with Heartland Group, Inc. (“Heartland”) on even date
herewith. Pursuant to the Side Letter, the Company has agreed to notify
Heartland and its legal counsel in the event the SEC declares any Registration
Statement effective or issues a stop order suspending the effectiveness of
any
Registration Statement.
EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF WARRANT
NEITHER
THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED
BY SUCH SECURITIES.
WARRANT
Warrant
No. [ ] Issue
Date: [ ], 2007
China
Natural Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies
that, for value received, [ ] or its registered assigns (the "Holder"), is
entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of [ ](1) shares of Common
Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance herewith (each such share, a "Warrant
Share" and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares"), at any time and from time
to
time from and after the date hereof through and including [ ], 2012 (five years)
(the "Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms and
conditions:
1. Definitions.
As used
in this Warrant, the following terms shall have the respective definitions
set
forth in this Section 1. Capitalized terms that are used and not defined in
this
Warrant that are defined in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) shall
have
the respective definitions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
(1)
A
number of shares as equals 15% of the Investment Amount (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement), divided by $3.25.
"Business
Day"
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a federal legal holiday
in
the United States or a day on which banking institutions in the State of
California are authorized or required by law or other government action to
close.
"Common
Stock"
means
the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any securities
into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
"Exercise
Price"
means
$7.79 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section
9.
"Fundamental
Transaction"
means
any of the following: (1) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of
the
Company with or into another Person, (2) the Company effects any sale of all
or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions,
(3)
any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person)
is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender
or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (4) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property.
"Original
Issue Date"
means
the Original Issue Date first set forth on the first page of this
Warrant.
"California
Courts"
means
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of San Francisco, County of
San
Francisco, California.
"Purchase
Agreement"
means
the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August 2, 2007, to which the Company
and the original Holder are parties.
"Trading
Day"
means
(i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii)
if
the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common
Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink Sheets,
LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices).
"VWAP"
means on
any particular Trading Day or for any particular period, the volume weighted
average trading price per share of Common Stock on such date or for such period
as reported by the Bloomberg L.P., or by any successor performing similar
functions.
2. Registration
of Warrant.
The
Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company
for that purpose (the "Warrant Register"), in the name of the record Holder
hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder
of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise
hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent
actual notice to the contrary.
3. Registration
of Transfers.
The
Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the
Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment
attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address
specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new Warrant to
purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such
new
Warrant, a "New Warrant"), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred
shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining
portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the
transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof
shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and
obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
4. Exercise
and Duration of Warrants.
This
Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from
time
to time on or after the date hereof through and including the Expiration Date.
At 6:30 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this
Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall automatically be deemed to be
exercised in full in the manner set forth in Section 10(b), without any further
action on behalf of the Holder immediately prior to the Expiration Date;
provided, however, that in the event that the cashless exercise formula set
forth in Section 10(b) yields a result that is less than or equal to zero,
then
the unexercised portion of this Warrant shall automatically terminate and become
void. The Company may not call or redeem any portion of this Warrant without
the
prior written consent of the affected Holder.
5. Delivery
of Warrant Shares.
(a) To
effect
exercises hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Warrant unless the aggregate Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant
is
being exercised. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice (in the form attached
hereto) to the Company at its address for notice set forth herein and upon
payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that
the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, the Company shall promptly (but in
no
event later than five Trading Days after the Date of Exercise (as defined
herein)) issue and deliver to the Holder, a certificate for the Warrant Shares
issuable upon such exercise, which, unless otherwise required by the Purchase
Agreement, shall be free of restrictive legends. The Company shall, upon request
of the Holder and subsequent to the date on which a registration statement
covering the resale of the Warrant Shares has been declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, use its commercially reasonable efforts
to
deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust
Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar
functions, if available, provided, that, the Company may, but will not be
required to change its transfer agent if its current transfer agent cannot
deliver Warrant Shares electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation.
A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered
to
the Company: (i) the Exercise Notice, appropriately completed and duly signed
and (ii) if such Holder is not utilizing the cashless exercise provisions set
forth in this Warrant, payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant
Shares so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
(b)
If
by the
fifth Trading Day after a Date of Exercise (“Warrant Delivery Date”) the Company
fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required
pursuant to Section 5(a), then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
(c)
The
Company's obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with
the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or
any
action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation
or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other
Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation
of
law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to
the
Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder,
at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure
to
timely deliver certificates representing Warrant Shares upon exercise of the
Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(d)In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails
to
cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant
Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker
to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock
to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (excluding brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by
multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required
to
deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (B) the
price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was
executed, and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion
of
the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise
was
not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that
would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and
delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common
Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect
to
an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price
giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the
immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the
amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable
confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing
herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s
failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
6. Charges,
Taxes and Expenses.
Issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant shall
be
made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, transfer agent
fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such
certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which
may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any
certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the
Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may
arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant
Shares upon exercise hereof.
7. Replacement
of Warrant.
If this
Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or
cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but
only
upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss,
theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which shall not
include a surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such
circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may
prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as a result of a mutilation of this
Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Warrant to the Company
as
a condition precedent to the Company's obligation to issue the New
Warrant.
8. Reservation
of Warrant Shares.
The
Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out
of
the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common
Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon
exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares which
are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant,
free
from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of Persons other
than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section
9). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable
shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in
accordance with the terms hereof, be duly authorized, validly issued and fully
paid and nonassessable.
9. Certain
Adjustments.
The
Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section
9.
(a) Stock
Dividends and Splits.
If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock
dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class
of
capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii)
combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction
of
which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any
adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective
immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause
(ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the
effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(b) Fundamental
Transactions.
If, at
any time while this Warrant is outstanding there is a Fundamental Transaction,
then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of
this Warrant, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it
would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental
Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
the holder of the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise in full
of this Warrant (the "Alternate Consideration"). For purposes of any such
exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately
adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of
Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in
such
Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price
among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative
value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders
of
Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to
be
received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same
choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this
Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The terms of any agreement
pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms
requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions
of this paragraph (b) and insuring that the Warrant (or any such replacement
security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous
to a Fundamental Transaction.
(c) Additional
Issuances.
Except
as hereinafter provided, in case the Company shall at any time after the date
hereof issue or sell any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (other than the
issuance or sales referred to in Section 9(d) hereof), for a consideration
per
share less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance
or sale of such shares or without consideration (“Additional Shares of Common
Stock”), then forthwith upon such issuance or sale, the Exercise Price shall be
reduced to the price (calculated to the nearest full cent) determined by
multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be
(x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
issue plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate
consideration received by the Company for the total number of Additional Shares
of Common Stock so issued would purchase at such Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such issuance, and the denominator of which shall be (y)
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
issue
plus the number of such Additional Shares of Common Stock so issued. For the
purpose of the above calculation, the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such issue shall be calculated on a fully
diluted basis, as if all Convertible Securities had been fully converted into
shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such issuance and any outstanding
Options, including shares reserved for Options under the Company’s stock plans,
or Options for Convertible Securities had been fully exercised immediately
prior
to such issuance (and the resulting securities fully converted into shares
of
Common Stock, if so convertible) as of such date; provided, however, that in
no
event shall the Exercise Price be adjusted pursuant to this computation to
an
amount in excess of the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
computation, except in the case of a combination of outstanding shares, as
provided by Section 9(a) hereof.
For
the
purposes of any computation to be made in accordance with this Section 9(c),
in
case of the issuance or sale (otherwise than as a dividend or other distribution
on any stock of the Company) of shares of Common Stock for a consideration
part
or all of which shall be other than cash, the amount of the consideration
therefor other than cash shall be deemed to be the value of such consideration
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
For
purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 9(c),
the
following shall be applicable:
(i) Issuance
of Options.
If the
Company in any manner grants any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for
or
purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities (as defined below) ("Options")
and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable
upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange
of
any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less
than the then current Exercise Price, then such share of Common Stock shall
be
deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at
the
time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For
purposes of this Section 9(c)(i), the "lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities" shall be equal
to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or
receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon
the
granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of
such
Option. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares
shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock or of such
Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual
issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such
Convertible Securities.
(ii) Issuance
of Convertible Securities.
If the
Company in any manner issues or sells any securities (other than Options)
directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock ("Convertible Securities") and the lowest price per share for
which
one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange
thereof is less than the then current Exercise Price, then such share of Common
Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by
the
Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities
for
such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 9(c)(ii), the "lowest
price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the
conversion, exercise or exchange" shall be equal to the sum of the lowest
amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with
respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the
Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such
Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number
of
Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any
such
issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any
Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant
to other provisions of this Section 9(c), no further adjustment of the Exercise
Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by reason of such issue or
sale.
(iii) Change
in Option Price or Rate of Conversion.
If the
purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if
any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible
into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock increases or decreases at any
time, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the
time
of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the
number of Warrant Shares which would have been in effect at such time had such
Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased
purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion
rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For
purposes of this Section 9(c)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible
Security that was outstanding as of the date of issuance of this Warrant are
increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding
sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Common Stock deemed
issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have
been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease.
(iv) Recomputation
of Adjustment as a Result of Expiration of Options or Convertible
Securities.
Upon
expiration of any Options or any rights of conversion or exchange under
Convertible Securities that have not been exercised or converted, the Exercise
Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the time of such expiration
shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which
would have been in effect at such time as if (a) in the case of Convertible
Securities or Options for Common Stock, the only Additional Shares of Common
Stock issued were shares of Common Stock, if any, actually issued upon the
exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities and the consideration received therefore was the consideration
actually received by the Company for the issuance of all such Options, whether
or not exercised, plus the consideration actually received by the Company upon
such exercise, or the consideration that was actually received by the Company
for the issuance of all such Convertible Securities, whether or not converted
or
exchanged, plus the additional consideration, if any, actually received by
this
Company upon such conversion or exchange, and (b) in the case of Options for
Convertible Securities, only the Convertible Securities, if any, actually issued
upon the exercise thereof were issued at the time of issuance or deemed issuance
of such Options, and the consideration received by the Company for the
Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to have been then issued was the
consideration actually received by the Company for the issuance of all such
Options, whether or not exercised, plus the consideration deemed to have been
received by the Company upon the issuance of the Convertible Securities with
respect to which such Options were actually exercised.
(iv) Calculation
of Consideration Received.
If any
Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of
the
Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific
consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options
will be deemed to have been issued for a consideration of $0.01. If any Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have
been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed
to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any Common Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving
entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving
entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair
value
of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity
as is
attributable to such Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the
case may be.
(d) No
Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases.
No
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the issuance or sale of:
(a)
shares of Common Stock and options, warrants or other rights to purchase Common
Stock issued to employees, officers or directors of, or consultants or advisors
to the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to restricted stock purchase
agreements, stock option plans or similar arrangements; (b) shares of Common
Stock issued upon the exercise or conversion of options or convertible
securities; (c) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the
acquisition of another corporation by the Company by merger, purchase of
substantially all of the assets or other reorganization or to a joint venture
agreement, provided, that such issuances are approved by the Board of Directors;
(d) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to banks, equipment lessors or
other commercial financial institutions pursuant to a commercial debt financing
or commercial leasing transactions approved by the Board of Directors; (e)
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in connection with sponsored research,
collaboration, technology license, development, OEM, marketing or other similar
agreements or strategic partnerships approved by the Board of Directors; and
(f)
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to suppliers or third party service
providers in connection with the provision of goods or services pursuant to
transactions approved by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the total issuance of securities as set forth in this Section 9(d) shall not
exceed 10% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock on a fully diluted
basis.
(e) Number
of Warrant Shares.
Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to Section
9(a), the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such
adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted
number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price
in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
(f) Calculations.
All
calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or
for
the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(g) Notice
of Adjustments.
Upon
the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at
its
expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms
of
this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including
a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of
Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as
applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and
showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written
request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate
to
the Holder and to the Company's Transfer Agent.
(h) Notice
of Corporate Events.
If the
Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities
or
other property in respect of its Common Stock, including without limitation
any
granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock
of
the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any
agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental
Transaction or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to
the
Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such
transaction, it being understood that if such disclosure would result in the
dissemination of material, non-public information to the Holder, then the Holder
shall be required to execute a customary non-disclosure agreement on terms
and
conditions reasonably acceptable to the Holder), at least 10 calendar days
prior
to the consummation of such transaction.
10. Payment
of Exercise Price.
The
Holder may pay the Exercise Price in one of the following manners:
(a) Cash
Exercise.
The
Holder may deliver immediately available funds; or
(b) Cashless
Exercise.
If
commencing one year after the original issuance date of this Warrant an Exercise
Notice is delivered at a time when a registration statement permitting the
Holder to resell the Warrant Shares is not then effective or the prospectus
forming a part thereof is not then available to the Holder for the resale of
the
Warrant Shares, then the Holder may notify the Company in an Exercise Notice
of
its election to utilize cashless exercise, in which event the Company shall
issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as
follows:
X
= Y
[(A-B)/A]
where:
X
= the
number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
Y
= the
number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being
exercised.
A
= the
average of the VWAP for the five Trading Days immediately prior to (but not
including) the Exercise Date.
B
= the
Exercise Price.
For
purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced,
on
the date this Warrant was originally issued.
11. Limitations
on Exercise.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of Warrant
Shares that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant
(or
otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure
that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares
of
Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and
any
other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated
with the Holder's for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not
exceed 4.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such
exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. This provision shall not restrict the number of shares
of Common Stock which a Holder may receive or beneficially own in order to
determine the amount of securities or other consideration that such Holder
may
receive in the event of a Fundamental Transaction as contemplated in Section
9
of this Warrant. This restrictions contained in this Section 11 may be waived
at
the election of the Holder upon 61 days' prior written notice to the
Company.
12. No
Fractional Shares.
No
fractional shares of Warrant Shares will be issued in connection with any
exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares which would,
otherwise be issuable, the Company shall round up the number of Warrant Shares
issued to the Holder to the nearest whole number.
13. Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including, without
limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given
and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice
or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified
in
this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (ii)
the
next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section
on
a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on
any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent
by
nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt
by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such
communications shall be the registered address of the Company or the Holder,
as
applicable, or such other address as either party may provide the other in
writing.
14. Warrant
Agent.
The
Company shall serve as warrant agent under this Warrant. Upon 10 calendar days'
notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new warrant agent. Any
corporation into which the Company or any new warrant agent may be merged or
any
corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new
warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any
new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or
shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant agent under this
Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly
cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed (by first class
mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last address as shown
on
the Warrant Register.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and
their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence,
nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than
the
Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action
under this Warrant. This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the
Company and the Holder and their successors and assigns.
(b)
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of California (except for matters governed
by corporate law in the State of Delaware), without regard to the principles
of
conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of this Warrant and
the
transactions herein contemplated ("Proceedings") (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) shall be
commenced exclusively in the California Courts. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the California Courts
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 Proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any California Court, or that such
Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to
process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery)
to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant
and
agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process
and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any
way
any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either
party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
(c) The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
(d) In
case
any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining
terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a
valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute
provision in this Warrant.
(e) Prior
to
exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof shall not, by reason of being a
Holder, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder with respect to the Warrant
Shares.
(f) Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall
not
by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of
incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of
this
Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of
all
such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will
(a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable
therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value,
(b)
take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable
the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
(g) Nonwaiver
and Expenses.
No
course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on
the
part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice
Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights
hereunder terminate on the Termination Date.
(h) Notices.
Any
notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered
to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice
provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Limitation
of Liability.
No
provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise
this Warrant or purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights
or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the
purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether
such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
(j) Transfer; Successors
and Assigns.
Subject
to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, by the Holder upon surrender of this Warrant
and an opinion of legal counsel at the principal office of the Company, together
with a written assignment of this Warrant. Subject to applicable securities
laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the
successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant
are
intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant
and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder of Warrant
Shares.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by
its
authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
By:
_________________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXERCISE
NOTICE
The
undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to purchase _____________ shares
of
Common Stock pursuant to the above referenced Warrant. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in
the
Warrant.
(1) The
undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase _________________
Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
(2) The
Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as (check
one):
____"Cash
Exercise" under Section 10
____"Cashless
Exercise" under Section 10
(3) If
the
holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the holder shall pay the sum of
$____________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.
(4) Pursuant
to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the holder _______________
Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(5) By
its
delivery of this Exercise Notice, the undersigned represents and warrants to
the
Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby the Holder will
not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock
(determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934) permitted to be owned under Section 11 of this Warrant to which this
notice relates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Holder waived
the restriction contained in Section 11 of the Warrant and such waiver occurred
at least 61 days prior to the date hereof, the representation in this Section
5
shall be deemed not to have been given by the Holder.
Dated:_____________
, _________
Name
of
Holder:
__________________________________________
(Print)
By:_______________________________________
Name:_____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
(Signature
must conform in all respects
to
name
of holder as specified on the
face
of
the Warrant)
FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT
[To
be
completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
________________________________ the right represented by the above-captioned
Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock to which such Warrant
relates and appoints ________________ attorney to transfer said right on the
books of the Company with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated:
_______________, ____
_________________________________________
(Signature
must conform in all respects
to
name
of holder as specified on the
face
of
the Warrant)
_________________________________________
Address
of Transferee
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
In
the
presence of:
________________________________
(1) A
number
of shares as equals 30% of the Investment Amount (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement), divided by $___________.
EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF OPINION
August
2,
2007
To
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Carret & Co., LLC and
the
Investors listed on
the
signature page to the
Securities
Purchase
Agreement
Dated
as
of August 2, 2007
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of August
2,
2007 (the “Agreement”), by and among China Natural Gas, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and the Investors listed on the signature page to
the Agreement (the “Investors”), which provides for the issuance by the Company
to the Investors of (i) 4,615,385 shares of the Company Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of
up to 692,308 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment) (the “Warrants”).
Reference
is also made to the agreement by and between Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Carret & Co., LLC
(“BMC”) dated as of July 31, 2007, which provided for the issuance by the
Company to BMC Warrants to purchase up to 75,000 shares of Common Stock. This
opinion is rendered to BMC and the Investors pursuant to Section
2.2(vii) of the Agreement, and all
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Agreement unless otherwise defined herein. Reference in this
opinion to the Agreement excludes any schedule or substantive agreement attached
as an exhibit to the Agreement, unless otherwise indicated herein.
We
have
acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the negotiation of the
Agreement, and the related Warrants, Registration Rights Agreement and Escrow
Agreement (collectively, the "Transaction Documents") and the issuance of the
Common
Stock and the Warrants (the “Securities”).
As such counsel, we have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries
as we have deemed advisable or necessary for the purpose of rendering this
opinion. In addition, we have examined originals or copies of such corporate
records of the Company, certificates of public officials and such other
documents which we consider necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering
this opinion. In such examination we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures on original documents, the authenticity and completeness of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents
of
all copies submitted to us and the due execution and delivery of all documents
(except as to due execution and delivery by the Company) where due execution
and
delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.
As
used
in this opinion, the expression “to our knowledge,” “known to us” or similar
language with reference to matters of fact refers to the current actual
knowledge of our attorneys working on the transaction contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Except to the extent expressly set forth herein or as
we
otherwise believe to be necessary to our opinion, we have not undertaken any
independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of any fact,
and
no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any fact should
be drawn from our representation of the Company or the rendering of the opinion
set forth below.
For
purposes of this opinion, we are assuming that the Investor has all requisite
power and authority, and have taken any and all necessary corporate or
partnership action, to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents, and we
are
assuming that the representations and warranties made by the Investor in the
Agreement and pursuant thereto are true and correct. We are also assuming that
the Investor has purchased the Securities for value, in good faith and without
notice of any adverse claims within the meaning of the California Uniform
Commercial Code.
We
are
members of the Bar of the State of California and we express no opinion as
to
any matter relating to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal
laws
of the United States of America and the laws of the State of
California.
The
opinions hereinafter expressed are subject to the following additional
qualifications:
(a) |
We
express no opinion as to the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization,
moratorium or other similar federal or state laws affecting the rights
of
creditors;
|
(b) |
The
enforceability of the Company’s obligations under the Transaction
Documents is subject to general principles of equity, including without
limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and
fair
dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, or
injunctive relief regardless of whether any such remedy is considered
in a
proceeding at law or in equity;
|
(c) |
We
express no opinion as to the effect of any state or federal laws relating
to usury or permissible rates of interest upon the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
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(d) |
This
opinion is qualified by the limitations imposed by statutes and principles
of law and equity that provide that certain covenants and provisions
of
agreements are unenforceable where such covenants or provisions are
unconscionable or contrary to public policy or where enforcement of
such
covenants or provisions under the circumstances would violate the
enforcing party’s implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing;
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(e) |
The
opinion regarding enforceability of the Transaction Documents is subject
to the qualification that certain provisions of Transaction Documents
may
be unenforceable, but such enforceability may not, subject to the other
exceptions, qualifications, and limitations in this opinion letter,
render
the contract invalid as a whole or substantially interfere with
realization of the principle benefits provided by the
contract;
|
(f) |
We
express no opinion as to compliance with the anti-fraud provisions
of
applicable securities laws; and
|
(g) |
We
express no opinion as to the enforceability of the indemnification
and
contribution provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement to the
extent
the provisions thereof may be subject to limitations of public policy
and
the effect of applicable statutes and judicial
decisions.
|
Based
upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The
Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of Delaware.
2. The
Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to issue the Shares,
the Warrants and the Warrant Shares as contemplated therein. The execution
and
delivery of the Agreements by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and no further consent or authorization of the Company or
its
Board of Directors or stockholders is required. Except for the Warrants which
are to be delivered on the Second Closing, each of the Transaction Documents
has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes 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
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting
generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other
equitable principles of general application.
3. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company
and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby,
including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares, the Warrants and
the
Warrant Shares, do not and will not (i) result in a violation of the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, (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 given to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of any agreement, indenture or other written
instrument of the Company or other written agreement or understanding to which
the Company is a party attached as an exhibit to the SEC reports, or (iii)
result in a violation of any U.S. federal or state law, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company
is
bound or affected, except for such violations as would not, individually or
in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. To our knowledge, the Company
is
not in violation of any terms of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.
4. Based
in
part on the representations of the Investors contained in the Purchase
Agreement, the issuance of the Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares in accordance
with the Purchase Agreement will be exempt from registration under Section
5 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. When so issued, the Shares, the Warrants
and Warrant Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and free of any liens, encumbrances and preemptive or similar
rights contained in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws.
5. To
our
knowledge, no claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations are pending
against the Company or its properties, or against any officer or director of
the
Company in his or her capacity as such. To our knowledge, the Company is not
a
party to or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment
or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality except as set
forth in the disclosure schedules to the Purchase Agreement.
6. No
consent, approval or authorization of or designation, declaration of filing
with
any governmental authority or Trading Market on the part of the Company is
required under federal, state or local law, rule or regulation in connection
with the valid execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents,
or the offer, sale or issuance of the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant
Shares other than (i) those that have been obtained or made and to our knowledge
are in full force and effect, and (ii) the filing of Form D and Form 8-K under
the Securities Act and Exchange Act, respectively, with the SEC (iii) filing
under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, and (iv) filing required
under the Registration Rights Agreement.
Very
truly yours,
XXXXX
ROZYNKO. LLP