EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of May
7, 2009, by and among White Mountain Titanium Corporation, a Nevada corporation
(the "Company"),
and Rubicon Master Fund (the "Investor").
WHEREAS:
A. The
Company and the Investor are parties to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2005 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the
"Existing Securities Purchase
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Investors purchased from the Company
(i) certain shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which are
convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the "Common
Stock") and (ii) a warrant (the "Existing Warrant") to acquire
up to 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock (as exercised, the "Existing Warrant
Shares").
B. The
Company and the Investor desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which,
among other things, (i) on the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company and
the Investor shall exchange (the "Exchange") the Existing
Warrant to acquire up to 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock for a warrant in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exchanged Warrant"), to
acquire up to 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock (as exercised, the "Exchanged Warrant Shares") and
(ii) immediately following the Closing Date, the Investor shall acquire
2,000,000 (two million) Exchanged Warrant Shares upon exercise of its Exchanged
Warrant (collectively, the "Exercised Warrant
Shares").
C. The
exchange of the Existing Warrant of the Investor for the Exchanged Warrant is
being made in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section
3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
D. The
Exchanged Warrant and the Exchanged Warrant Shares collectively are referred to
herein as the "Securities".
E. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Existing Securities Purchase Agreement, as
amended hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises hereinafter set
forth, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:
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1.
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EXCHANGE OF EXISTING
WARRANT; EXERCISE OF EXCHANGED
WARRANT.
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(a) Exchange. Subject to
satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 5 and 6 below,
at the Closing, the Investor shall surrender to the Company the Existing Warrant
and the Company shall issue and deliver to the Investor the Exchanged
Warrant.
(b) Exercise of Existing
Warrant. On the Closing Date, the Investor shall (i) execute
and deliver to the Company an exercise notice in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (the
"Exercise Notice"),
pursuant to which the Investor shall elect to acquire the Exercised Warrant
Shares pursuant to an exercise under the Existing Warrant and (ii) wire to the
Company $1,000,000 (One Million Dollars) as payment of the Exercise Price (as
defined in the Exchanged Warrant) (the "Exercised Warrant Price") with
respect to such Exercise Notice in United States dollars and in immediately
available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the
Company for such purpose. The Exercise Notice and the Exercised
Warrant Price shall be held in escrow by the Company and automatically released
by the Investor immediately following the Closing Date. Immediately
following the Closing Date, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Investor
the Exercised Warrant Shares by causing The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to credit the applicable
Exercised Warrant Shares to the account of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. (DTC# 5208),
broker to the Investor (the "Investor Broker") in
accordance with terms of the Exchange Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined
below).
(c) Closing
Date. The date and time of the closing of the Exchange (the
"Closing") shall be
11:00 a.m., New York Time, on May 8, 2009 (the "Closing Date"), subject to
notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set
forth in Sections 5 and 6 below (or such earlier or later date as is mutually
agreed to by the Company and the Investor). The Closing shall occur
on the Closing Date at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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2.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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With
respect to Section 2(a) and (b)(i) below, the representations and warranties to
the transactions pursuant to the Existing Securities Purchase Agreement and the
securities issued thereby are hereby deemed for purposes of this Agreement to be
references to the transactions hereunder and the issuance of the Securities
hereby, and in addition (i) all reference to "this Agreement" shall be deemed
references to this Agreement; (ii) all references therein to "Closing Date"
shall be deemed references to the Closing Date as defined in Section 1(d) above,
(iii) all references to the "Warrant Shares" shall be deemed references to the
Exchanged Warrant Shares, (v) all references to the "Warrants" shall be deemed
references to the Exchanged Warrant, (vi) all references to "the date hereof"
shall be deemed references to the date of this Agreement; (vii) all references
to "Transaction Documents" shall be deemed references to this Agreement, the
Exchanged Warrant and any other documents or agreements executed in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereunder and (viii) all reference to the
"Securities" shall be deemed references to the Securities as defined in this
Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no
representation or warranty shall be deemed to be given by the Company or the
Investor with respect to the Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares or the
Certificate of Designations for purposes of this Section 2.
(a) Investor
Representations. The Investor hereby represents and warrants
to the Company as to the Exchanged Warrant and the Exchanged Warrant Shares as
set forth in Section 3.2(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Existing Securities
Purchase Agreement as if such representations and warranties were made as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and
warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as
of such specified date) and set forth in their entirety in this
Agreement.
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(b) Company
Representations.
(i) The
Company represents and warrants to the Investor as set forth in Section 3.1 of
the Existing Securities Purchase Agreement as if such representations and
warranties were made as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except
for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall
be true and correct as of such specified date, and except as set forth in a
Disclosure Schedule attached hereto) and set forth in their entirety in this
Agreement.
(ii) The
Company further represents and warrants to the Investor as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
(1) Each
of the Exchange, the issuance by the Company of the Exchanged Warrant and the
issuance by the Company upon exercise of the Exchanged Warrant of the Exchanged
Warrant Shares are exempt from registration under the Securities
Act.
(2) The
resale of the Exchanged Warrant Shares by the Investor has been registered by
the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (Registration Number 333-148644) (the "Registration
Statement"). The Registration Statement is effective and
available for the resale of the Exchanged Warrant Shares by the Investor in
accordance therewith and the Company has not received any notice that the
Commission has issued or intends to issue a stop-order with respect to the
Registration Statement or that the Commission otherwise has suspended or
withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, either temporarily or
permanently, or intends or has threatened in writing to do so. The
"Plan of Distribution" section under the Registration Statement permits the
resale of the Exchanged Warrant Shares by the Investor
thereunder. The Registration Statement and any prospectus included
therein, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder, and none of such Registration Statement or any such
prospectus, contain or contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the case of any prospectus in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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3.
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COVENANTS
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(a) Holding
Period. For the purposes of Rule 144(d), the Company
acknowledges that the holding period of the Exchanged Warrant (including the
corresponding Exchanged Warrant Shares (assuming cashless exercise of such
Exchanged Warrant)) may be tacked onto the holding period of the Existing
Warrants (including the corresponding Existing Warrant Shares (assuming cashless
exercise of such Exchanged Warrant)). The Company agrees not to take
a position contrary to this Section 3(a). The Company agrees to take
all actions, including, without limitation, the issuance by its legal counsel of
any necessary legal opinions, necessary to issue to the Exchanged Warrant Shares
without restriction and not containing any restrictive legend without the need
for any action by the Investor.
(b) Listing. The
Company shall take all steps necessary to cause its Common Stock to be approved
for listing on its Trading Market (as defined in the Existing Securities
Purchase Agreement) and maintain the listing or quotation of such Common Stock
on such Trading Market or another Eligible Market (as defined in the Existing
Securities Purchase Agreement) (such Trading Market and/or Eligible Market in
which the shares of Common Stock are then listed, the "Principal Market"). The
Company covenants to promptly file any listing application required by its
Trading Market with respect to the Warrant Shares. The Company
will, and will cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to
avoid any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting
or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market.
(c) Reporting
Status. Until the date on which the Investor shall have sold
all the Exchanged Warrant Shares, and the Exchanged Warrant is no longer
outstanding, the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with
the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate
its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if
the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require
or otherwise permit such termination.
(d) No Integration
Actions. None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule
501(b) under the Securities Act) or any person acting on behalf of the Company
or such affiliate will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy in respect
of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with
the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under
the Securities Act of the sale to the Investor or require equityholder approval
under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market and the Company will
take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of
other securities will not be integrated for purposes of the Securities Act or
the rules and regulations of the Principal Market with the issuance of
Securities contemplated hereby.
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(e) Pledge of
Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Securities may be pledged by the Investor in connection with a bona fide margin
agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the
Securities. The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a
transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor
effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with
any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Company hereby
agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as any pledgee of the
Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities
to such pledgee by the Investor.
(f) Electronic Share
Delivery. The Company shall take all steps necessary to cause
its Common Stock to remain issuable and eligible (the "DWAC Eligibility") pursuant to
the Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program of The Depository Trust Company
(or such other equivalent electronic program of DTC) to permit the Investor (or
its brokers, as applicable) to receive Exchanged Warrant Shares upon exercise of
the Exchanged Warrants electronically, at the Investor's option, by either
Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian or the Direct Registration System Profile (or
such other equivalent electronic protocol of DTC). So long as the
Investor holds any Warrants, the Company shall use its best efforts to maintain
the DWAC Eligibility of its Common Stock and upon exercise of all or part of the
Exchanged Warrant by the Investor, unless otherwise requested by the Investor in
writing or with respect to the Exercised Warrant Shares, to cause any Exchanged
Warrant Shares related thereto to be issued electronically to the Investor (or
its broker, as applicable).
(g) Additional Covenants,
Definitions and Agreements. Article 1, Sections 4.2 through
4.9, Article 6 and Article 7 of the Existing Securities Purchase Agreement are
hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis, provided,
that:
(i) All
references to "this Agreement", "hereto", "hereof", "hereunder" or words of like
import referring to the Existing Securities Purchase Agreement shall mean this
Agreement.
(ii) All
references to the "Purchaser" shall mean the Investor.
(iii) All
references to the "Closing" or the "Closing Date" shall have the meaning as set
forth herein.
(iv) All
references to "Warrant Shares" shall mean the Exchanged Warrant
Shares.
(v) All
references to "Warrants" shall mean the Exchanged Warrant.
(vi) All
references to "Transfer Agent Instructions" shall mean the Exchange Transfer
Agent Instructions (as defined below).
(vii) The
phrase "Rule 144(k)" shall be replaced with "Rule 144, without the requirement
to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without restriction or
limitation pursuant to Rule 144(c), including, if applicable, Rule
144(i),"
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(viii) The
defined term "Effectiveness Period" in the Existing Securities Purchase
Agreement shall be replaced with:
"Effectiveness Period" means
the earlier to occur of (i) such date when all Registrable Securities of the
Investor covered by the applicable Registration Statement have been sold and
(ii) the later to occur of (x) April 1, 2011 and (y) such date when all
Registrable Securities owned by the Investor (including, without limitation, the
Exercised Warrant Shares) may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, without the
requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144(c), including, if applicable,
Rule 144(i), as evidenced by a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed
to the Company's transfer agent and the affected Holders.
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4.
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FEES AND
EXPENSES
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Except as
otherwise set forth in this Agreement, 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 this Agreement.
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5.
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CONDITIONS TO
COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO CONSUMMATE THE
EXCHANGE.
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The
obligations of the Company to the Investor hereunder to consummate the Exchange
at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit
and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing
the Investor with prior written notice thereof:
(a) The
Investor shall have executed this Agreement and the Exercise Notice and
delivered the same to the Company.
(b) The
Investor shall have delivered to the Company the Exercised Warrant Price in
United States dollars and in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to an
account designated in writing by the Company for such purpose.
(c) The
Investor shall have delivered to the Company, the Existing Warrant being
exchanged at the Closing.
(d) The
representations and warranties of the Investor in Section 2(a) hereof
shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak
as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified
date).
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6.
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CONDITIONS TO THE
INVESTOR'S OBLIGATION TO CONSUMMATE THE
EXCHANGE.
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The
obligations of the Investor to the Company hereunder to consummate the Exchange
at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Investor's sole benefit
and may be waived by the Investor at any time in its sole discretion by
providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
(a) The
Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Investor (i) this
Agreement and (ii) the Exchanged Warrant being issued to the Investor at the
Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) The
Investor shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, P.C., the Company's
counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto.
(c) The
Company shall have delivered to the Investor a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit D attached
hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in
writing by the Company's transfer agent, and included irrevocable written
instructions to deliver the certificate with respect to the Exercised Warrant
Shares without any restricted legend to the Investor Broker (the "Exchange Transfer Agent
Instructions").
(d) The
Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate, executed by the
Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions consistent with Section 3.1(c) of the Existing Securities Purchase
Agreement, as amended hereby, as adopted by the Company's Board of Directors in
a form reasonably acceptable to the Investor, (ii) the Certificate of
Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
(e) The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein shall be true and
correct in all respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak
as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified
date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all
material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the
Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company
at or prior to the Closing Date. The Investor shall have received a
certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit
F.
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(f) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents
and approvals, if any, necessary for the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(g) The
Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal
Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the
Commission or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor,
except as set forth in the Company's filings with the Commission, shall
suspension by the Commission or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of
the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the Commission or the Principal
Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of
the Principal Market.
(h) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may
reasonably request.
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7.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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(a) Disclosure of Transactions
and Other Material Information. On or before 8:30 a.m., New
York City time, on the fourth Business Day following the date of this Agreement
(the "8-K Filing Time"),
the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the
transactions contemplated hereby in the form required by the 1934 Act and
attaching the material Transaction Documents that have not previously been filed
with the Commission by the Company (including, without limitation, this
Agreement and the form of the Exchanged Warrant) as exhibits to such filing
(including all attachments, the "8-K Filing"). The
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor that from and after the
filing of the 8-K Filing with the Commission, the Investor shall not be in
possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or
agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing. The Company shall
not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide the
Investor with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries from and after the 8-K Filing with the Commission without
the express written consent of the Investor. Subject to the
foregoing, neither the Company nor the Investor shall issue any press releases
or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior
approval of the Investor, to make any press release or other public disclosure
with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K
Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law
and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) the Investor shall be
consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other
public disclosure prior to its release). Without the prior written
consent of any the Investor, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
affiliates shall disclose the name of the Investor in any filing, announcement,
release or otherwise, unless such disclosure is required by law, regulation or
the Principal Market.
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(b) Blue
Sky. If required, the Company, on or before the Closing Date,
shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in
order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the
Investor at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities
or "Blue Sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption
from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken
to the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall
make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities
required under applicable securities or "Blue Sky" laws of the states of the
United States following the Closing Date.
(c) Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Jury Trial. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the
venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party
hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process
being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to
such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees
that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and
notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by
law. EACH PARTY
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A
JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH
OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
(d) Closing
Sets. As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing Date, the Company agrees
to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Investor and Xxxxxxx Xxxx &
Xxxxx LLP executed copies of this Agreement and any other document required to
be delivered to any party pursuant to Sections 5 or 6 hereof.
(e) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party;
provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall
be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the
signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
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(f) Headings. The
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form
part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
(g) Severability. If any
provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed
amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable,
and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement
as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original
intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited
nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not
substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of
the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s)
with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to
that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
(h) No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is
not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
(i) Further
Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be
done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and
deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as
the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) No Strict
Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be
deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent,
and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any
party.
(k) Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns in accordance
with the terms of the Existing Securities Purchase Agreement.
(l) Notices. Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally;
(ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission
is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending
party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier
service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the
same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications
shall be:
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If to the
Company:
White
Mountain Titanium Corporation
0000-000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X0X
0X0
Telephone
No.: 000 000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx
Flower, Chairman
with a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx, P.C.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Esq.
If to the
Investor, to:
c/o
Rubicon Fund Management LLP
000 Xxxxx
Xx.
Xxxxxx
X0X0XX
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone: x00
000 000 0000
Facsimile: x00
000-000 0000
Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Kanji
with a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Esq.
or to
such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other
Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each
other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such
change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of
such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or
electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine containing the time,
date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such
transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable
evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight
courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively.
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(m) Remedies. The
Investor and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies
set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such
holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and
all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person
having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to
enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to
recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and
to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company
recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any
or all of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to
be inadequate relief to the Investor. The Company therefore agrees
that the Investor shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive
relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and
without posting a bond or other security.
(n) Survival. The
representations and warranties of the Company and the Investor contained in
Section 2 and the agreements and covenants set forth herein shall survive the
Closing and delivery and conversion of the Securities, as
applicable.
(o) Indemnification. In
consideration of the Investor's execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the
Company's other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall
defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and each other
holder of the Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members,
officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the
foregoing Persons' agents or other representatives (including, without
limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement) (collectively, the "Indemnitees"), as incurred,
from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses,
costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection
therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action
for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements (the "Indemnified Liabilities"),
incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a)
any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the
Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or
document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant,
agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or
any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or
(c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee
by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on
behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution,
delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other
certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any
transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, or (iii) the
status of the Investor or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company
pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the
Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum
contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified
Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Except as
otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the
rights and obligations under this Section 7(o) shall be the same as those set
forth in Section 6.4 of the Existing Securities Purchase Agreement.
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(p) Entire Agreement;
Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or
written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their affiliates and
Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and
this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and
therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the
Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or
undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this
Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the
Company and the Investor. No provision hereof may be waived other
than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is
sought.
[Signature Page
Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Exchange Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
COMPANY: | |
WHITE
MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: President
and
CEO
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[Signature
Page to Exchange Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Exchange Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
INVESTOR:
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RUBICON
MASTER FUND
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By:
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Rubicon
Fund Management LLP,
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Its
investment manager
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By:
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/s/ H. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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H.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Partner
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[Signature
Page to Exchange Agreement]