AMENDMENT TO INVENTION TRANSFER AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.12
AMENDMENT
TO INVENTION TRANSFER AGREEMENT
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AMENDMENT
TO INVENTION TRANSFER
AGREEMENT dated as of August 1, 2007 by and among each of VIDATECH Kft,
a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Hungary (hereinafter,
“Vidatech”); Power of the Dream Ventures, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter, “PDV”); Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, residents of the Republic of
Hungary (each, unless otherwise specifically identified, an “Inventor and,
collectively, the “Inventors”). Each of Vidatech, PDV and the
Inventors is, unless otherwise specifically identified, a “Party” and,
collectively, the “Parties.”
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
the
Parties
entered into an Invention Transfer Agreement on May 24, 2007 (the “Invention
Transfer Agreement”), pursuant to which PDV’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Vidatech,
obtained from the Inventors an assignment of patent rights in a certain
hydroelectric energy producing technology based on converting river flow into
electrical energy with slow-turning generating machines (the “River Power
Technology”) as well as a right to commercialize the River Power Technology
domestically and internationally; and
WHEREAS,
in
exchange
for the grant of these rights to PDV and Vidatech, the Inventors each received
50,000 shares of unregistered common stock, $.0001 par value per share, for
an
aggregate of 100,000 shares of PDV (hereinafter, the “PDV Shares”) as well as
the right to share in the revenues generated from the commercialization of
the
River Power Technology, all as provided in the Invention Transfer Agreement;
and
WHEREAS,
the
Invention
Transfer Agreement provides, mistakenly, through a cultural and language
misunderstanding, that the shares are “registered,” but rather the Invention
Transfer Agreement should have reflected their actual understanding that the
PDV
shares were not registered with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
(“SEC”), but that PDV would have an express obligation to register the PDV
Shares with the SEC on a Form SB-2 for subsequent resale; and
WHEREAS,
although
legally satisfying the requirements of Regulation S, as promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the Invention Transfer Agreement
lacked the express requisite representations and warranties necessary for a
third party to render a legal opinion in connection with the issuance and
delivery of the PDV Shares to the Inventors; and
WHEREAS,
it
is the
Parties intention through the execution and delivery of this Amendment to
confirm and clarify their prior understanding, although inartfully expressed
in
English in the Invention Transfer Agreement, that: (i) the PDV Shares were
not,
at the time of the execution and delivery of the Invention Transfer Agreement,
registered were the SEC, but were being offered and sold to the Inventors
pursuant to a registration exemption afforded by Regulation S, as promulgated
under the Act; (ii) provide the express representations and warranties required
for a third party to render a legal opinion regarding the issuance and delivery
of the PDV Shares to the Inventors pursuant to Regulation S; and (iii) clarify
that PDV would expressly undertake to register the PDV Shares in the
U.S. on a Form SB-2 for subsequent resale in the U.S.
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NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and conditions herein
contained, IT IS HEREBY AGREED that the Invention Transfer Agreement is herein
modified as follows:
1. PDV
Shares Issued and Sold to
Inventors. The Inventors acknowledge
and agree that the PDV Shares issued and sold to them on May 24, 2007 were
not
registered under the Act in the United States, and that the PDV Shares were
offered and sold to them in reliance upon the registration exemption provided
by
Regulation S, as promulgated under the Act.
2.
PDV
Undertaking to Register the PDV Shares on a Form SB-2 at its Cost and
Expense. PDV confirms its undertaking
and obligation to file a registration statement for the PDV Shares of the
Inventors with the SEC on a Form SB-2, the costs and expenses of which
registration statement shall be borne by PDV. PDV will do all things
that are commercially reasonable and within its power to cause the Form SB-2
to
be filed and to become effective and to permit the Inventors’ resale of their
PDV Shares in the U.S. as soon as practicable.
3. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the
Inventors. In connection with their
purchase of the PDV Shares from PDV as provided in the Invention Transfer
Agreement, the Inventors hereby, jointly and severally, acknowledge, represent,
warrant and covenant to PDV and Vidatech that:
(a) the
PDV Shares were offered and sold to the Inventors in reliance on the exemptions
from the registration requirements of the Act provided by the provisions of
Regulation S as promulgated under the Act, and that the PDV Shares may not
be
resold in the United States or to a US Person as defined in Regulation S, except
pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption from the
registration provisions of the 1933 Act as evidenced by an opinion of counsel
acceptable to the Company, and that in the absence of an effective registration
statement covering the PDV Shares or an available exemption from registration
under the 1933 Act, the PDV Shares must be held indefinitely. The
Inventors further acknowledges that neither this Amendment nor the Invention
Transfer Agreement is intended as a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Act;
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(b) Each
of the Inventors is a resident of the Republic of Hungary;
(c) None
of the Inventors is a “US Person” as that term is defined in Rule 902 of
Regulation S, as more fully set forth in Section 4 of this
Amendment;
(d) Neither
of the Inventors is, and on the date that they receive the PDV Shares will
be,
an affiliate of the Company;
(e) that
all offers and sales of the PDV Shares shall be made in compliance with all
applicable laws of any applicable jurisdiction and, particularly, in accordance
with Rules 903 and 904, as applicable, of Regulation S or pursuant to
registration of the PDV Shares under the Act or pursuant to an exemption from
registration. In any case, none of the PDV Shares have been and will
be offered or sold by the Inventors to, or for the account or benefit of a
U.S.
Person or within the United States until after the end of a one year period
commencing on the date on which this Amendment is accepted by the Company (the
“Distribution Compliance Period”), except pursuant to an
effective registration statement as to the PDV Shares or an applicable exemption
from the registration requirements of the Act.
(f) The
PDV Shares have not been offered to the Inventors in the United States and
the
decision to purchase the PDV Shares as well as the execution and delivery of
this Amendment on behalf of the Inventors were not in the United States when
such decisions were made and this Amendment was executed and
delivered;
(g) None
of the Inventors will engage in any activity for the purpose of, or that could
reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the
United States for any of the PDV Shares; and
(h) None
of the Inventors, nor any of their affiliates will directly or indirectly
maintain any short position, purchase or sell put or call options or otherwise
engage in any hedging activities in any of the Common Stock of the Company
until
after the end of the Distribution Compliance Period, and acknowledges that
such
activities are prohibited by Regulation S.”
1.
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A
new Section 8s hereby added to the Agreement, which shall read, in
its
entirety, as follows:
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“8 Regulation
S – Definition of US Person.
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Rule
902(k)(2): The following are not "U.S. persons":
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B.
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The
estate is governed by foreign law;
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B.
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The
agency or branch is engaged in the business of insurance or banking
and is
subject to substantive insurance or banking regulation, respectively,
in
the jurisdiction where located; and
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Rule
902(l): United States. "United States" means the
United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the
United States, and the District of Columbia.
2.
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Except
as amended by this Amendment, the remaining terms and provisions
of the
Invention Transfer Agreement remain
unchanged.
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remainder of this page has been left blank intentionally. The
signature of the parties appear on the next succeeding
page.]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company, Vidatech and the Inventors have
executed this Amendment, agreeing to be bound by the terms hereof, as of the
day
and year first-above written.
POWER
OF THE DREAM VENTURES, INC.
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By
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/s/ Viktor Rozsnyay | ||
Name:
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Viktor
Rozsnyay, President
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VIDATECH
Kft
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxx, Xx. | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx
Xxx, Xx. Managing Director
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INVENTORS: | ||
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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