FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FIRST
AMENDMENT
TO
This First Amendment (the “Amendment”)
to the Securities Agreement dated January 28, 2008 (the “Purchase Agreement”)
by and among China Housing & Land Development, Inc., a Nevada corporation
with headquarters located at 6 Youyi Xxxx Xx, Xxx Xxxx 4 Xxx, Xi’An, Shaanxi
Province, China 710054 (the “Company”), and the
investors named on the signature pages hereto (the “Investors”) is made
as of this 11 day of June 2010 by and among the Company and the
Investors. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment
shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
Background
A.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement the Company issued and sold to
the Investors US$20,000,000 in aggregate principal of Convertible Notes, which
are convertible into shares of Common Stock, and issued to the Investors
Warrants to purchase additional shares of Common Stock.
B.
The parties desire to (i) amend the Convertible Notes to provide that 100% of
the principal amount thereof may be converted into Common Stock at the option of
the holder, (ii) amend the Warrants to permit the conversion thereof into Common
Stock at a conversion rate of 1 share of Common Stock for every 2 shares
issuable under the Warrants, and (ii) make certain other amendments to the
Purchase Agreement.
In consideration of the
foregoing, the parties agree as follows:
Agreement
1. Amendment and Restatement of
Notes. The form of Convertible Note attached to the Purchase
Agreement as Exhibit A shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as
set forth in Exhibit A attached to this Amendment. On the date
hereof, each Investor agrees to surrender its existing Convertible Note to the
Company and the Company agrees to execute and deliver an Amended and Restated
Convertible Note in the form of Exhibit A to this Amendment to each Investor in
the Face Amount (as defined in the Convertible Notes) equal to the
Face Amount of the Convertible Note surrendered and dated as of the last date
through which interest has been paid. The Amended and
Restated Convertible Notes shall continue to be secured by all of the
collateral securing the existing Convertible Notes (subject to
release of the Stockholder Pledge Agreement pursuant to the terms of paragraph 4
hereof), all references to the Convertible Notes in any Transaction Document
shall be deemed to be references to the Convertible Notes as amended and
restated hereby, and all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Amended and Restated Convertible Notes shall be Registerable Securities for
purposes of the Registration Rights Agreement and included in the post effective
amendment referred to in paragraph 5 hereof.
2.
Amendment and Restatement of
Warrants. The form of Warrant attached to the Purchase
Agreement as Exhibit B shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as
set forth in Exhibit B attached to this Amendment. On the date
hereof, each Investor agrees to surrender its existing Warrant to the Company
and the Company agrees to execute and deliver an Amended and Restated Warrant in
the form of Exhibit B to this Amendment to each Investor exercisable for a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Warrant surrendered and dated as
of the date of this Amendment. All references to the Warrants in any
Transaction Document shall be deemed to be references to the Warrants as amended
and restated hereby, and all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Amended and Restated Warrants shall be Registerable Securities for purposes
of the Registration Rights Agreement and included in the post effective
amendment referred to in paragraph 5 hereof.
3.
Amendments to Purchase
Agreement.
(a) Section
1.4 of the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
“Intentionally Omitted.”
(b) Effective
upon conversion of the Notes held by the Whitebox Investors referred to in
paragraph 6(i) hereof, Section 4.23(b) of the Purchase Agreement shall be
deleted in its entirety and replaced with “Intentionally Omitted”:
4.
Termination of Stockholder
Pledge Agreement. Effective upon conversion of the Notes held
by the Whitebox Investors pursuant to paragraph 6(i) hereof, (a) the Stockholder
Pledge Agreement and the security interest created thereby shall terminate, and
(b) the Investors hereby authorize and direct the Collateral Agent, upon such
termination, (i) to return to the Principal Stockholder any certificates in the
Collateral Agent’s possession evidencing Common Stock pledged pursuant to the
Stockholder Pledge Agreement and (ii) take such other action, and execute and
deliver such other documents, as the Collateral Agent deems necessary or
desirable to evidence the termination of the Stockholder Pledge
Agreement.
5.
Registration. The
Company agrees to promptly file a post effective amendment to the Registration
Statement referred to in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Registration Rights
Agreement that registers all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Convertible Notes and exercise of the Warrants, as amended, and use its best
efforts to cause such post effective amendment to be declared effective as soon
as practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, such post effective
amendment shall not be subject to Section 2.4 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
6.
Conversion of Certain
Convertible Notes and Warrants. Whitebox Small Cap Long Short
Equity Partners, LP, Whitebox Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage Partners, LP,
Whitebox Credit Arbitrage Partners, LP, Whitebox Special Opportunities Fund
Series B Partners, LP, Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP, Cineasias Partners,
LP, DRE Partners, LP, F Cubed Partners, LP, and IAM Mini-Fund 14 Limited
(collectively, the “Whitebox Investors,”
and individually, a “Whitebox Investor”) agree to within 5 business
days after the post effective amendment referred to in paragraph 5 hereof is
declared effective and the Company gives written notice thereof to the Whitebox
Investors (i) convert in the aggregate 55% of the aggregate Face Amount of the
Amended and Restated Convertible Notes held by them into Common Stock pursuant
to paragraph 1 of the Amended and Restated Convertible Notes, and (ii) convert
all of the Amended and Restated Warrants held by them into Common Stock pursuant
to paragraph 10(b) of the Amended and Restated Warrants. Each
Whitebox Investor shall be deemed to be an affiliate of each other Whitebox
Investor for purposes of paragraph 1(b) of the Amended and Restated Convertible
Notes and paragraph 10(b) of the Amended and Restated Warrants
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7.
Reaffirmation. Except
as otherwise specifically set forth herein, the terms and provisions of the
Purchase Agreement, as amended hereby, are ratified, confirmed and
approved. To the extent that there is any conflict between this
Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, this Amendment shall govern.
8.
Effectiveness. This
Amendment shall become effective as of the date first-written above upon (i)
execution of a counterpart hereof by the Company and each Investor and (ii)
payment by the Company of the fees and disbursements of Faegre & Xxxxxx LLP,
counsel to the Whitebox Investors.
9.
Governing
Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws.
10. Counterparts. This
Amendment may be executed and delivered by facsimile signature in two or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, and all of which will
constitute the same agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be duly executed
as of the date first above written.
COMPANY:
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CHINA
HOUSING & LAND
DEVELOPMENT,
INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx
Xx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xx
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Title:
Chairman
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INVESTORS:
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WHITEBOX
SMALL CAP LONG SHORT EQUITY
PARTNERS,
LP (f/k/a Whitebox Intermarket Partners,
LP)
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By:
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Whitebox
Small Cap Long Short Equity
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Advisors,
LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Its: Managing Member | ||
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: Chief
Operating
Officer
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WHITEBOX
CONCENTRATED
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CONVERTIBLE
ARBITRAGE PARTNERS,
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LP
(f/k/a Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage
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Partners,
LP)
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By:
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Whitebox
Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage
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Advisors,
LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Managing
Member
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: Chief
Operating
Officer
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WHITEBOX
CREDIT ARBITRAGE
PARTNERS,
LP (f/k/a Whitebox Hedged High
Yield
Partners, LP)
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By:
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Whitebox
Credit Arbitrage Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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Managing
Member
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: Chief
Operating Officer
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WHITEBOX
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
SERIES B PARTNERS, LP
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By:
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Whitebox
Special Opportunities Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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Managing
Member
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: Chief
Operating Officer
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XXXX
INVESTMENTS II, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title:
Managing Member/President
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BERLIN
INCOME, L.P.
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By:
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Berlin
Financial, Ltd.
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Managing Member
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BERLIN
CAPITAL GROWTH, L.P.
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By:
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Berlin
Financial, Ltd.
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Managing Member
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EASTERN
MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL,
LLC
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By:
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/s/ Authorized
Representative
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Name:
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Title:
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WHITEBOX
MULTI-STRATEGY
PARTNERS,
LP (f/k/a Whitebox Combined
Partners,
LP)
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By:
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Whitebox
Mulit-Strategy Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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Managing
Member
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Chief Operating
Officer
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CINEASIAS
PARTNERS, LP
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By:
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Whitebox
Concentrated Convertible Arbitrage
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Advisors,
LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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Managing
Member
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Chief Operating
Officer
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DRE
PARTNERS, LP
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By:
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Whitebox
Credit Arbitrage Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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Whitebox
Advisors, LC
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Its:
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Managing
Member
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Chief
Operating Officer
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F CUBED
PARTNERS, LP
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By:
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Whitebox
Mulit-Strategy Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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General
Partner
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By:
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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Managing
Member
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: Chief
Operating
Officer
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IAM
MINI-FUND 14 LIMITED
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By:
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Whitebox
Advisors, LLC
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Its:
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Investment
Manager
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: Chief
Operating Officer
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